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Four players qualified for the John Deere Classic at Monday's open qualifier, securing tee times at the Quad Cities' longtime TOUR event at TPC Deere Run.

Joshua Creel earned medalist honors with a 7-under 65 at Pinnacle Country Club in Milan, Illinois, followed by Chase Johnson at 6-under 66.

Blake Hathcoat and amateur Anders Larson qualified via a 4-for-2 playoff at 5-under 67. Falling just short in the playoff were Jack Sparrow and Mike Van Sickle.

Read below for more information on the four qualifiers.

Joshua Creel (7-under 65)

Age: 34 Hometown: Cheyenne, Wyoming Alma mater: University of Central Oklahoma PGA TOUR starts: 23 Cuts made: 5 Best PGA TOUR finish: T16, 2022 Barracuda Championship

Notes: Carded seven birdies in a bogey-free qualifying round ... Showed resilience after five consecutive missed cuts on the Korn Ferry Tour. Competing on Korn Ferry Tour full-time this season; stands No. 148 on season-long standings with six made cuts in 14 starts overall ... Was a PGA TOUR member in the 2022 season, but he lost his card with a No. 216 finish on the FedExCup ... Keeps his brother's dog tags as lucky charms ... Favorite quote is, "If you've never made a mistake, you've never tried something new."

Chase Johnson (6-under 66)

Age: 28 Hometown: Barberton, Ohio Alma mater: Kent State PGA TOUR starts: 7 Cuts made: 3 Best PGA TOUR finish: 51st, 2024 The Genesis Invitational

Notes: Made five birdies and an eagle against one bogey in qualifying round ... This will mark his fourth TOUR start of the season; he made the cut at The Genesis Invitational at Riviera, a Signature Event, as recipient of the Charlie Sifford Memorial Exemption. Also competed at the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches on a sponsor exemption, and he Monday qualified into the Corales Puntacana Championship ... Has made 37 career Korn Ferry Tour starts, highlighted by a runner-up at The Ascendant presented by Blue in 2020, one stroke back of Will Zalatoris.

Blake Hathcoat (5-under 67, advanced via playoff)

Age: 26 Hometown: Fresno, California Alma mater: St. Mary's College PGA TOUR starts: 1 Cuts made: 0

Notes: Made four birdies and an eagle against one bogey in qualifying round, then advanced in a playoff ... Has made 19 career starts on PGA TOUR Canada, highlighted by a tie for eighth at the 2022 Sotheby's International Realty Canada Ontario Open ... Debuted on TOUR at the 2023 Fortinet Championship, also as a Monday qualifier, missing the cut with rounds of 76-68 ... Played five seasons at St. Mary’s College in California, twice named First Team All-WCC. … Also played club and high school soccer.

Anders Larson (5-under 67, advanced via playoff)

Age: 20 Hometown: Pine Island, Minnesota Current college: Tennessee Tech; rising junior PGA TOUR starts: 1 Cuts made: 0

Notes: Made four birdies and an eagle against one bogey in qualifying round, then advanced in a playoff ... He has now gone back-to-back at John Deere Classic Monday qualifiers; he debuted on TOUR last year at TPC Deere Run, missing the cut with rounds of 72-82 ... Compiled a 73.83 scoring average as a college sophomore in 2023-24 ... Was a three-sport athlete at Pine Island High School, competing in basketball and baseball as well as golf ... Placed third individually at the Minnesota 2A state championship as a senior, while also leading his program to its first state title ... Majoring in business management with a concentration in production and operations management.

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2024 PGA Tour open Monday qualifying schedule: Events, dates and presenting organizations

In 2024, the PGA Tour will run 18 open qualifiers into its events. That means 18 events -- mostly Monday qualifiers -- where players will have an opportunity to get a potentially life-changing spot in a PGA Tour event.

The PGA Tour has Monday qualifying that feed into their tournament at what are called open tournaments. They don't have them for their invitational tournaments, The Players, the Signature events, the majors (which they don't run) or the FedEx Cup playoff events.

These qualifiers largely offer four spots into the associated tournament field. One of the tournaments, the Waste Management Phoenix Open, offers three spots.

PGA Tour Monday qualifiers are almost exclusively run by PGA of America sections closest to the tournament host site. While the overwhelming number of Monday qualifiers are held on Mondays, some are held prior to tournament week.

These open qualifiers typically have pre-qualifying tournaments that serve as a gateway to the Monday qualifier for those without status.

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The Farmers Insurance Monday qualifier often boasts one of the better Monday Q fields of the year. Despite the tournament field being down a bit with the AT&T now a signature event next week, the Monday Q field is still very good. 

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Weather : Pissing rain, possible thunderstorms, could be a Tuesday Q. 

PGA Tour Winners in the field: 10 with a total of 17 wins

Ryan Palmer- 4

Patton Kizzire- 2

DJ Trahan- 2

James Hahn- 2

Sangmoon Bae- 2

Charlie Beljan

Robert Garrigus

Other notables

Matt Atkins- The Bryan Brothers favorite and KFT veteran looks to duplicate his success at the RSM after a Monday Q

Andre Metzger- Mini-tour Legend

Grant Hirschman- KFT veteran and former Oklahoma Sooner looks to find his form

MJ Daffue- His success at Monday Q’s is well known, it wouldn’t be a surprise to see him get through

Cooper Humphreys- The High School Senior and Canadian National Team member got through the second hardest pre-qualifier of the season. 

Ryan Hall- The former South Carolina All-American is a conditional KFT member

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Kelly Kraft

Bronson Burgoon

Henrik Norlander

Austin Smotherman

Erik Barnes

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2024 John Deere Classic Monday qualifier: Dates, locations, field and who got through

The 2024 John Deere Classic is the 13th PGA Tour event of the calendar year to offer a Monday qualifier.

