Wyndham Clark of Highlands Ranch, who has led since day 1, continues to set the pace at the Second Stage of Web.com Tour Q-school in Murrieta, Calif.
In fact, he’s pulling away from the next-best player in the 76-man field.
Clark (left), who placed 17th in the PGA Tour’s Sanderson Farms Championship on Sunday, increased his lead to six strokes after Thursday’s third round. He shot a 3-under-par 69, leaving him at 15-under 201 for 54 holes.
The 2017 Pac-12 Player of the Year has made two eagles, 15 birdies and four bogeys over three days.
The top 20 finishers and ties after Friday’s last round will advance to the Final Stage of Web qualifying, set for Dec. 7-10 in Chandler, Ariz. In Arizona, all the finishers will be guaranteed some Web.com Tour status in 2018, but the top 45 and ties there will earn some exempt status, while the rest will have conditional status. And it’s not unusual for some players with conditional status to get very few starts on the Web.com Tour.
Clark is the only Coloradan in the top 20 after Thursday in Murietta, but two other residents are close. Riley Arp of Fort Collins is in 21st place at 3-under-par 213 after firing a 73 on Thursday. And fellow former Colorado State University golfer Parker Edens, from Greeley, is tied for 31st after a third-round 75 left him at 215.
Three more Second Stage tournaments are scheduled for next week, with four other players with strong Colorado ties scheduled to tee it up.
Here are the scores for all the Coloradans competing this week:
Murrieta, Calif. (Top 20 Finishers and Ties Advance to Final Stage)
1. Wyndham Clark, Highlands Ranch 66-66-69–201
21. Riley Arp, Fort Collins 68-72-73–213
31. Parker Edens, Greeley 69-71-75–215
69. Jimmy Makloski, Pueblo 76-74-75–225
Dothan, Ala. (Top 19 Finishers and Ties Advance to Final Stage)
42. Derek Tolan, Highlands Ranch 73-76-70–219
