Jim Knous of Littleton and Tom Whitney of Fort Collins, both of whom competed in a PGA Tour event last weekend, fell short of returning to the Final Stage of Web.com Q-school.

Despite failing to advance out of Second Stage tournaments, Knous and Whitney still will have some status on the 2018 Web circuit by virtue of finishing between 76-100 on the 2017 money list, but that’s relatively low on the tournament eligibility categories.

Knous had been inside the top 20 and ties at a Second Stage tournament in Plantation, Fla. — which was what was needed to advance to the Final Stage — after each of the first three rounds. But a 1-over-par 72 on Friday dropped him to 28th place at 5-under-par 279, which was two shy of what was necessary to advance. Knous played his final eight holes in 3 over par.

Also in 28th place in Plantation was A.J. Morris of Aspen, who shot 67-69-69 the last three rounds but was done in by a first-round 74.

Meanwhile, Whitney played in Stage 2 in McKinney, Texas, where the top 20 and ties landed spots in the Final Stage. The former Air Force Academy golfer gave himself a chance to advance with a third-round 65, but a 2-over-par 74 on Friday dropped him to a 47th-place finish at 1-over-par 289.

Last week, Wyndham Clark of Highlands Ranch punched his ticket to the Final Stage by winning a Second Stage tournament in Murrieta, Calif.

The Final Stage of Web qualifying is scheduled for Dec. 7-10 in Chandler, Ariz. There, all the finishers will be guaranteed some Web.com Tour status in 2018, but the top 45 and ties there will earn exempt status of varying degrees, while the rest will have conditional status.

Here are the scores for all the Coloradans who competed this week:

McKinney, Texas (Top 20 Finishers and Ties Advance to Final Stage)
FAILED TO ADVANCE TO FINAL STAGE
47. Tom Whitney, Fort Collins 74-76-65-74–289

Plantation, Fla. (Top 20 Finishers and Ties Advance to Final Stage)
FAILED TO ADVANCE TO FINAL STAGE
28. Jim Knous, Littleton 67-70-70-72–279
28. A.J. Morris, Aspen 74-67-69-69–279
55. Former CU golfer Justin Bardgett 71-74-73-68–286
 

With the top 20 finishers and ties after Friday’s last round advancing to the Final Stage, Knous shares 19th place through Thursday’s third round of a Second Stage tournament in Plantation, Fla.

Fresh off making a cut in a PGA Tour event for the first time, Knous stands at 6-under-par 207 through 54 holes after a 1-under 70 on Thursday.

The former Colorado School of Mines golfer, who finished 94th on the season-long Web.com Tour money list in 2017, had a wild back nine on Thursday in which he didn’t make a par. After going birdie-bogey-double bogey-bogey on holes 10-13, Knous birdied his last five to shoot the 70. He trails co-leaders Rick Cochran of Paducah, Ky., and Steven Ihm of Peosta, Iowa, by six strokes.

A.J. Morris of Aspen also is in the running to advance to the Final Stage. After following up a first-round 74 with scores of 67-69 he shares 32nd place at 3-under-par 210.

At another Second Stage tournament in McKinney, Texas, Tom Whitney of Fort Collins shot himself back into the running for a Final Stage position with a bogey-free 7-under-par 65 on Thursday. Following rounds of 74-76 on Tuesday and Wednesday, the former Air Force Academy golfer stands in 31st place at 1-under 215. The top 20 finishers and ties on Friday will advance to the Final Stage, and Whitney is now four strokes out of the 20th spot.

The Final Stage of Web qualifying is scheduled for Dec. 7-10 in Chandler, Ariz. There, all the finishers will be guaranteed some Web.com Tour status in 2018, but the top 45 and ties there will earn exempt status of varying degrees, while the rest will have conditional status.

Last week, Wyndham Clark of Highlands Ranch punched his ticket to the Final Stage by winning a Second Stage tournament in Murrieta, Calif.

Here are the scores for all the Coloradans competing this week:

McKinney, Texas (Top 20 Finishers and Ties Advance to Final Stage)
31. Tom Whitney, Fort Collins 74-76-65–215

Plantation, Fla. (Top 20 Finishers and Ties Advance to Final Stage)
19. Jim Knous, Littleton 67-70-70–207
32. A.J. Morris, Aspen 74-67-69–210
64. Former CU golfer Justin Bardgett 71-74-73–218
 

The former Colorado School of Mines golfer shot a 1-under-par 70 on Wednesday in a Second Stage tournament in Plantation, Fla., leaving him tied for 13th place with two rounds remaining.

Knous (left) birdied three straight holes — his seventh through ninth of the day — to go along with two bogeys on Wednesday. He trails leader Steve Ihm of Peosta, Iowa by three strokes.

Knous was a regular on the Web.com Tour in 2017 and placed 94th on the season-long money list.