The Quad Cities tournament is an an open event and allocates four spots in the field to players who earn their way in through a Monday qualifier. The tournament, which features an $8 million purse, is played Thursday through Sunday.

Monday qualifiers are tournaments held on Mondays (although a rare few are not), and they feature a field of typically around 80 players that are looking to get into that week's PGA Tour event. The tournaments are 18-hole affairs typically put on by the local PGA of America section nearest to the tournament host. Eligibility is not limited to professionals, as amateurs with a USGA handicap index under 2.0 may play as well.

For the 2024 John Deere Classic, the Iowa section of the PGA of America presents the tournament. The Monday qualifier is played July 1, 2024, at Pinnacle Country Club in Milan, Ill., and the field of 69 players was finalized on June 28 at 5 p.m. local time.

Before the Monday qualifier, there were pre-qualifiers, which is common. This tournament creates a pathway to the Monday qualifier for players who have limited or no status with the PGA Tour and, frankly, raises entry fees.

For this Monday qualifier, the field is filled with players with limited PGA Tour and Korn Ferry Tour status.

The top four finishers from the Monday qualifier will gain entry to the 2024 John Deere Classic. The last Monday qualifier to win on the PGA Tour is Corey Conners , who won the 2019 Valero Texas Open after Monday qualifying.

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Monday Q FAQ Sheet

From the basics of the monday q to the super-nerdy and everything in between.

As more people are following Monday qualifiers, I have put together a fact sheet about them. This column will cover only PGA Tour Monday Qs; I will do LPGA, KFT and Champions in later articles. 

What is a Monday Qualifier?

It is an 18-hole event held the Monday prior to a select number of tour events. The PGA, LPGA, KFT, Latinoamerica, and Canada tours all hold Monday Qs. The European Tour does not. The players with the four lowest scores get into that week's event. 

Who is eligible for the Monday Qualifier? 

Not just anyone can sign up for a Tour Monday Qualifier. Here are the players who can sign up directly. The rest have to go through a pre-qualifier (explained below).

Current year’s PGA Tour members who are not in that week’s field

Current year’s KFT and Champions Tour members

Maximum of three section members (teaching pros from that PGA Section)

Former PGA Tour members from 2018 to '21

Non-members in the Top 100 OWGR 

Non-members who played in the previous week's PGA Tour event

Non-members who have made a cut on the PGA Tour during the season

All others must play in a pre-qualifier just to get into the Monday Qualifier. 

What is a pre-qualifier? 

Basically, it is a qualifier before the qualifier. It is often held the Thursday prior to the Monday Q. (There are often multiple pre-q’s for an event, so some are played as early as Tuesday of the week prior.) The number of players who get through is based on the number of players the PGA Tour anticipates will be signed up for the Monday Q. The Tour tries to keep the Monday fields around 75. This is impossible in some cases; for example, the Korn Ferry Tour has an off week. But the number getting through the pre-qualifier varies based on the Monday field. 

For example, the Waste Management Open has eight or nine pre-qualifiers with just two spots (plus ties) available at each. At some opposite-field events, as many as 20-plus spots are available at the pre-qualifier. 

The entry fee for a pre-qualifier is $250. Your reward for getting through is to pay another $250 to tee it up in the Monday Qualifier. 

If you are an amateur (yes, you can enter as an Am), you must have an Index of 2.0 or less to enter. If you mark “pro” when entering, event organizers don’t ask for an index. 

What does it cost to enter a Monday Q?

The entry fee is based on a player’s status. Here is a breakdown:

Current PGA Tour member $0

Current KFT member $100

Current Champions member $100

Canada/LA member $300

2018-21 PGA Tour member $500

Exempt Section member $500

Everyone else $500

How many spots are available? 

Four. The only event that has less is the Waste Management Monday Q, which has three. 

Has a Monday Qualifier gone on to win that week's Tour event?

Yes. Four times.

Kenny Knox — 1986

Fred Wadsworth —1986

Arjun Atwal — 2010

Corey Conners — 2019

Does every event have a Monday Qualifier? 

No. Invitationals such as the Genesis, Arnold Palmer, Players, Heritage and Memorial do not. There are 25 Monday Qs in the 2021-22 season. 

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How do guys get into a pre-qualifier and shoot 95 and higher?

As I mentioned above, if you sign up as a “pro” there is no handicap requirement. So some guy who says he shoots 75 each week clicks pro , and he’s in. It is impossible for the section to vet everyone who signs up. 

By clicking pro , if following the letter of the law, it would prevent you from playing any amateur events, including member-guests, club events, etc. But no one tracks that, so these guys go back to playing in whatever tournaments they want. 

What is the highest score shot in a pre-qualifier?

I’ve seen a 123. Most section officials will pull a player off the course when they see he is on his way to shooting a big number. 

What has been the biggest playoff in a Monday Q? 

On the Tour side, it happened at the Honday Monday Q just a few weeks ago. Rick Lamb eagled the first hole to abruptly end a 16-for-1 playoff.

Years ago, there was a 19-for-1 on the Korn Ferry Tour.

My favorite story came in a 14-for-1 in a KFT Monday. A friend played in the morning wave and didn’t think he had a chance after shooting 69. He went to a casino to wait things out and had multiple beers. After consuming too many beers, he realized he was going to be in a huge playoff. Drank as much water as he could, went back to the course, and birdied the first hole to get through. 

What percentage of Monday Qualifiers make the cut at the event?  

In the time I have been tracking (about four years), it is around 28 percent. 

What scores does it take to get through a Monday Q?  

I didn’t do full-season stats on scores last season, but I did the previous three. The medalist score over those three years averaged 64.6. The fourth spot averaged just over 66. Often the last spot is decided by a playoff. 

