PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – Corey Shaun’s wild journey continued Thursday at PGA Tour Q-College.
Shaun fired a 9-under 61 to open closing stage with a bang, tying the course file at TPC Sawgrass’ Dye’s Valley and grabbing a five-shot lead, the biggest benefit by means of 18 holes of this 72-hole qualifying finale since a minimum of 1992. Tour winner Richy Werenski sits solo second, adopted by a logjam at 3 beneath that features current Tour members Lanto Griffin and Callum Tarren.
The highest 5 finishers and ties come Sunday night earn PGA Tour playing cards whereas the highest 40 and ties will earn some variety of assured begins on the Korn Ferry Tour subsequent yr.
Shaun’s 61, which additionally tied Jose Toledo’s final-stage file, was so dominant that it bested the scoring common at Dye’s Valley, one in every of two host programs this week together with close by Sawgrass Nation Membership, by a whopping 10.5 pictures.
“I made 5 birdies in a row on my again 9 (Nos. 1-5) at this time the place I obtained to 9 beneath at that time,” Shaun stated. “I used to be similar to strolling in 20-footers; I used to be like this feels fairly good. … Days like this doesn’t actually come by that usually, however on the similar time there’s a lot golf to be performed.”
Nobody has performed extra golf than Shaun these previous couple months.
Shaun’s busy stretch started in early October with a pair of mini-tour begins to prepare for first stage. After carding a third-round 65 and advancing comfortably at his web site in Murrieta, California, Shaun then flew the following day to Spain for second stage of DP World Tour Q-College. He initially was eradicated in a playoff, however two days later he obtained into the final-stage discipline in Tarragona as an alternate and turned that right into a T-12 end after six rounds over seven days (one spherical was washed out by rain) and full DPWT standing.
Not figuring out the DPWT season opener was the next week in Australia, Shaun returned house to Encinitas, California, solely to hop proper again on a global flight. He arrived on the Aussie PGA on Tuesday, logged a wet apply spherical and finally tied for 43rd. He remained Down Underneath for the Australian Open, although missed the minimize by a shot.
Yet another made putt, Shaun stated, and he would’ve withdrawn from second stage of PGA Tour Q-College.
“Unexpectedly, I had a gap [in my schedule],” stated Shaun, who wasn’t stepping into the following two DPWT occasions anyway, so he booked it to Valencia, California. “I had already paid my entry charge, so I figured I would as nicely give it a shot. I used to be actually drained. Often Q-College is a bit more nervous power, however you’re not likely drained as a result of you have got a lot adrenaline pumping. I used to be almost falling asleep between rounds 3 and 4.”
Shaun nonetheless completed second, a shot out of medalist honors, after a 65-64 begin.
He actually didn’t look sluggish on Thursday, as he fired his finest spherical ever in competitors. It’s a stunning burst if stellar golf for the 28-year-old Shaun, who gained 3 times on the AJGA however struggled at UCLA, averaging over 74 for his profession and making simply two begins as a senior. He then notched only a single top-10 in two seasons on PGA Tour China, and regardless of profitable on the Forme Tour in 2021 and incomes his Korn Ferry Tour card, he misplaced that card after only one season.
Now, Shaun is in place to probably maintain playing cards on two main excursions.