The top 20 finishers and ties after Friday’s fourth round advance to the Final Stage of Web qualifying, set for Dec. 7-10 in Chandler, Ariz. In Arizona, all the finishers will be guaranteed some Web.com Tour status in 2018, but the top 45 and ties there will earn exempt status of varying degrees, while the rest will have conditional status.

Last week, Wyndham Clark of Highlands Ranch punched his ticket to the Final Stage by winning a Second Stage tournament in Murrieta, Calif.

Here are the scores for all the Coloradans competing this week:

McKinney, Texas (Top 20 Finishers and Ties Advance to Final Stage)
62. Tom Whitney, Fort Collins 74-76–150

Plantation, Fla. (Top 20 Finishers and Ties Advance to Final Stage)
13. Jim Knous, Littleton 67-70–137
35. A.J. Morris, Aspen 74-67–141
58. Former CU golfer Justin Bardgett 71-74–145
 

The former Colorado School of Mines golfer (pictured) made six birdies and two bogeys in round 1 and trails leader Ben Polland of Jacksonville, Fla., by three strokes.

Knous was a regular on the Web.com Tour in 2017 and placed 94th on the season-long money list.

The top 20 finishers and ties after Friday’s fourth round advance to the Final Stage of Web qualifying, set for Dec. 7-10 in Chandler, Ariz. In Arizona, all the finishers will be guaranteed some Web.com Tour status in 2018, but the top 45 and ties there will earn exempt status of varying degrees, while the rest will have conditional status. And it’s not unusual for some players with conditional status to get very few starts on the Web.com Tour.

Last week, Wyndham Clark of Highlands Ranch punched his ticket to the Final Stage by winning a Second Stage tournament in Murrieta, Calif.

Here are the scores for all the Coloradans competing this week:

McKinney, Texas (Top 20 Finishers and Ties Advance to Final Stage)
66. Tom Whitney, Fort Collins 74

Plantation, Fla. (Top 20 Finishers and Ties Advance to Final Stage)
8. Jim Knous, Littleton 67
40. Former CU golfer Justin Bardgett 71
59. A.J. Morris, Aspen 74
 

Four of the eight players with strong Colorado ties who were competing in the Cornhusker State punched their tickets to the Second Stage of the three-stage qualifying process.

Those who advanced on Friday in Nebraska City by finishing in the top 24 and ties out of a field of 77 were Wyndham Clark (second place), former University of Colorado golfers Justin Bardgett (third) and Derek Tolan (20th), and Parker Edens of Greeley (23rd).

Clark, who won the Pac-12 Conference title in Boulder in April and then played in five PGA Tour events after going pro, finished with a 15-under-par 269 total. Only amateur Nick Voke of Ames, Iowa (268) was better.

Bardgett checked in at 271, while two-time CoBank Colorado Open champion Tolan (pictured) posted a 281 total. Edens, a former Colorado State University golfer, advanced on the number at 282.

Meanwhile, former CU golfer Jeremy Paul missed by one stroke in the San Diego First Stage tournament by closing with a 73 to tie for 26th place.

Seven more First Stage tournaments are scheduled for next week.

The Second Stage of Web Q-school will be held at five sites between Oct. 31-Nov. 7, and the Final Stage Dec. 7-10 in Chandler, Ariz.

Here are the scores for all the players with strong Colorado connections who competed this week:

Nebraska City (Top 24 finishers and ties advance to Second Stage)
ADVANCE TO STAGE 2
2. Coloradan Wyndham Clark 66-67-69-67–269
3. Former CU golfer Justin Bardgett 68-71-65-67–271
20. Derek Tolan, Highlands Ranch 72-67-70-72–281
23. Parker Edens, Greeley 73-69-72-68–282
FAILED TO ADVANCE TO STAGE 2
40. Steven Kupcho, Westminster 74-69-73-70–286
55. Former CU golfer Josh Creel, Cheyenne 71-73-70-77–291
59. Former UNC golfer Conner Barr 72-69-78-74–293
63. Cameron Harrell, Colorado Springs 72-80-73-69–294

Lantana, Texas (Top 24 finishers and ties advance to Second Stage)
FAILED TO ADVANCE TO STAGE 2
49. Zahkai Brown, Golden 69-71-72-70–282

San Diego (Top 23 finishers and ties advance to Second Stage)
FAILED TO ADVANCE TO STAGE 2
26. Former CU golfer Jeremy Paul 67-68-70-73–278
33. Former Coloradan Tom Kalinowski 63-74-70-74–281
57. Jamie Marshall, Lone Tree 69-74-71-76–290
 

Wyndham Clark, who won the Pac-12 Championship in his home state of Colorado in the spring, grabbed the outright lead in a First Stage event in Nebraska City, where the top 24 finishers and ties after four rounds will advance to the Second Stage of Q-school.

