Posted at 3:13 p.m., Wednesday, November 28, 2007
McLachlin shoots 2-under 70 in PGA Q-School
Advertiser Staff
Former Honolulu resident and Punahou School alum Parker McLachlin shot a 2-under-par 70 today in the opening round of the six-round PGA Tour National Qualifying Tournament in Winter Garden, Fla.McLachlin had three birdies and a bogey in his round.
Frank Lickliter II and Brendon de Jonge shot 10-under 62s at Orange County National to share the first-round lead.
The top 25 finishers and ties will earn 2008 PGA Tour cards, while the next number of players nearest 50 will get full Nationwide Tour exemptions. The remaining players in the 166-man field will receive conditional Nationwide Tour status.
McLachlin is tied for 41st.
McLachlin, a rookie on the PGA Tour this past season, earned $627,582 in 28 events. He finished 137th on the PGA Tour money list, missing the 125 cutoff that enables golfers to receive full PGA Tour privileges.
The 38-year-old Lickliter, a two-time winner on the tour, had 10 birdies — six in a row on Nos. 2-7 — on the Panther Lake course. De Jonge, from Zimbabwe, had two eagles and six birdies in his bogey-free round, also at Panther Lake.
Lickliter finished 139th on the money list this year, and de Jonge was 155th.