Here are the numbers from the three years I kept detailed stats. (One day I’ll have time to do that again.)

Who has played the most Monday Qualifiers?

I don’t have any stats on this, but my educated guess would be Brad Adamonis or Frank Lickliter III (affectionately known as The Blade). Rarely is a Monday held without one or both of them in the field. Adamonis lost his Tour status in 2009 and after a few years on the Nationwide Tour has chased Mondays for the better part of 10 years. I've often asked how many times he has played, and he just laughs. But my guess is well over 200. 

To give you an idea of how many qualifiers the 49-year-old Adamonis has played in, let's revisit a week last year. Adamonis went to a pre-q for a Tour event on Thursday. He didn’t get through. He then drove to play in a Latinoamerican Tour (played in Florida)  Monday Q. (It was played on a Friday.) He didn’t get through there, so he drove to the KFT Monday and played that. That itinerary is the stuff of a grinding legend. 

The Blade, 52, has a reputation for being a bit prickly, so although I see him at Mondays, I have never asked him about his total. But it's in the same ballpark as Adamonis's. (Google “Frank Lickliter knife” to learn how he got his nickname.)

Who has gotten through the most in a season?

TJ Vogel did it eight times in 2018. It is a record that I believe will not be broken. It is also greatly underappreciated as far as records go in golf. His scores:

64 to get into the RSM

64 to get into the Honda

63 to get into the Valspar

65 to get into the Wells Fargo

66 to get into the Byron Nelson

66 to get into the St. Jude

65 to get into the Greenbrier

66 to get into the Wyndham

Let those scores sink in. Unfortunately, he wasn’t able to capitalize, making three of eight cuts with a best finish of 16th place. Vogel, 31, is a member of the KFT. 

In 2012 a certain fella named Patrick Reed made it through six Monday qualifiers, with his then-financée, Justine, on the bag. He played well in most of those events and, along with some exemptions, parlayed it into a Tour card. 

Who are some players who changed their career recently with a successful event after a Monday Q?

Corey Conners Although he was already a Tour member, his win at the 2019 Valero accelerated the trajectory of his career tenfold. The next week he made the cut at the Masters. He is 43rd in the world rankings.

Russell Knox Though it came on a KFT Monday, his subsequent runner-up finish changed his career. Knox was dominating the mini-tours for years but always struggled at Q-school, missing multiple times. He has more than $20 million in worldwide earnings. 

Patrick Reed See above.

Chase Seiffert An amazing college career didn’t translate to the pro game, and Seiffert struggled for years to gain traction. In 2018, five years into his pro career, he Monday’d into the Travelers. His T9 (his only made cut of the season) was enough to get him into the KFT Finals. Although he didn’t get his Tour card, he did the following year via the KFT. 

Doc Redman The U.S. Amateur champ was struggling and had missed at KFT Q-school and Latinoamerica Q-school. He had flown in from the West Coast the previous night and arrived at the Rocket Mortgage Monday in 2019 having never seen the course. He shot 62 and then finished second in the event, gaining status. 

Cameron Young  He, too, was a world-class amateur, and last year, with no status, he Monday-qualified for a KFT event. He finished 11th, earning a spot in the following week’s event. He finished T14 in that event, earning another start, then had a T6 and a T2, earning membership. 

Will Zalatoris Same as Cameron Young. It all started with a KFT Monday.

The Ultra Nerdy

Who runs the qualifiers? 

The PGA of America section in the area of the tournament runs the qualifier, but the Tour has final approval on all things. The Tour decides how many get through each pre-qualifier and gets a big share from the entry fees. 

Who gets the money from the entry fees?

The Tour collects around 35 percent.  The amount varies depending on the mix of players and the entry fees. Because the Tour doesn't have many (if any) expenses, it can be a good moneymaker. 

In most cases the course is paid by the round: anywhere from $50 to $80. It depends on the area the event is being held and the time of the season. 

The section gets the rest, but is also responsible for all of its own expenses. It pays for its staff (including travel costs), rules officials, food, etc. 

How are courses chosen? 

One challenge is finding courses to host events. Monday qualifiers are no different. 

When courses were hurting for traffic, finding courses wasn’t difficult. A Monday in most parts of the country isn’t a popular golf day, and a course could fill up the tee sheet and profit from a Monday Q. 

Those times have changed. Most courses have tee sheets that are filled daily, at peak prices, so it's hard to persuade it to close for a day (plus provide practice rounds on Sundays) when it can fill up the sheet with full-paying customers. 

That's a long-winded way to say a lot of it now comes down to finding a course that is relatively close to the event and willing to host it. All while meeting the budget at a price point that works for everyone. It's a difficult balance.

In our podcast “The Grind,” we talked to the South Florida PGA Section about that challenge. 

What are some of the craziest things that have happened at a Monday or pre-qualifier? 

The Cowboy Qualifier He is by far my favorite because it isn’t an act. Below is a picture of him at the Valero Monday Qualifier. He is in his full cowboy outfit. In a pod with me, he explained how he arrived at the attire. He used a knife to repair ball marks and fix divots. HE USED A KNIFE TO REPAIR BALL MARKS.  I love everything about him. 

Connor Murphy This one is not as fun because it ended up being a stunt for his YouTube channel. But he showed up wearing a leprechaun suit and pulling his clubs in a wagon. Later in the year, Murphy ran down the middle of a fairway at the U.S. Open and was arrested. The podcast he did with the Fore the People guys is something. Listen here . 

The Fight When Fox News featured the story on its main page, I knew it was big. Two players at a KFT Monday had a disagreement that ended with one player getting arrested, one player WD’ing because of injuries and the third player in the group giving a police report in the middle of his round. It still stands as the most popular article in Fire Pit history.

