The showing will make Schoolcraft exempt through at least the first four tournaments of the 2018 season.

Schoolcraft (pictured) was a regular on PGA Tour Canada in 2016 and posted three top-10 finishes, including a runner-up, and ended up ninth on the money list. Last year, he competed in one PGA Tour event and three on the Web.com Tour.

The medalist on Friday — Sam Fidone — will be exempt through the entire 2018 PGA Tour Canada season, while the second through fifth finishers will be exempt for at least the first eight events.

Schoolcraft carded rounds of 69-73-72-70 for a 4-under-par 284 total. That left him eight strokes behind Fidone. The Coloradan made five birdies, a bogey and a double bogey on Friday.

Meanwhile, Schoolcraft’s brother, Beau, and former Colorado State University golfer Blake Cannon earned conditional status for 2018 by finishing in the 17-40 range. In their case, they tied for 27th place at 2-over-par 290.

This week marked the first of five PGA Tour Canada Q-school tournaments that will be held leading up to the 2018 season.

Here are the scores for all the players with strong Colorado ties who competed this week in Santee:

7. Coloradan Michael Schoolcraft 69-73-72-70–284
27. Coloradan Beau Schoolcraft 74-72-72-72–290
27. Former CSU golfer Blake Cannon 70-75-72-73–290
FAILED TO QUALIFY
84. Coloradan Jimmy Makloski 78-72-75-76–301
91. Former CU golfer Kevin Kring 72-76-79-79–306

Edens Runner-Up Twice on Dreamchasers Tour: Parker Edens of Greeley recorded his second top-five finish this month on the Dreamchasers Tour with a runner-up showing on Friday in the Moon Valley Championship in Phoenix.
   
The former Colorado State University golfer posted scores of 65-68-70 for a 13-under-par 203 total at Moon Valley Country Club. That left him three strokes behind champion Joel Dahmen of Scottsdale, with whom Edens was tied for the lead going into the final round of the 52-man tournament.

Edens, a two-time CGA Match Play runner-up, placed fifth in the Dreamchasers East Valley Championship on March 1.

(March 22 Update: Edens also finished second at a Dreamchasers tournament that ended on March 22. At the Southeast Valley Championship in Chandler, Ariz., the Coloradan was runner-up out of 17 players, earning $1,900. He went 67-71-67 for an 8-under-par 205 total, which put him two strokes behind winner Zach Wright of Queen Creek, Ariz.) 

The former Colorado State University golfer placed fifth out of 44 players in the Dreamchasers Tour’s East Valley Championship, recording rounds of 72-65-73 for a 3-under-par 210 total at Longbow Golf Club. The showing was worth $1,950.

Edens (pictured), a two-time CGA Match Play runner-up, ended up nine strokes behind winner Zach Wright of Gilbert, Ariz.

Elsewhere on mini tours, former University of Denver golfer Chris Gilman finished ninth out of 93 players Wednesday at the Golden State Tour’s De Anza Classic in Borrego Springs, Calif

Gilman, who won a Golden State Tour event two weeks ago, carded scores of 66-69-71 for a 10-under-par 206 total. He finished six strokes behind champion Kramer Hickok of Dallas.
 

The former Colorado State University golfer finished fifth Saturday out of a 131-person field at the Southwest Louisiana Open, the season opener for the Adams Pro Tour.

Arp (pictured), the 2010 CGA Public Links champion, posted top-10 finishes in all five of his 2017 starts on the Dreamchasers Tour, winning once and placing second once. Then against a much bigger field this week in Westlake, La., he carded four rounds in the 60s (68-63-69-67) for a 21-under-par 267 total, which left him seven strokes behind champion Steven Fox, who won the 2012 U.S. Amateur at Cherry Hills Country Club.

Over 72 holes, Arp racked up one eagle and 24 birdies. He earned $5,230.

Meanwhile, Jamie Marshall of Lone Tree tied for fifth on Thursday at the Dreamchasers Tour’s Moon Valley Winter Championship in Phoenix.

Marshall posted rounds of 70-66-69 for an 8-under-par 205 total, which left him seven strokes behind champion Ted Purdy of Phoenix, winner of the 2005 Byron Nelson Championship on the PGA Tour. Marshall made 13 birdies in three rounds.
 

