Clark used a hole-in-one at the 180-yard sixth hole on Sunday to help him earn his Web.com Tour card for 2018, while Hubbard continued his torrid play for the third straight day.
Hubbard (pictured), who already had Web.com Tour status for 2018 after being on the PGA Tour the last three seasons, tied for seventh place on Sunday after a stellar final three rounds. Over the last 54 holes, Hubbard went 66-64-67, carding 20 birdies and one bogey. He went bogey-free both Saturday and Sunday to finish at 19-under-par 269 overall.
By placing in the 2-10 range, Hubbard earned $15,000. Over the last three years on the PGA Tour, Hubbard has won more than $1.2 million, but he lost his card in the late summer.
Meanwhile, Clark landed Web.com Tour status as a rookie competing in his first Web Q-school. Clark went through three stages of Q-school, finishing second in the first stage, winning the second stage, and placing 23rd on Sunday in the final stage.
By finishing in the 11-45 range in the final stage, Clark will be exempt at least until the second “reorder” of the Web.com Tour season.
“Officially have a job!” Clark said on Twitter.
After going 66-69-65 the first three rounds, Clark closed with an even-par 72 on Sunday to post a 16-under 272 total. He backed up his hole-in-one at No. 6 with a double-bogey 7 at No. 7 and finished the day with an eagle, two birdies, two bogeys and a double bogey. His showing this week was worth $10,000.
All in all, it’s been quite a year for Clark, who now lives in Las Vegas. In 2017, he:
— Won three individual college titles in his final semester at the University of Oregon, including claiming the Pac-12 Conference Championship at Boulder Country Club.
— Was named the Pac-12 Player of the Year and was one of three finalists for the male college golfer of the year honor.
— Helped Oregon finish second as a team in the NCAA Championship Finals.
— Earned his PGA Tour Canada card, though he didn’t end up competing in any events on that circuit.
— Turned pro in June and played in seven PGA Tour events, finishing 17th in the Sanderson Farms Championship.
— And then he capped things off with his stellar play in the three stages of Q-school to earn his Web.com Tour card.
Former University of Georgia golfer Lee McCoy claimed medalist honors in the final stage of Q-school with a 28-under-par 260 total.
All told, nearly 1,000 golfers entered Web.com Tour Q-school this year.
Here are the scores for all the players with strong Colorado connections who competed this week in Chandler:
(Top 45 Finishers Earn Web.com Tour Status for 2018)
7. Denver native Mark Hubbard 72-66-64-67–269
23. Wyndham Clark of Highlands Ranch 66-69-65-72–272
131. Former Golden resident Andrew Svoboda 70-74-71-72–287
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Wyndham Clark of Highlands Ranch shot a 7-under-par 65 to move into a share of seventh place at 16-under 200 with one round left in the final stage of the qualifying process.
Meanwhile, Denver native Mark Hubbard did one better on Saturday, firing a bogey-free 64 for a three-round total of 202, leaving him tied for 14th place.
Clark (pictured), the 2017 Pac-12 Player of the Year, posted his 65 despite a bogey on his final hole Saturday. The Coloradan, who has played in seven PGA Tour events this year, made an eagle, seven birdies and two bogeys in round 3.
Hubbard, a regular on the PGA Tour the past three years until losing his card in late summer, carded eight birdies and shot a 6-under 30 on the front nine on Saturday. Over the last two rounds, Hubbard has made 15 birdies and one bogey and posted rounds of 66-64.
Players finishing in the top 45 and ties after four rounds will receive some exempt status on the Web.com Tour in 2018, with the medalist earning a guaranteed spot for the entire season and others in the top 10 being exempt for a longer period than the remaining players in the top 45. Finishers after the 45 and ties will have conditional Web status next year.
Besides Web.com Tour status, there’s money at stake this week. The medalist on Sunday will earn $25,000. Finishers 2-10 and ties will receive $15,000 apiece, and 11-45 and ties $10,000 each.
American Lee McCoy and South Korean Sung-jae Im share the lead after three rounds at 21-under-par 195.