I’m not sure we will ever top that one. But in the Monday Q world, you never know. 

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The 152nd Open: Genesis Scottish Open offers last-chance route to Royal Troon

The Genesis Scottish Open offers the final opportunity for DP World Tour members to play their way into The 152nd Open at Royal Troon.

The tournament, co-sanctioned with the PGA TOUR, is the 16th and last in The Open Qualifying Series (OQS), which has so far seen 41 players book their spots in the field for the final Major Championship of the year.

There are three places on offer to the leading three players, not already exempt, who make the cut at this week’s second Rolex Series event of the 2024 Race to Dubai schedule.

The Open, the oldest golf tournament in the world, is being held this year from July 18-21.

Brian Harman is set to defend his Open Championship title later this month in Ayrshire, having lifted the Claret Jug for his first Major victory at Royal Liverpool last year.

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As of July 8, the field for the 2024 Open Championship is*:

*Listed in alphabetical order, with the numbers for their routes of qualification after their name. Page will be updated as further exemptions are finalised.

• # Åberg, Ludvig - 5
• An, Byeong Hun - 5
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• # Andersen, Mason - 15
• Bezuidenhout, Christiaan - 14
• # Bhatia, Akshay - 5
• Björk, Alexander - 6
• # Boriboonsub, Denwit - OQS Malaysia
• Bradbury, Dan - OQS South Africa
• Bradley, Keegan - 5, 13
• # Brown, Daniel - Final Qualifying - West Lancashire
• Burmester, Dean - OQS South Africa
• Burns, Sam - 5, 13
• Campillo, Jorge - 6
• Canter, Laurie - 8
• Cantlay, Patrick - 5, 13
• Catlin, John - OQS Malaysia
• Čejka, Alex - 18
• Cink, Stewart - 1
• Clark, Wyndham - 5, 9, 13
• Clarke, Darren - 1
• Clemons, Dominic (a) - Final Qualifying - Burnham & Berrow
• Cole, Eric - 5
• Conners, Corey - 5, 13
• Crocker, Sean - OQS Italy
• Curtis, Ben - 1
• Daly, John - 1
• Day, Jason - 4, 5, 13
• Dean, Joe - OQS Netherlands
• DeChambeau, Bryson - 5, 9
• De La Fuente, Santiago (a) - 24
• Dodd-Berry, Matthew (a) - Final Qualifying - West Lancashire
• Duval, David - 1
• # Eckroat, Austin - 5
• Els, Ernie - 1
• Elvira, Nacho - 8
• English, Harris - 5
• Ferguson, Ewen - 8
• Fichardt, Darren - OQS South Africa
• Finau, Tony - 5, 13
• Fitzpatrick, Matt - 5, 6, 9, 13
• Fleetwood, Tommy - 4, 5, 6, 13
• Fowler, Rickie - 5, 13
• Fox, Ryan - 6, 7
• Glover, Lucas - 5, 13
• Griffin, Ben - OQS Canada – RBC Canadian Open
• Grillo, Emiliano - 4, 13
• Hadwin, Adam - OQS USA – the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday
• Hamilton, Todd - 1
• Harman, Brian - 1, 3, 4, 5, 13
• Harrington, Pádraig - 1
• Hatton, Tyrrell - 5, 6, 13
• Hendry, Michael - 27
• Henley, Russell - 5, 13
• # Hidalgo, Angel - Final Qualifying - Dundonald Links
• Hillier, Daniel - 6
• # Hisatsune, Ryo - 6
• Hoge, Tom - 14
• Højgaard, Nicolai - 5, 6
• Højgaard, Rasmus - 6
• Homa, Max - 4, 5, 13
• Horschel, Billy - 7
• Horsfield, Sam - Final Qualifying - West Lancashire
• Hoshino, Rikuya - OQS Australia
• Hovland, Viktor - 5, 6, 13
• Hughes, Mackenzie - OQS Canada - RBC Canadian Open
• # Hutsby, Sam - Final Qualifying - Dundonald Links
• Im, Sungjae - 5, 13
• # Iwasaki, Aguri - 17
• # Jaeger, Stephan - 5
• Johnson, Dustin - 10
• Johnson, Zach - 1, 3
• Jordan, Matthew - 4
• Katsuragawa, Yuto - OQS Japan
• Kawamura, Masahiro - Final Qualifying - West Lancashire
• Kim, Minkyu - OQS Korea
• Kim, Si Woo - 5, 13
• Kim, Tom - 4, 5, 6, 13
• Kinoshita, Ryosuke - OQS Japan
• Kirk, Chris - 5
• Kitayama, Kurt - 5
• # Kobori, Kazuma - 16
• Koepka, Brooks - 5, 11
• # Koh, Guntaek - OQS Japan
• Langasque, Romain - 6
• Lawrence, Thriston - 6
• Lawrie, Paul - 1
• Lee, Min Woo - 5, 6
• Leonard, Justin - 1
• # Lindh, Charlie - Final Qualifying - Burnham & Berrow
• Lowry, Shane - 1, 3, 5, 7
• Luiten, Joost - 6
• MacIntyre, Robert - 6
• Manassero, Matteo - 8
• # Masaveu, Luis (a) - Final Qualifying - Royal Cinque Ports
• Matsuyama, Hideki - 5, 10
• McCarthy, Denny - 5
• # McDonald, Jack - Final Qualifying - Dundonald Links
• # McKibbin, Tom - OQS Italy
• McIlroy, Rory - 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 13
• McNealy, Maverick - OQS Canada
• Meronk, Adrian - 6
• Mickelson, Phil - 1, 3, 11
• Migliozzi, Guido - OQS Netherlands
• Molinari, Francesco - 1, 3
• # Montojo, Jaime (a) - Final Qualifying - Royal Cinque Ports
• Moore, Taylor - 13
• Morikawa, Collin - 1, 3, 5, 11, 13
• Morrison, Tommy (a) - 21
• Nakajima, Keita - 16
• Niemann, Joaquin - OQS Australia
• # Nolan, Liam (a) - Final Qualifying - Dundonald Links
• # Norrman, Vincent - 6
• # Ogletree, Andy - 16
• Olesen, Thorbjørn - 6
• # Olesen, Jacob Skov (a) - 19
• Oosthuizen, Louis - 1
• Paul, Yannik - 6
• Pan, C.T. - OQS USA - John Deere Classic
• Pavon, Matthieu - 5, 6
• Perez, Victor - 6
• Poston, JT - 5
• # Puig, David - 16
• Rahm, Jon - 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 13
• Rose, Justin - Final Qualifying - Burnham & Berrow
• # Sargent, Gordon (a) - 22
• Schauffele, Xander - 5, 11, 13
• Scheffler, Scottie - 5, 10, 12, 13
• Schenk, Adam - 5, 13
• Scott, Adam - OQS Australia
• # Scott, Calum (a) - 25
• Sharma, Shubhankar - 4
• Siem, Marcel - 6
• Smith, Cameron - 1, 3, 12
• Smith, Jordan - 6
• # Smylie, Elvis - Final Qualifying - Royal Cinque Ports
• # Söderberg, Sebastian - 6
• Song, Younghan - OQS Korea
• Southgate, Matthew - Final Qualifying - Royal Cinque Ports
• Spieth, Jordan - 1, 3, 5, 13
• Stenson, Henrik - 1, 3
• Straka, Sepp - 4, 5, 13
• # Stubbs, Jasper (a) - 23
• Svensson, Jesper - 8
• Taylor, Nick - 5, 13
• Theegala, Sahith - 5
• Thomas, Justin - 5, 11
• Thompson, Davis - OQS USA - John Deere Classic
• Todd, Brendon - OQS USA - Arnold Palmer Invitational
• Välimäki, Sami - 6
• # Van der Merwe, Altin (a) - 26
• # Van Velzen, Ryan - 16
• Wallace, Matt - 6
• Wang, Jeunghun - OQS Malaysia
• Woodland, Gary - 9
• Woods, Tiger - 1, 10
• Young, Cameron - 4, 5
• Zalatoris, Will - OQS USA - Arnold Palmer Invitational

