COURTENAY, British Columbia — App State Males’s Golf alum Jake Lane secured a PGA TOUR Canada card with partially exempt membership standing because of a powerful end Friday — two sturdy finishes, truly — to conclude the tour’s 72-hole qualifying event.
After three straight rounds of 71 put Lane in a tie for twenty fourth place within the 117-player subject with 18 holes to play, he shot a 5-under 67 on Friday to publish an 8-under complete of 280. That put Lane in a four-way tie for ninth place.
The golfers ending second by means of tenth (discounting ties) acquire exempt Tour standing (till a reshuffle happens about midway by means of the season), whereas the golfers ending eleventh by means of thirtieth (with ties) acquire conditional membership with no assured enjoying alternatives.
Clinching a top-30 spot was a cause to have fun, however a top-10 spot carries much more worth. Lane participated in and gained a four-man playoff that was held to find out the essential ninth and tenth spots.
Jake Lane will get his @PGATOURCanada card on the third playoff gap with a par pic.twitter.com/lCPvxBmxQj
— PGA TOUR Canada – Fortinet Cup (@PGATOURCanada) June 10, 2023
A disqualifying par from one participant left Lane among the many three birdie-making gamers who superior to a second playoff gap, and he holed a clutch, mid-range birdie putt as all three golfers moved on to a 3rd playoff gap.
Lane delivers within the clutch! pic.twitter.com/oPAPAgmrci
— PGA TOUR Canada – Fortinet Cup (@PGATOURCanada) June 10, 2023
Lane clinched his Tour card by making a par on the third playoff gap as the opposite two golfers made bogeys.
Within the closing spherical, Lane performed his first 10 holes at 5 underneath and completed with eight straight pars. Solely 4 gamers within the subject had a greater final-round rating than Lane.
A local of British Columbia, Lane performed at App State from 2019-22 and completed his profession with a 72.91 scoring common. He was a back-to-back medalist throughout his closing fall with the Mountaineers.
PGA TOUR Canada, as nicely PGA TOUR Latinoamérica, are worldwide PGA TOUR-sanctioned excursions that present entry to the Korn Ferry Tour and are a part of the pathway to the PGA TOUR. There are 9 tournaments on the 2023 schedule main as much as the Fortinet Cup Championship in early September.
Starting in February 2024, PGA Tour Canada and PGA Tour Latinoamérica are merging into PGA Tour Americas, which can maintain 16 occasions in Latin America, Canada and the USA by means of September of that yr.
