Wang, a freshman at Harvard who finished 34th in this year’s U.S. Women’s Open and made the round of 16 at the U.S. Women’s Amateur, shares 28th place out of the field of 193. And Choi, who has played in the last two U.S. Women’s Opens, is tied for 39th with three rounds remaining.

A minimum of the top 25 players and ties after 72 holes will advance to Q-Series, which this year replaces the third and final stage of Q-school. There, a maximum of 108 players will compete in two 72-hole stroke-play tournaments held on consecutive weeks Oct. 22-Nov. 3 at Pinehurst Resort in North Carolina. Scores will be cumulative over the two weeks.

Sixty-two players are exempt and entered into the Q-Series, meaning additional golfers from Stage II could advance as long as the total number of competitors in the Q-Series, including exempt participants, doesn’t exceed 108.

Wang made four birdies and three bogeys on Monday at the Bobcat Course at Plantation Golf & Country Club. Choi, meanwhile, carded three birdies and three bogeys.

Amateurs — such as Wang and Choi — who earn their LPGA Tour cards can defer their acceptance of membership until July 1, 2019.

Here are the round-by-round scores in Stage 2 for the players with strong Colorado connections:

28. Former Colorado resident Elizabeth Wang 71
39. CU golfer Robyn Choi 72
108. Former CU golfer Brittany Fan 75
108. Former CU golfer Kristin Coleman 75
133. Ashley Tait of Littleton 76
152. Former Denver resident Emily Gilbreth 77
173. Former CU golfer Emily Childs 79

For complete results, CLICK HERE.
 

Jobe, who lived in Colorado from 1970 to ’99 before moving to Texas, finished a season-best fifth on Sunday in the PGA Tour Champions’ Insperity Invitational in The Woodlands, Texas. In his last two tour stars, Jobe has placed ninth (with Scott McCarron) in the Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf team event and fifth at the Insperity.

Jobe (pictured) made six birdies in his Sunday round of 4-under-par 68, which left him with a 9-under 207 total. He endd up two strokes behind champion Bernhard Langer, who notched the 37th PGA Tour Champions victory of his career.

Jobe finished third in last year’s U.S. Senior Open, shooting a third-round 62 in the process. This year’s Senior Open is set for The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs June 28-July 1.

Saunders Emerges from Drought with Top 10 on PGA Tour: Former Fort Collins resident Sam Saunders had missed the cut in four of his previous six PGA Tour starts and hadn’t cracked the top 40 in an event since mid-February, but that didn’t stop him from a top-10 finish on Sunday in the Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte, N.C.

Despite playing his last five holes in 2 over par on Sunday, Saunders tied for ninth place in the event, ending up seven strokes behind winner Jason Day.

Saunders posted rounds of 70-69-68-72 for a 5-under-par 279 total.

It’s the second top-10 of the PGA Tour season for Saunders, who finished eighth at the CareerBuilder Challenge in January.

Ex-Buffs Coleman, Lee, Childs earn top-10s on Symetra Tour: Three former University of Colorado golfers recorded top-10 finishes Sunday in the Symetra Tour’s IOA Invitational in Milton, Ga.

Former LPGA Tour player Jenny Coleman rebounded from a first-round 78 to post back-to-back 69s and share sixth place. Esther Lee, who played her final three seasons at CU after transferring from Duke, and Emily Childs, who played as a freshman at CU before going to Cal, tied for 10th place.

Coleman’s even-par 216 total left her four strokes behind champion Elizabeth Szokol. In notching her best Symetra Tour showing since placing third in February 2016, Coleman made a total of nine birdies in the final two rounds.

Lee, who earned her first Symetra top-10, went 74-71-72 to check in at 217 along with Childs, who carded rounds of 75-70-72. Childs had four top-10s last year on the Symetra circuit.

The former University of Colorado player bogeyed the 90th and final hole of Q-school on Sunday, costing her conditional status on the LPGA Tour in 2018.

Had Coleman made a par or better on her 18th hole Sunday at LPGA International’s Hills Course in Daytona Beach, Fla., she would have tied for 45th place, which would have been good for similar conditional status as she had in 2017. This year, Coleman played in 10 LPGA Tour events, making one cut.