Clark (pictured) backed up his first-round 66 with a 4-under-par 67 and stands at 9-under 133, two better than second-place Matt Jennings of Prairie City, Iowa. Through two rounds, Clark has made 10 birdies and one bogey.

Also in the top 24 in Nebraka City are Derek Tolan of Highlands Ranch (10th place, 139), fellow former University of Colorado golfer Justin Bardgett (10th, 139), former University of Northern Colorado player Conner Barr (18th, 141), and Parker Edens of Greeley (24th, 142).

And in San Diego, where the top 23 finishers will advance, former CU golfer Jeremy Paul is in sixth place at 5-under-par 135 and former Durango resident Tom Kalinowski is 13th at 137.

All of this week’s Q-school tourneys are 72-hole events.

Seven more First Stage tournaments are scheduled for next week.

The Second Stage of Web Q-school will be held at five sites between Oct. 31-Nov. 7, and the Final Stage Dec. 7-10 in Chandler, Ariz.

Here are the scores for all the players with strong Colorado connections who are competing this week:

Nebraska City (Top 24 finishers and ties advance to Second Stage)
1. Coloradan Wyndham Clark 66-67–133
10. Derek Tolan, Highlands Ranch 72-67–139
10. Former CU golfer Justin Bardgett 68-71–139
18. Former UNC golfer Conner Barr 72-69–141
24. Parker Edens, Greeley 73-69–142
35. Steven Kupcho, Westminster 74-69–143
42. Former CU golfer Josh Creel, Cheyenne 71-73–144
72. Cameron Harrell, Colorado Springs 72-80–152

Lantana, Texas (Top 24 finishers and ties advance to Second Stage)
44. Zahkai Brown, Golden 69-71–140

San Diego (Top 23 finishers and ties advance to Second Stage)
6. Former CU golfer Jeremy Paul 67-68–135
13. Former Coloradan Tom Kalinowski 63-74–137
37. Jamie Marshall, Lone Tree 69-74–143

In the third of the four qualifiers for the Open, Coloradans advancing were Jason Holley of Englewood and Ethan Castle of Denver (co-medalists with Bardgett and Texan Cole Howard at 5-under-par 66), Trevor McKune of Littleton (68), Cameron Freeman of Fort Collins (69), Jacob Lestishen of Lone Tree (69) and Blake Mitchell of Loveland (70). Mitchell and Keith Greene of Debary, Fla., prevailed in a four-man playoff for the final two Open berths.

In all, 14 players qualified for the $250,000 Open, which runs July 20-23 at Green Valley Ranch Golf Club in northeast Denver.

In addition to the aforementioned, punching their tickets were Brent Grant of Honolulu (67), Patrick Wilson of Andover, N.J. (67), Ty Capps of Palm Coast, Fla. (68), Jeffrey Evanier of Weston, Conn. (68) and Ryan McCormick of Middletown, N.J. (69).

The final Colorado Open qualifier will be held on Monday, also at Legacy Ridge.

For scores from Thursday’s qualifier, CLICK HERE.

For roundups from previous Colorado Open qualifiers, click on the following: FIRST, SECOND.
 

On Friday, seven players with significant Colorado connections finished well enough in Web.com first-stage tournaments to earn spots into the second stage of the three-stage process.

Advancing from a tournament in Nebraska City by placing in the top 25 and ties were several current or former University of Colorado golfers, plus former Colorado State Ram Parker Edens. CU senior Jeremy Paul finished fourth at 10-under-par 278. As for the ex-Buffs, Justin Bardgett was fifth (279), David Oraee was ninth (280) and Josh Creel was 16th (282). (Creel finished his college career at Central Oklahoma after starting at CU).

Also in 16th place at 282 was Edens. And completing the local contingent who advanced was Miller Capps of Denver (283, 25th place).

Also advancing to stage 2, from a first-stage tournament in Maricopa, Ariz., was Nick Hodge of Littleton. Hodge made two eagles in three holes — one on a par-4 and one-on a par-5 — to go along with three birdies and three bogeys in a 4-under-par 68 in Friday’s final round. With a 10-under 278 total, he finished in 15th place.

Meanwhile, in Lantana, Texas, where Coloradans Jim Knous, Zahkai Brown and Derek Tolan are all in the top 25 through 54 holes, the final round was postponed until Saturday because the course was deemed unplayable on Friday.

Coloradans Gunner Wiebe and Nick Mason advanced to the second stage of Q-school at first-stage tournaments last week.

Five more first-stage tourneys will be held next week.

