Maple Ridge's Justin Shin Among Four Canadians Earning Web.com Tour Status At Q-School
Justin Shin From Maple Ridge Was The Top Finisher From BC Among The 10 Canadians Who Took Part In The Final Stage At Web.com Tour Q-School Coming In T35 - Image Golf Canada
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Winter Garden, FL - Thornhill, Ont., native Ben Silverman tied for 6th and led the way for the 10-player Canadian contingent taking part in the final stage of Web.com Tour qualifying at Orange County National near Orlando, Fla.
Silverman birdied three of his last five holes to finish at four under on the day and 10-under overall, seven shots back of the winning score. By virtue of finishing in the top 10, Silverman is guaranteed spots in the Tour’s first 12 events of 2017.
Calgary’s Ryan Yip carded had a 70 on Sunday to tie for 23rd at 6-under. Justin Shin of Maple Ridge, B.C., fired a 69 for a share of 35th at 4-under. Listowel, Ont., native and Team Canada Young Pro Corey Conners tied for 42nd at 3-under.
Players who finished between 11th and 45th, plus ties, earned guaranteed entry into the first eight events of the regular season before a reshuffle.
American Jim Renner had a final-round, 9-under 63 to take medalist honors. The 33-year-old lives just 25 minutes from the course and proved to feel right at home on Sunday, with seven birdies and an eagle to earn full exempt status on the Web.com Tour in 2017.
The Web.com Tour Qualifying Tournament was a four-day, 72-hole competition with a total of 155 players beginning play on Thursday morning.
There were nearly 1,000 entries for the tournament, which included previous Pre-Qualifying, First and Second stages that began in August.
The top five from the Mackenzie Tour – PGA TOUR Canada, PGA TOUR Latinoamérica and PGA TOUR China Order of Merit(s) not otherwise fully exempt for the 2017 Web.com Tour season competed in the Web.com Tour Qualifying Tournament.
Here are the results from the top five players from Mackenzie Tour – PGA TOUR Canada.
Brock Mackenzie – T4
Taylor Moore – 2
Aaron Wise – DNP
Adam Cornelson – T105
Full Canadian results:
