Luke Clanton may not have to fret concerning the U.S. Novice in spite of everything.
When the beginning of the Wyndham Championship was pushed again to Friday due to Hurricane Debby, it put Clanton’s U.S. Novice in some doubt, because the Florida State junior was scheduled to start his first spherical of stroke play at Hazeltine at 3:09 p.m. ET Monday. Whereas it seems that Clanton, who made the reduce at Sedgefield Nation Membership on Sunday morning, will be capable of full his 39-hole marathon end on the Wyndham by Sunday evening, he additionally might be leaving Greensboro, North Carolina, with a PGA Tour card.
Clanton fired an 8-under 62 in his third spherical and was tied for the lead at 13 underneath when he headed again out for his ultimate 18 holes.
Whereas Clanton can’t qualify for subsequent week’s FedExCup Playoffs with a win, a victory would earn him a two-year exemption on Tour, which he may activate at any time. Final yr’s U.S. Novice champ Nick Dunlap turned professional days after profitable the American Specific in January.
Clanton has already had fairly the summer season on Tour. He tied for forty first on the U.S. Open, then posted a T-10 on the Rocket Mortgage Traditional, T-2 on the John Deere Traditional and T-37 on the ISCO Championship earlier than lacking the 3M Open reduce a pair weeks in the past. His made reduce at Wyndham pushes him to 12 PGA Tour College Accelerated factors; he wants 20 earlier than the top of his junior yr to earn a Tour card, and a top-10 at Sedgefield would earn him a further level. Successful the U.S. Novice comes with three factors.
In fact, even when Clanton ought to win Sunday, he may nonetheless head straight to Minnesota for the U.S. Novice, then flip professional and compete within the Tour’s fall sequence.