Here are the results of players with strong Colorado connections at Q-school tournaments that started on Tuesday:

Nebraska City (top 25 finishers and ties advance to second stage)
Advance to Stage 2
4. CU golfer Jeremy Paul 67-68-73-70–278
5. Former CU golfer Justin Bardgett 67-70-69-73–279
9. Former CU golfer David Oraee of Greeley 69-69-72-70–280
16. Former CSU golfer Parker Edens of Greeley 70-71-68-73–282
16. Former CU golfer Josh Creel 66-72-72-72–282
25. Miller Capps of Denver 72-71-68-72–283
Failed to Advance
49. Former Coloradan Alex Gutesha 73-74-71-71–289
58. Former CU golfer Beau Schoolcraft of Denver 73-68-76-74–291
68. Former CSU golfer Cameron Harrell of Colorado Springs 73-71-75-75–294

Maricopa, Ariz. (top 25 finishers and ties advance to second stage)
Advances to Stage 2
15. Nick Hodge of Littleton 72-69-69-68–278
Failed to Advance
51. Dustin Mills of Broomfield 75-73-71-71–290

Lantana, Texas (top 24 finishers and ties after 4 rounds advance to second stage)
8. Former School of Mines golfer Jim Knous of Englewood 67-69-68–204
17. Former CSU golfer Zahkai Brown of Arvada 70-69-70–209
23. Former CU golfer Derek Tolan of Highlands Ranch 71-70-69–210
 

Paul (left) shot a 4-under-par 68 on Wednesday, leaving him at 9-under 135 with two rounds left. After Friday’s final round, the top 25 finishers and ties will advance to the second stage of a three-stage qualifying process.

Paul, who has made 13 birdies through two rounds, shares the top spot in Nebraska City with T.J. Mitchell of St. Simons Island, Ga.

Also in the top 25 at the site after two rounds are three former CU golfers: Justin Bardgett (67-70–137, sixth place), David Oraee of Greeley (69-69–138, 11th place) and Josh Creel (66-72–138, 11th place).

Meanwhile, at another first-stage tournament, in Lantana, Texas, Jim Knous of Englewood and Zahkai Brown of Arvada are on pace to advance in qualifying.

Knous holds seventh place after rounds of 67-69 left him at 8-under-par 136. Brown, meanwhile, shares 14th place at 139 after going 70-69.

And in Maricopa, Ariz., Nick Hodge of Littleton (72-69–141) shares 23rd place.

Coloradans Gunner Wiebe and Nick Mason advanced to the second stage of Q-school at first-stage tournaments last week.

Five more first-stage tourneys will be held next week.

Here are the results of players with strong Colorado connections at Q-school tournaments that started on Tuesday:

Nebraska City (top 25 finishers and ties advance to second stage)
1. CU golfer Jeremy Paul 67-68–135
6. Former CU golfer Justin Bardgett 67-70–137
11. David Oraee of Greeley 69-69–138
11. Former CU golfer Josh Creel 66-72–138
26. Parker Edens of Greeley 70-71–141
26. Beau Schoolcraft of Denver 73-68–141
37. Miller Capps of Denver 72-71–143
46. Cameron Harrell of Colorado Springs 73-71–144
66. Former Coloradan Alex Gutesha 73-74–147

Lantana, Texas (top 24 finishers and ties advance to second stage)
7. Jim Knous of Englewood 67-69–136
14. Zahkai Brown of Arvada 70-69–139
26. Derek Tolan of Highlands Ranch 71-70–141

Maricopa, Ariz. (top 25 finishers and ties advance to second stage)
23. Nick Hodge of Littleton 72-69–141
66. Dustin Mills of Broomfield 75-73–148
 

With the top 25 finishers and ties at a qualifying tournament in Bogota, Colombia landing spots on the Latinoamerica Tour this year, Tolan (left) tied for 23rd place. One shot higher and he would have missed out.

The Highlands Ranch resident double bogeyed his final hole and shot a 4-over-par 40 on the back nine Friday. But it was good enough for him to gain conditional status in 2016. Tolan went 74-71-73-76 on a formidable course to check in at 10-over-par 294.

The medalist — American Seth Fair — earned a full exemption for the entire season, while the next 10 finishers will be exempt for the first half of the year. The remaining 14 players and ties earned conditional status.

Tolan joins fellow former University of Colorado golfer Justin Bardgett and Fort Collins’ Tom Whitney in successfully negotiating one of the four Latinoamerica Q-school tournaments. Tolan and Bardgett have conditional status.

Tolan was also conditional on PGA Tour Latinoamerica in 2015, playing in eight events and finishing 71st on the money list with $13,440.

Elsewhere this week, three Coloradans — Jim Knous of Englewood, Parker Edens of Greeley and Cameron Harrell of Colorado Springs tied for ninth place in an OnCore Gateway Tour event in Gilbert, Ariz.

With 2-under-par 211 totals, they finished 15 strokes behind champion Jake Younan and won $1,400 each.