(a) = Amateur

# = Making their debut

The Open qualifying criteria

1. The Open Champions aged 60 or under on 21 July 2024 (for all Champions up to 2024)

2. The Open Champions aged 55 or under on 21 July 2024 (for all Champions from 2024)

3. The Open Champions for 2013-2023

4. First 10 anyone tying for 10th place in The 151st Open at Royal Liverpool in 2023

5. The first 50 players on the OWGR for Week 21, 2024

6. First 30 in the Final Race to Dubai Rankings for 2023

7. The BMW PGA Championship winners for 2021-2023

8. First 5 DP World Tour members and any Race to Dubai members tying for 5th place, not otherwise exempt, in the top 20 of the Race to Dubai Rankings on completion of the 2024 BMW International

9. The US Open Champions for 2019-2024

10. The Masters Tournament Champions for 2019-2024

11. The PGA Champions for 2018-2024

12. The PLAYERS Champions for 2022-2024

13. Top 30 players for the Final 2023 FedEx Cup

14. First 5 PGA TOUR members and any PGA TOUR members tying for 5th place, not exempt in the top 20 of the PGA TOUR FedEx Cup for 2024 on completion of the 2024 Travelers Championship

15. The 117th VISA Open de Argentina 2024 Champion

16. The first 5 players on the 2024 Federations Ranking List as of closing date

17. The Japan Open Champion for 2023

18. The Senior Open Champion for 2023

19. The Amateur Champion for 2024

20. The US Amateur Champion for 2023

21. The European Amateur Champion for 2024

22. The Mark H McCormack Medal (Men's World Amateur Golf Ranking) winner for 2023

23. The Asia-Pacific Amateur Champion 2023

24. The Latin America Amateur Champion 2024

25. The Open Amateur Series winner 2024

26. The Africa Amateur Champion 2024

27. Medical Exemption

Exemptions 19-26 can only be taken up by players retaining their amateur status.

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Curtis, Ben (2003 Open Championship)

Lawrie, Paul (1999 Open Championship)

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'We Can At Least Pay Our Bills The Next Couple Of Months' - Monday Qualifier Full Of Emotion After Dramatically Making PGA Tour Cut

Matt Atkins birdied his last three holes to ensure he made the weekend in his first PGA Tour event in almost four years

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Matt Atkins revealed the life-changing importance of his performance at the RSM Classic , after the Korn Ferry Tour player made three birdies in his final three holes to dramatically make the cut in his first PGA Tour event in nearly four years.

Atkins, who admitted he was on the brink of quitting golf when he Monday qualified for the final Tour event of 2023, was staring a heartbreaking exit in the face midway through his Friday round.

After a one-under-par first round, the 32-year-old looked set to miss the four-under-par cut mark after just one birdie through his first 15 second-round holes. But the American summoned a superb finish - with birdies on each of his last three holes - to make the cut by one shot.

"This week was a huge opportunity for me Monday qualifying. I just didn't want to let it slip by, but I tried to just tell myself even if -- even if it's meant for you to just play and enjoy the experience, you have to be satisfied with that," Atkins reflected after the round.

