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| Two with local ties
advance to PGA Tour school final |
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Western Pennsylvania Golf Association |
| Posted Tuesday,
November 11, 2011 |
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Two of nine players with connections to Western
Pennsylvania, Sam Saunders and Brendon Todd, advanced to the
finals of PGA Tour Qualifying School, to be played November
30-December 5, at PGA West, Nicklaus & Stadium Courses, near
Palm Springs. CA. He played college golf at Clemson
Saunders, Orlando, FL, the grandson of Arnold Palmer, shot
68-67-70-75--280, tied 9th, at Southern Hills Plantation,
Brooksville, FL, while Todd, Atlanta, recorded
64-72-70-67--273, tied 4th, at Plantation Reserve GC and
Club, Plantation, FL. Todd played golf at Rolling Hills,
McMurray, as a junior before his family moved, first to
Charlotte, NC, then to Atlanta. He played college golf at
Georgia.
The other seven did not advance. Jon Mills, Indiana,
finished t-31, three strokes from the cut line, at Southern
Hills Plantation. He will likely play a full schedule on
the Nationwide Tour next year as he was 85th on their 2011
money list. Four players were at Hombre GC, Panama City, FL,
Nathan Sutherland, Oakmont, was t-42, Jason Scrivener,
Pittsburgh, t-50; David Lutterus, Pittsburgh,was t-60, and
Wexford's RAy Beaufils withdrew after three rounds.
Rob McClellan, Butler, the 2011 West Penn Open and Tri-State
PGA Section champion, played at Redstone GC, Humble, TX,
where he shot 76-72-73-82-303, t-61.
Washington, PA, native Steve Wheatcroft, will play on the
PGA Tour in 2012 after finishing 20th on the Nationwide Tour
money list this season.
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