Coleman (pictured) had birdied her 17th hole — No. 8 on the Hills Course — to put her in position to regain LPGA Tour status. But the final bogey will likely leave her playing full time on the Symetra Tour in 2018.

Coleman, who was tied for 34th place going into Sunday, shoot a 2-over-par 74 in the final round, leaving her at 3-over 363 overall. The top 20 finishers out of the original field of 165 earned fully-exempt status on the LPGA Tour, while the 21st through 45th players and ties (with a maximum score of 362) landed conditional status.

Coleman, , who played for the Buffs from 2010-14, finished with one birdie and three bogeys on Sunday. Last year, she tied for 29th place at Q-school.

Nasa Hataoka of Japan retained the lead on Sunday and earned medalist honors at 12-under-par 348.

Three recent winners of the CoBank Colorado Women’s Open earned status on the LPGA Tour on Sunday. Lauren Coughlin (2016 winner) will be fully exempt after placing seventh, while Kendall Dye (2014) and Allison Emrey (2015) will be conditional members after finishing 23rd and 45th, respectively.

Here are the scores for the local players who competed in the final stage of Q-school:

Nov. 29-Dec. 3 in Daytona Beach, Fla.
50. Former CU golfer Jenny Coleman 73-74-69-73-74–363
Missed 72-Hole Cut
103. Former CU golfer Esther Lee 76-75-70-76–297
144. Former CU golfer Emily Childs 73-73-79-78–303
150. Former UNC golfer Carleigh Silvers 78-80-76-71–305

For complete results from Q-school, CLICK HERE.

In Sunday’s last round of the final stage of LPGA Q-school, Coleman could finish in the top 20 and earn fully-exempt status on the 2018 LPGA Tour. She could regain similar conditional status as she had in 2017 by placing between 21st and 45th and ties. Or she could finish higher than 45th and not have any LPGA Tour status in 2018.

The former Buff (pictured in an LPGA photo) lost a little bit of ground in Saturday’s fourth round, but still sits in 15-way tie for 34th place in Daytona Beach, Fla. She’s two strokes out of the top 20, but just one shot better than players currently outside the top 45.

On Saturday, Coleman fired a 1-over-par 73, leaving her at 1-over 289 overall. She made one birdie and two bogeys in round 4.

Nasa Hataoka of Japan remains in the lead at 11-under-par 277.

Coleman competed in 10 LPGA Tour events in 2017, making one cut.

The field was cut from 165 to the low 70 players and ties after Saturday’s fourth round, and the three other golfers with strong Colorado ties won’t be around for Sunday. Former CU golfers Esther Lee and Emily Childs finished at 297 and 303, respectively. Former University of Northern Colorado player Carleigh Silvers checked in at 305.

Here are the scores for the local players competing:

Nov. 29-Dec. 3 in Daytona Beach, Fla.
34. Former CU golfer Jenny Coleman 73-74-69-73–289
Missed 72-Hole Cut
103. Former CU golfer Esther Lee 76-75-70-76–297
144. Former CU golfer Emily Childs 73-73-79-78–303
150. Former UNC golfer Carleigh Silvers 78-80-76-71–305

For complete results from Q-school, CLICK HERE.

Coleman, who made one cut in 10 LPGA Tour events in 2017 after having conditional status on the circuit, shares 26th place at even-par 216 through three rounds at LPGA International.

The top 20 finishers after Sunday’s fifth round will earn fully-exempt status on the LPGA Tour in 2018. The remaining players who finish in the top 45 and ties will have conditional status next year.

Coleman (pictured in a Symetra Tour photo) sits two strokes out of 20th place and is eight behind leader Nasa Hataoka of Japan. The former Buff made five birdies and two bogeys in Friday’s third round.

Another former CU golfer, Esther Lee, likewise posted a sub-par round as a 2-under 70 left her at 5-over 221 and in 73rd place.

A cut to the low 70 players and ties will take place after Saturday’s fourth rounds.

Here are the scores for the local players competing:

Nov. 29-Dec. 3 in Daytona Beach, Fla.
26. Former CU golfer Jenny Coleman 73-74-69–216
73. Former CU golfer Esther Lee 76-75-70–221
113. Former CU golfer Emily Childs 73-73-79–225
157. Former UNC golfer Carleigh Silvers 78-80-76–234

For complete results from Q-school, CLICK HERE.
 

Emily Childs, who spent one season at CU before transferring to Cal, shares 43rd place in the 165-person field, while Jenny Coleman is tied for 57th place.

The top 20 finishers after Sunday’s fifth round will earn fully-exempt status on the LPGA Tour in 2018. The remaining players who finish in the top 45 and ties will have conditional status next year.

Childs shot her second straight 1-over-par 73 and sits at 2-over-par 146, eight strokes behind leader Marissa Steen. Childs posted two birdies and three bogeys on Thursday.

Coleman, who played in 10 LPGA Tour events in 2017 after having conditional status on the circuit, checks in at 147 after a second-round 74. She made three birdies, three bogeys and a double bogey in round 2.

Another former Buff, Esther Lee, is another four strokes back, at 151, after shooting a second-round 75.

A cut to the low 70 players and ties will take place after four rounds.

Here are the scores for the local players competing:

Nov. 29-Dec. 3 in Daytona Beach, Fla.
43. Former CU golfer Emily Childs 73-73–146
57. Former CU golfer Jenny Coleman 73-74–147
110. Former CU golfer Esther Lee 76-75–151
160. Former UNC golfer Carleigh Silvers 78-80–158

For complete results from Q-school, CLICK HERE.

For 2017, that time has arrived, including for some Coloradans aspiring to the big time.

The first of three stages of LPGA Tour qualifying will be held this week. And next week, qualifying for the Web.com Tour — the top level available in the U.S. directly through the Q-school process for males — will begin.

Qualifying for the European Tour begins next month and culminates in mid-November, while the PGA Tour Champions National Qualifying Tournament Finals are set for Nov. 28-Dec. 1 in Scottsdale, Ariz.

But for now, let’s take a quick look at what awaits players with strong Colorado ties at the early stages of LPGA and Web.com Q-school.

— Stage I of LPGA qualifying runs Thursday through Sunday (Aug. 24-27) in Rancho Mirage, Calif. A record-sized field of 362 golfers is expected to participate, and the top 90 finishers and ties will advance to Stage II, set for Oct. 19-22 in Venice, Fla. From there, the top performers will earn spots into Stage III, Nov. 29-Dec. 3 in Daytona Beach, Fla., where 20 players will land full LPGA Tour status for 2018.

Among the “locals” in the field for Stage I are Emily Gilbreth of Denver, winner of the CWGA Match Play this summer; University of Colorado golfer Brittany Fan, a senior who will continue to play for the Buffs this fall; former Buffs Esther Lee, Jamie Oleksiew and Natalie Vivaldi; Samantha Stancato and Paige Crawford of Colorado Springs; and former University of Denver player Mariell Bruun. Among those exempt into Stage II in October are former CU golfers Kristin Coleman and Emily Childs, along with former University of Northern Colorado player Carleigh Silvers.

— Web.com Tour Q-school includes four stages — although that can be a bit confusing as they’re called Pre-Qualifying, and First, Second and Third Stage.

Pre-Qualifying, a 54-hole tournament, is set for six sites, running either Aug. 30-Sept. 1 or Sept. 6-8. Roughly the top half of the fields are expected to advance to the First Stage, though the fields for later this month haven’t yet been announced.

The rest of the Web Q-school process goes like this:

First Stage (12 sites) — Between Sept. 26-Oct. 13.

Second Stage (5 sites) — Between Oct. 31-Nov. 7.

Final Stage — Dec. 7-10 in Chandler, Ariz.
 

Kupcho, the Women’s NCAA runner-up who is competing in the U.S. Women’s Open for the second straight year, stands at 1 under par through 14 holes and in a share of 29th place after the first day.