“We can at least pay our bills the next couple of months.”Monday qualifier Matt Atkins was emotional after making the cut @TheRSMClassic.He reflects on past struggles and on why he's playing for something bigger than himself. https://t.co/ySWRSNxmRN pic.twitter.com/WM1YsKxeWQ November 17, 2023

"So it was an awesome finish, an awesome way to finish the day. I'm just super thrilled to be playing the weekend and see what kind of opportunities come the next couple days.

"Financially [I] was in a position where paying bills was going to be almost impossible. So getting into the event was an opportunity, but making the cut and making a check, we can at least pay our bills for the next couple months."

A conditional Korn Ferry Tour member, Atkins missed out on advancing in Tour Q-School by one stroke. He has struggled this year on the developmental Tour - registering just two top-20 finishes in 2023 - but said leaning back on his faith in recent weeks has provided a renewed sense of perspective on the golf course.

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"I took a big leap of faith trusting in the Lord a couple weeks ago and I told my wife I couldn't have been more confident in the decision I made," he added.

"We had been praying for just clarity and just direction on what to do, and discernment. This week was an unknown after I qualified, but I think the Lord has shown, Matt, this is where you're supposed to be, stop playing for yourself and for worldly things, just glorify me.

"And with our life, where everything's at in a personal matter, it's the first time I would say that, not that I broke down but that I was fully like, OK, God, I can talk the talk, it's time to walk it. 

"Having that faith doesn't mean that I was going to play well this week or that I was going to qualify, it just means that I'm going to follow Him wherever He wants me to go. This qualifying here, making the cut is Him, I think, pointing me in that direction of this is where I want you. 

"So that's what I'm playing for this week. My goal is to get back out full time on the Korn Ferry or out here, to not slip back into the selfish nature that is within all of us that, because golf's very individual, it's very performance based and, you know, you can't -- there's nothing you can do performance-wise that makes you good enough. 

"My hope is that moving forward I wouldn't fall back into that, that I would just work for the Lord and that He would be satisfied with what I'm doing glorifying him and not making it about me anymore."

Atkins sits six shots off the leader Ludvig Aberg (-11) heading into the weekend. Denny McCarthy, Sam Ryder and Eric Cole are one further back on -10. 

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Monday Qualifier: The Path to a PGA Tourney

Imagine teeing it up for a PGA Tour event… even if you’re an amateur golfer. It’s 100% possible if you have a few great rounds in your game.

To get to the biggest stage of golf, you must go through the gauntlet known as Monday qualifiers. These are some of the most competitive events in the world and can truly change someone’s life. 

Keep reading to learn more about qualifying for a professional golf tournament to see if you have what it takes. 

Monday Qualifiers – The Step-by-Step Process

First off, you might be thinking,  “What are PGA Monday qualifiers?”

It’s a good question. I’m sure you’ve heard announcers on TV say something like,  “He shot 65 on Monday to qualify for this event.”  Or,  “He didn’t have any status so he had to Monday qualify just to get here.”

A Monday qualifier is the process to get into a professional golf tournament. It’s a little different process for each tour but we’ll outline them all in this article. Let’s start with the PGA Tour where the world’s best golfers compete for huge purses. 

To qualify for a PGA Tour event, here is a quick overview of the process:

• Find your event → Register for pre-qualifying site → Pre-Qualifying Event (18 Holes) → Top scores get into Monday Qualifier (18 Holes) → Top players advance to the tournament.

In the old days, you could just sign up for a Monday site and give it your best shot. But as there is so much interest in it these days, you first have to go through pre-quaifying, just to make it to the Monday qualifier. 

I’ve competed several times to try and get to a Monday qualifier and haven’t had any luck (yet). It’s more competitive than you could imagine as you get some of the best players in the world all hoping for a shot.

You’ll get a little bit of everything in these qualifiers; amatuers like myself, mini tour professionals, teaching pros, ex-PGA players, Korn Ferry pros, and professional golfers who don’t have status anymore. 

Can anyone play in a Monday qualifier? 

Yes, as long as you’re willing to spend some money! In fact, a guy lost his fantasy football pool and had to play in a Monday qualifier… he ended up shooting 111 and likely has a lifetime of shame too. 

But before getting into the field and typical scores, let’s dive into the first step – finding your event. 

Step 1: Find Your Tournament

First things first, sadly, you can’t qualify for any PGA Tour event on the schedule. I know every golfer on the planet wants to tee it up at Augusta National in April for the Masters, but it doesn’t work like that. 

Monday qualifiers only exist for a certain number of tournaments each year. These are known as “Open” events; such as the Valero Texas Open, Waste Management (WM) Open, or the Farmers Insurance Open. There are no qualifiers for events like the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am or the BMW Championship.  

I live in Scottsdale, Arizona so each year I try for the WM Open in January. It’s usually best to find a site that is local as almost all qualifiers are near the tournament site. 

Step 2: Register for Pre-Qualifying

Once you find your event, it’s time to get your credit card out and pay for the big day. You might be thinking, “How much does it cost to play in a Monday qualifier?”

It’s not cheap. In 2022 it was $250 for my qualifier and the golf course was not a $250 course to say the least. Luckily, yu get to choose the site as there is usually more than one since so many players want a chance to compete. 

For example, since the WM is such a popular event (and evyerone wants a chance to play in it), there are eight qualifying sites! In the 2022 WM Open, there were 78 players in each field so 624 players trying to get to the next qualifying event. Pre-qualifying is the week before the actual event and are between Monday-Saturday. 

You can only pick one site so make sure it’s a golf course that you love. I always choose the same course as I’m familiar with how they set it up for the event and feel it suits my game. 

Step 3: Pre-Qualifying

Once you find your pre-qualifying site, it’s a good idea to play a practice round at the venue. That way you can evaluate the course conditions and get fully prepared for the big event. I typically do my practice round the day before so the course conditions are nearly identical to the qualifier.