Here are the scores for all the players with strong Colorado connections who are competing this week in Chandler:
Dec. 7-10 in Chandler, Ariz.
7. Wyndham Clark of Highlands Ranch 66-69-65–200
14. Denver native Mark Hubbard 72-66-64–202
116. Former Golden resident Andrew Svoboda 70-74-71–215
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Meanwhile, Denver native Mark Hubbard jumped 38 spots up the scoreboard by shooting a 6-under-par 66 on Friday.
Clark (left), the Pac-12 Player of the Year who has competed in seven PGA Tour events since turning pro six months ago, shot a 3-under-par 69 on Friday, leaving him at 9-under 135 through two rounds. He shares 12th place with two rounds remaining. The former CGA Amateur champion and two-time state high school tournament winner made four birdies and one bogey in round 2.
Players finishing in the top 45 and ties after four rounds will receive some exempt status on the Web.com Tour in 2018, with the medalist earning a guaranteed spot for the entire season and others in the top 10 being exempt for a longer period than the remaining players in the top 45. Finishers after the 45 and ties will have conditional Web status next year.
Hubbard, the former Colorado junior champion who has played on the PGA Tour the last three seasons before losing his card late this summer, jumped into 32nd place in Chandler after his 66 left him at 6-under 138 for two rounds. Hubbard carded seven birdies and one bogey on Friday.
Australian Curtis Luck and Guatemalan Jose Toledo share the 36-hole lead at Q-school with 13-under 131 totals.
Here are the scores for all the players with strong Colorado connections who are competing this week in Chandler:
Dec. 7-10 in Chandler, Ariz.
12. Wyndham Clark of Highlands Ranch 66-69–135
32. Denver native Mark Hubbard 72-66–138
107. Former Golden resident Andrew Svoboda 70-74–144
For all the scores, CLICK HERE.
The golfer from Highlands Ranch led wire to wire and won a second stage tournament at Q-school by four strokes last month in Murrieta, Calif. He went 66-66-69-70 to earn medalist honors.
As if never missing a beat, Clark (pictured) on Thursday shot a 6-under-par 66 and sits in sixth place out of 144 players after the opening round of the final stage of Q-school in Chandler, Ariz.
Clark, who finished 17th in October in one of his seven PGA Tour starts to date, made two eagles — including one on the 317-yard par-4 eighth hole — to go along with four birdies and two bogeys.
Clark, the Pac-12 Player of the Year and a finalist for college player of the year as a senior at the University of Oregon last spring, trails leader Jose Toledo by five strokes, but is just one shot out of second place.
Players finishing in the top 45 and ties after four rounds will receive some exempt status on the Web.com Tour in 2018, with the medalist earning a guaranteed spot for the entire season. Finishers after the 45 and ties will have conditional Web status next year.
As for the other local players competing in the Final Stage, former Golden resident Andrew Svoboda shares 34th place at 70, while Denver native Mark Hubbard is tied for 70th at 72.
Here are the scores for all the players with strong Colorado connections who are competing this week in Chandler:
Dec. 7-10 in Chandler, Ariz.
6. Wyndham Clark of Highlands Ranch 66
34. Former Golden resident Andrew Svoboda 70
70. Denver native Mark Hubbard 72
For all the scores, CLICK HERE.
The former Colorado State University golfer prevailed at the Lone Tree WM Warm-Up in Chandler, Ariz., on Tuesday, earning $5,200 in the process.
Another Coloradan and former CSU player, Zahkai Brown of Arvada, also finished in the top 10, placing seventh place out of a field of 42.
Arp shot rounds of 67-61-71 for a 14-under-par 199 total and a two-stroke victory. In his second-round 61, Arp carded 10 birdies and no bogeys. Through the first 36 holes of the event, he made 15 birdies and one bogey.
So far in 2017 on the Dreamchasers Tour, the former CGA Public Links champion has finished second, fifth and first in three tournaments.
Brown, meanwhile, went 67-71-68 for a 206 total this week at Lone Tree.
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