A strorm delayed play for about two hours Thursday afternoon and it was halted at 8:33 p.m. Kupcho (pictured) was among the groups that will return at 6:45 a.m. (ET) to complete their first round. Also in that same boat are former University of Colorado golfer Emily Childs and current CU player Robyn Choi.

Childs, who transferred to Cal after playing at CU as a freshman, is at 1 over par through 13 holes, good for a tie for 65th place. And Choi, who joined Kupcho in qualifying in Colorado for the Women’s Open, is 5 over through 15 and shares 124th place.

A 36-hole cut looms, with the top 60 players and ties after two rounds advancing to the weekend.

Kupcho, a three-time CWGA Player of the Year, missed the cut last year in her Women’s Open debut. But on Thursday, the Wake Forest junior had three birdies and two bogeys in her first 14 holes. After being 1 over through 10, she birdied Nos. 11 and 14 before play was stopped.

Shanshan Feng of China shot a bogey-free 6-under-par 66 to hold the lead after the first day.

For all the scores from the U.S. Women’s Open, CLICK HERE.
 

The past champion of the CoBank Colorado Women’s Open stands at 2-over-par 218 in stage II of LPGA Q-school in Venice, Fla. The top 80 finishers and ties — out of the original field of 193 — after Sunday’s final round will advance to the final stage of qualifying, set for Nov. 30-Dec. 4 in Daytona Beach, Fla.

Huffer (pictured), the 2008 CWGA Player of the Year, made three birdies and three bogeys in Saturday’s third round. She’s one of five players with strong Colorado ties who are in the top 80 going into the final round.

Former University of Colorado golfer Jenny Coleman is in 17th place at 1-over 217, while former University of Denver golfer Ellie Givens and former Buff Emily Childs are 54th at 222, and ex-DU golfer Katie Kempter is 75th at 224.

Here are the scores and positions for all the players with strong Colorado connections:

17. Former DU golfer Jenny Coleman 71-71-75–217
22. Becca Huffer of Denver 74-72-72–218
54. Former DU golfer Ellie Givens 68-75-79–222
54. Former CU golfer Emily Childs 71-76-75–222
75. Former DU golfer Katie Kempter 73-72-79–224
103. Former DU golfer Tonje Daffinrud 74-75-78–227
103. Former CU golfer Kristin Coleman 77-77-73–227
120. Former CU golfer Alexis Keating 72-76-81–229
164. Former UNC golfer Carleigh Silvers 74-81-78–233
192. Former DU golfer Kimberly Kim 81-80-82–243

For complete results, CLICK HERE.

Former University of Colorado golfer Jenny Coleman (pictured), who finished 31st on the Symetra Tour money list in 2016, shot her second straight round of 71, leaving her at 2-under-par 142, six strokes behind leader Maia Schechter. She shares 10th place.

The top 80 finishers and ties — out of the original field of 193 — after Sunday’s final round will advance to the third and final stage of LPGA qualifying, set for Nov. 30-Dec. 4 in Daytona Beach, Fla.

Also in the top 80 with two rounds remaining are former University of Denver golfers Ellie Givens (143, 14th place) and Katie Kempter (145, 30th place), Becca Huffer of Denver (146, 50th place), former CU golfers Emily Childs (147, 62nd place) and Alexis Keating (148, 73rd place), and former DU Pioneer Tonje Daffinrud (149, 79th place).

Here are the scores and positions for all the players with strong Colorado connections:

10. Former DU golfer Jenny Coleman 71-71–142
14. Former DU golfer Ellie Givens 68-75–143
30. Former DU golfer Katie Kempter 73-72–145
50. Becca Huffer of Denver 74-72–146
62. Former CU golfer Emily Childs 71-76–147
73. Former CU golfer Alexis Keating 72-76–148
79. Former DU golfer Tonje Daffinrud 74-75–149
149. Former CU golfer Kristin Coleman 77-77–154
154. Former UNC golfer Carleigh Silvers 74-81–155
188. Former DU golfer Kimberly Kim 81-80–161

For complete results, CLICK HERE.