Then, it’s time for the bid day. Go out and play 18 holes with one intention – make it to Monday. It’s hard to not play overly aggressive as you know a good score (and nearly perfect golf) is needed to advance.  

The course is set up very difficult in most cases, especially if it’s a flat, easy golf course. In my 2022 pre-qualifer we had tough pins and bone-chilling wind which made for a long day.

A pro in my group quit on hole 17 because he couldn’t stand it anymore (and didn’t want to see his total score). Six of 78 players had a WD (withdraw) next to their name that day so he wasn’t alone. 

My round didn’t go as planned after making a double bogey on the first hole. But I stuck with it and hit a perfect shot two holes later and holed out from 143 yards! Sadly, it wasn’t a good omen as I didn’t make it to the Monday so my journey was over. But don’t worry, I can still take you through the rest. 

Scores tend to be crazy low in these pre-qualifying events. The weather made my site difficult and 69 (-3) advanced. But other qualifying sites had 62 or 63 to advance to Monday… that’s crazy good golf. 

Step 4: Pay For Monday Qualifying and Practice Round 

If you’re lucky enough to advance to Monday, it’s time to register for part of the event. That’s right, the Monday isn’t included in the original $250. 

Prices vary for the pre-qualifer depending on your status when registering for the Monday qualifer. For example, amatuer entry fees are lower than professionals and range from $100 to $500 for the day. 

Sadly, the Monday qualifier isn’t at the actual venue and instead a course nearby. 

Step 5: Make it Through Monday Qualifier

The Monday of the event is where the magic happens. This is where all the players who made it through pre-qualifying advance to the Monday. 

The field is also comprised of big names, amateurs, mini-tour pros, and more. You literally never know who you could get paired up with. 

For example, in the 2022 WM Open Monday qualifier some name you might recongize were Aaron Baddeley, Scott Harringont, and more. Once again, scores are low to get to the PGA Tour event. Almost always there’s a tie and golfesr play until it’s down to the number of qualifiers allowed into the event. Talk about high stake golf, each shot is very intense! 

Then, if you make it in the event you have Tuesday and Wednesday to complete practice rounds and get ready for Thursday. Talk about a whirlwind week of golf! 

If you want to follow the action through the season, make sure to follow Monday Q Info on Instagram. They provide tons of updates so you can monitor activity of certain players and root your favorite people on from the distance.

Monday Qualifying for Other Tours

The process of playing in a PGA tour event is intense and much more difficult than other tours. Here is additional information of the process.

Korn Ferry Tour

The KFT has a similar process but skips the pre-qualifying the week prior and goes straight to the Monday qualifier. There are usually multiple sites with each one having several spots for the event. But they do fill up quickly so make sure you register in advance as spots tend to fill up quickly. 

When I was writing this article I played with two guys who regularly travel and compete in Monday qualifiers for the KFT. They said the competition is unreal and that scores are usually -9 to -12 even to advance into the tournament! As one of them said, “One bad break and you have no chance of advancing.”

Yikes! Plus, they said the courses are rarely the nicest or most well maintained either. Less than perfect golf courses paired with high travel costs and insanely low scores make for a difficult challenge. 

Other tours that skip the pre-qualifying include the PGA Tour Canada and PGA Tour Latin America.

LPGA Tour  

According to the LPGA Tour  website , there is a local qualifier (no pre-qualifying) too. They allow local qualifying for more than 15 events and two qualifiers advance into the tournament. Entry fees are about the same price ($200 to $250). 

Qualifying for US Open

While you can’t try to qualify for every tournament on the PGA Tour, there is one major that allows the everyday golfer to compete – the US Open. Like a normal tour stop, this is a challenging process where the odds are against you but there’s nothing like the challenge. I’ve tried four of five years (they didn’t have anything in 2020 thanks to the pandemic). 

The process starts with a local qualifying 18 holes at a site you choose. These sites tend to be great golf courses in difficult conditions. The course I try out on is normally 7,300 yards with tucked pins, firm and fast greens. Needless to say, the conditions aren’t easy.

If you’re one of the players to advance (they usually take 3-5 spots, plus ties) and 1-2 two alternates, then you advance to sectionals. The sectionals take place in June and is a marathon day of golf – 36 holes (while walking). Each sectional site has a few spots in which players will earn a spot in one of the most prestigious events of the year. 

Final Thoughts

While it’s not easy (by any means) to qualify for a PGA Tour event, it is possible thanks to local Monday qualifiers. 36 holes is all that separates you from playing in a professional even on the biggest stage. And only 18 holes for Korn Ferry or other PGA events. 

But excellent golf is required and a little bit of luck. If you do wish to enter, make sure improve your game as much as possible so you’re ready for the challenge.

Remember, as long as you can advance through the pre-qualifier, you can get into the Monday. Then, you never know what might happen. All it takes is an epic round to play in a PGA Tour event, whether you’re an amateur or professional golfer. Just remember, if you try out as an amateur, you won’t make any money if you do make the cut (but will make plenty of memories). 

The Korn Ferry Tour is slightly different and easier but still requires some great golf. But if you like to test your game (or don’t’ have any status on a professional tour), this is the process to get to the big stage.

If you want to learn more about becoming a professional golfer, make sure to read our  full post here .  Or, read our article on how to prepare for golf tournaments .

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Michael is an avid golfer of 25 years who played in high school, college, and now competes in Arizona amateur events. He is a full-time writer, podcast host of Wicked Smart Golf, and mental golf coach.

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Jeffrey Kang, shown in the 2018 Web.com Tour Qualifying Tournament, will be in this week's Waste Management Phoenix Open field as a Monday qualifier.