The former Colorado State University golfer (pictured) finished second in a playoff at last week’s Wigwam Red Winter Championship.

Meanwhile, fellow former Ram Riley Arp posted his fifth top-10 finish in five Dreamchasers events in 2017 by placing seventh on Thursday. Arp has gone second, fifth, first, 10th and seventh in his five Dreamchasers starts and leads the 2017 money list with $10,350.

Brown, the 2013 CoBank Colorado Open champion, carded rounds of 66-64-67 for a 16-under-par 197 total this week, which left him six strokes behind winner Riley Wheeldon. Brown, who made four eagles and 15 birdies in three rounds, earned $2,063.

Arp went 66-63-71 for a 200 total and a $1,500 payday.
 

The former Colorado State University golfer, winner of the 2013 CoBank Colorado Open, shot rounds of 65-67-65 for a 19-under-par 197 total. That tied him for the top spot after 54 holes, but Brad Hopfinger of Chicago prevailed in a playoff with a birdie on the second extra hole.

In the final round, Brown (pictured) made seven birdies and two bogeys and eagled the 378-yard, par-4 11th hole. He earned $3,300.

Another former CSU golfer, Riley Arp of Fort Collins, also posted a top-10 finish with a 10th-place showing. Arp, who went 71-68-68–207, remains atop the 2017 Dreamchasers money list with $8,850.

Arp has placed in the top 10 in all four Dreamchasers events this year.

Also this week in mini-tour action, Betsy Kelly of Denver finished sixth and Samantha Stancato of Colorado Springs was 10th in a Cactus Tour tournament, also in Litchfield Park.

Kelly, a former CSU golfer, carded scores of 75-74-71 for a 4-over-par 220 total, while Stancato went 74-73-78–225.
 

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. 

On Wednesday, the former CGA Stroke Play champion won his second Dreamchasers tournament of the month, this time prevailing at the 2016 Tour Invitational at Legacy Golf Club in Phoenix.

Brown, the 2013 CoBank Colorado Open champion, went very low and won by six in the Tour Invitational. He carded rounds of 64-63-64 for a 22-under-par 191 total, making an eagle and 24 birdies in the process.

The victory was worth $7,500.

Just two weeks earlier, Brown won by four in the Golf Club of Estrella Championship.

Also on the mini tours this week, former CSU golfer Dustin Morris placed second in the Adams Pro Tour’s Fakier Open in Houma, La. He posted scores of 70-67-70-68 for a 13-under-par 275 total and finished three strokes behind winner Andrew Presley. Morris earned $13,000.

In addition, former CSU women’s golfer Emily Roering ended up seventh in a Cactus Tour event in Litchfield Park, Ariz. Roering went 81-69-76 for a 10-over-par 226 total, which left her seven strokes behind champion Tisha Abrea of Murrieta, Calif.

This week, the Arvada resident hit the mark with a victory on the Dreamchasers Tour’s Golf Club at Estrella Championship in Goodyear, Ariz.

The former Colorado State University golfer prevailed by four Wednesday after posting rounds of 67-67-68 for a 14-under-par 202 total.

The victory was worth $3,850 for the 2013 Colorado Open, which is now sponsored by CoBank.

Also scoring a top-three finish this week on the mini tours was another former CSU golfer, Cameron Harrell of Colorado Springs, who tied for third place Thursday in the OnCore Gateway Tour’s Patrick Gibbons Handmade Classic in Chandler, Ariz.

The showing was Harrell’s second straight top-five on the Gateway Tour. This time, he made birdies on his last three holes of the tournament and carded rounds of 72-67-66 for an 8-under-par 205 total, which left him three strokes behind champion Shane Smith. Harrell earned $2,100.
 

The former Colorado State University golfer carded rounds of 68-66-65 for a 17-under-par 199 total, which was good for a three-stroke victory over Ryan Williams of Phoenix, who closed with a 61. Edens made 19 birdies and two bogeys in three rounds.

The performance was worth $4,100 for Edens, who as an amateur was twice runner-up in the CGA Match Play Championship (2012 and ’13).

Last summer, Edens won twice on the Dakotas Tour.