4 gamers certified on Monday for the PGA Tour’s Black Desert Championship.
Two of them shouldn’t have been within the area.
Monday Q Data’s Ryan French reported on Monday morning that 4 gamers – Chris Korte, John Sand, Riley Lewis and RJ Manke – had been ready to enroll in the Monday qualifier at Sand Hole in Hurricane, Utah, due to what the match director known as a “clerical error.” The gamers usually would’ve wanted to play the pre-qualifier, but, as French notes, after quickly being faraway from the Monday qualifier, all 4 guys had been allowed again in.
In accordance with the PGA Tour’s open-qualifying tips for 2024, the next gamers are exempt from pre-qualifiers: PGA Tour members, Korn Ferry Tour members, PGA Tour Champions common members, DP World Tour members from Classes 1-21, gamers who competed within the previous week’s PGA Tour occasion, gamers who’ve made at the least one PGA Tour within the present season, gamers ranked within the prime 100 of the Official World Golf Rating and three members of the native PGA part.
Not one of the 4 gamers, who at greatest have PGA Tour Americas standing, meet that standards.
Exacerbating the controversy, each Korte and Sand acquired via the qualifier and can tee it up Thursday at Black Desert Resort in Ivins, Utah. Korte and Sand every shot 8-under 64 together with Chandler Blanchet whereas David Bradshaw, with a 65, was the fourth qualifier.
Lewis was a shot out of qualifying at 6 underneath, as had been Kevin Stadler, Stuart Macdonald and Jim Knous. Manke carded 68.
“Yikes, Knous mentioned whereas quote-tweeting French’s article. “Shot -6 immediately, acquired beat by 2 of those gamers. And had a flat tire this morning. What a bizarre day. How a few spot within the area @PGATOUR?!”
One participant who completed at 5 underneath, when contacted by Golf Channel, was utterly unaware that the 4 gamers had been allowed to compete regardless of not being eligible.
French’s story, which could be learn in its entirety right here, included official PGA Tour affirmation of the reported particulars.