SCOTTSDALE — Monday qualifiers are having a moment. Much of that is due to the work of one man: Ryan French, known in the Twitterverse as Monday Q Info, who has shined a light on the colorful characters and rich storylines percolating below the glitz and glamor of the PGA Tour. Nothing like them exists in other sports. There is no pickup game for Lakers roster spot, no open batting practice to DH for the Yankees. So long as you have a few hundred bucks and a free Monday—and, in recent years, make it through the pre-qualifier, devised to weed out the delusional (or unfunny) 90-shooters—you are one great round away from teeing it up against Brooksy and Rahmbo.

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The dream scenario, of course, is parlaying a start into a PGA Tour career. The model for this is Corey Conners, who Monday’d into the 2019 Valero Texas Open and won the tournament to get into the following week’s Masters and end the purgatory of fringe Korn Ferry/PGA Tour status. Conners, boosted by that magical week in Texas, now sits No. 42 in the world and the Canadian has a great chance to make the International Presidents Cup team this fall.

More often than not, though, the Monday qualifier survivors—who almost always shoot something preposterously low to get into the field—enjoy a week in the sun before returning to the grind.

Jeffrey Kang, one of three men to get into the Waste Management Phoenix Open through Monday’s crapshoot, knows the grind as well as anyone. This will be the 30-year-old USC grad’s first start on the PGA Tour. He has played three times on the Korn Ferry Tour, but not since 2019. He’s had to wait longer than he’d ever expected for this opportunity—both on Monday, when he holed a 10-footer to end a 10-hole playoff for the final qualifying spot, and over the last decade-plus, when a gnarly case of the driver yips derailed a hugely promising prospect.

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Kang was Golfweek’s top-ranked prospect when he signed at USC and started strong for the Trojans, picking up all-conference honors in each of his first two years and getting an honorable mention All-American nod as a sophomore. Then came the dreaded y-word, the result of a mechanical issue compounded by a crisis in confidence. Convinced that the driver struggles would be temporary, Kang turned pro shortly after graduation but has not been able to keep pace with the guys he beat as a teenager.

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“I’ve had times where I didn’t know if this is what I need to do,” Kang says, “if this is what I’m cut-out to do. But I had some really high moments in my junior career, so I knew I could compete and play at a certain level. And then when you’re not, it puts you in a weird spot. I definitely thought about stopping, but I couldn’t tell myself that I’d be okay with that. I thought it’d always linger, like I didn’t try everything.”

Holing that right-edge putt on Monday afternoon granted him the biggest opportunity of his still-young golf life. But first, he had to figure out where to park.

Yes, after the shock of making it through a Monday wears off, the distinctly un-sexy task of sorting logistics begins. After he sunk the clinching putt, a tour official approached him with forms he needed to electronically complete in order to register for the WMPO. Kang’s phone had run out of battery when he checked it.

“It just completely died,” he says. “I’ve never had that happen before just because of messages.”

Kang and his friend/caddie, Henry Chung, didn’t return to their hotel until 5 p.m. Monday—which was one hour after the late check-out time. The hotel had already extended their stay through Monday night, but virtually every hotel in the Phoenix/Scottsdale area is fully booked for this week, which year after year draws the biggest crowds of any PGA Tour event. It took them a solid hour of searching just to find a bed to sleep in. Next came extending the rental car and a well-earned slumber.

Kang and Chung pulled up to TPC Scottsdale at 8:15 a.m. Tuesday, plenty of time to take care of a number of housekeeping items and to buy a tour-issued yardage book. Of course, they proceeded to get lost. Immediately.

“I circled this parking lot a good three times this morning. Just had no idea where to go. Going, scrambling, figuring out what I needed to do. One guy told me to go there to get a player’s badge, then I go there, and they told me to go somewhere else. I didn’t get to the range until 11 a.m.”

“Definitely interesting morning, but I can’t complain.”

The best part of that interesting morning was giving the tour his bank’s routing number, putting the pieces in place for a life-changing direct deposit come Sunday evening. Fingers crossed. After finally hitting some balls, he played a full practice round on his own, discussing start lines and club selections with Chung. They agreed on a bunted driver on 15 instead of a roasted 3-wood, a decision based purely on feeling. A few groups ahead, Matt NeSmith consulted with his paid statistician, who instructed him to practice a few lay-up shots from the right rough because going for it from there is a no-go. Kang doesn’t have that kind of luxury. At least not yet.

He will, however, get the tour-pro treatment in one key department: gear. A huge benefit of Monday’ing into an event is getting to raid the on-site equipment trucks. A player like Kang gets a free set of clubs perhaps once a year, but that’s about it. On the Big Tour, however? It’s a gearhead’s dream. Head into the truck, tell them what you want and they’ll make it happen. Kang had already gotten new grips on his sticks and planned to pick up some fresh wedges for the week.

“It’s just way more compact out here—fairways are firmer, greens are a lot firmer,” he says. “I’m used to shooting darts. Soft greens, soft fairways, shorter courses.”

Any PGA Tour event was going to feel a helluva lot bigger than the Forme Tour events Kang has been playing. The WMPO, however, is the biggest of the big. Kang respectfully paused our interview to drink in the walk from the 15th green to the iconic 16th tee. It was close to 4:30 p.m. and this was Tuesday, hardly the frenetic atmosphere that’ll greet contenders come the weekend. Still, 20-odd well-served patrons dared him to hit it as close as possible and aggressively boo’d when he fanned a 9-iron out right. A fan promised Chung a free beer if he could hit it inside his boss but he, too, missed the green. Boo’s all around. Chung wasn’t bothered. “I can’t wait for Sunday!,” he yelled. Kang, too, was all smiles as he walked up to the green. This is what he’s been waiting for.

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