Charlotte, NC – October 19, 2011 – The first week of the first stage of the PGA TOUR’s annual Qualifying Tournament is underway at five sites across the United States. As always, the eGolf Professional Tour will provide daily updates on the successes of past and present Tour players as they navigate each first stage site. We will be posting daily results and summaries from each site throughout the entire process as dreams are achieved on one of golf’s cruelest stages. The past and present eGolf Tour players currently inside the number at their respective sites are listed below. For complete results from each stage, please click here.

 

 

KANNAPOLIS, NC

 

To say the eGolf Tour dominated day one at Tour host The Club at Irish Creek would be an understatement. In total, 28 of the top 33 players at the Kannapolis, NC site are past or present eGolf Tour players. Leading the way is two-time eGolf Tour winner Clint Jensen of Jupiter, FL, who pasted the Davis Love III-designed course with nine birdies in his first 13 holes to open with a 9-under 62 to grab a two-shot lead over playing partner Patrick Reed. Jensen earned the first of his two eGolf Tour wins at the 2009 Southern Open, which was contested at The Club at Irish Creek. Former Georgia Tech star and 2010-2011 eGolf Tour member Taylor Hall of LaGrange, GA is alone in third place after a 6-under 65 on day one. Four eGolf Tour players are tied for third with opening rounds of 4-under 67. Among the four players is six-time eGolf Tour winner Frank Adams III, who resides in nearby Salisbury, NC. Adams is fresh off a season-ending streak of three consecutive top-10 finishes, which earned the former East Carolina standout an exemption into the European Tour’s 2012 King Hassan II Trophy via the eGolf Tour’s “Road to Morocco” points race this fall. Nine eGolf Tour players opened with rounds of 1-under 70 to put themselves in a tie for 23^rd through 18 holes. In that grouping was 2005 eGolf Tour leading money winner David Sanchez, as well as 2011 eGolf Tour leading money winner Corey Nagy. Nagy, a four-time “All American” at UNC Charlotte, won three times on the eGolf Tour this year, including last week at the season-ending Salisbury Classic. That third win pushed Nagy ahead of year-long leading money winner Jason Kokrak, who has played the Nationwide Tour full-time since May, picking up two wins in the last five weeks to secure his 2012 PGA TOUR card.

 

The Club at Irish Creek

Kannapolis, NC   

 

1          Clint Jensen                              62

3          Taylor Hall                                 65

T4        Joey McLister                             67

T4        Nemanja Savic                           67

T4        Frank Adams III                         67

T4        Stefan Wiedergruen                  67

T9        Bryce Ledford                            68

T9        Kyle Gallo                                  68

T9        Bryan Bigley                              68

T9        Wes Roach                                68

T9        Derek Gillespie                          68

T9        Cam Burke                                68

T15      Ben Duncan                              69

T15      Matt Ryan                                 69

T15      Peter Malnati                            69

T15      Alex Coe                                   69

T15      Andrew McLardy                       69

T15      Shawn Jasper                           69

T15      Thomas Smith                           69

T23      David Sanchez                          70

T23      Chris Gallagher                         70

T23      Corey Nagy                               70

T23      Seamus Power                         70

T23      Gator Todd                               70

T23      Fernando Mechereffe               70

T23      Nathan Stamey                        70

T23      Tanner Ervin                             70

T23      John Saari                                70

 

 

LAKELAND, FL

 

In Lakeland, FL, longtime eGolf Tour player Joey Lamielle finds himself one off the lead after opening with a round of 7-under 65 to kick off his first stage effort. Tied for third, one shot behind Lamielle are former eGolf Tour players Matt Harmon and Tommy Rymer. Rymer, a 2010 member of the eGolf Tour, is from the Sarasota, FL area by way of Minnesota, where he was a former star hockey player. In total there are 12 eGolf Tour players inside the number at Grasslands Golf & Country Club through 18 holes.

 

Grasslands Golf & Country Club

Lakeland, FL

 

2          Joey Lamielle                           65

T3        Matt Harmon                            66

T3        Tommy Rymer                           66

T5        Chris Wilson                             67

T5        James Vargas                           67

T12      Mike Capone                            68

T18      Sebastian Saavedra                 69

T18      Chas Narramore                       69

T25      Alan Wagner                             70

T25      Dan Payton                               70

T25      Justin Ahasic                             70

T25      Kyle McCarthy                           70

 

 

MCKINNEY, TX

 

At one of the more difficult first stage sites, Chris Devlin led all eGolf Tour players with an even-par round of 72 at the Hills Course at Stonebridge Ranch outside of Dallas, TX. Devlin posted just one birdie and one eagle to go against 16 pars on day one as he settled into a tie for ninth after 18 holes. Chris Wall (T18) and Blake Sattler (T24) round out the tour’s representation inside the top 25. 

 

Stonebridge Ranch Country Club (Hills)

McKinney, TX 

 

T9        Chris Devlin                              72

T18      Chris Wall                                 73

T24      Blake Sattler                             74

 

 

DAYTON, NV

 

2011 eGolf Tour member Derek Tolan continued his solid year-long campaign at Dayton Valley Golf Clut with a seven-birdie opening round of 5-under 67. Tolan, a Colorado native, began the year playing the eGolf Tour full time, but played his way into conditional Nationwide Tour status via a T15 finish at the Stadion Classic at UGA in April. Wil Collins, James Drew and Dodge Kemmer – all former eGolf Tour players – are tied for 13^th after 18 holes at 2-under.

 

Dayton Valley Golf Club

Dayton, NV

 

T2        Derek Tolan                             67

T13      Wil Collins                                70

T13      James Drew                             70

T13      Dodge Kemmer                        70

 

KINGWOOD, TX

 

At Deerwood Golf Club outside of Houston, longtime eGolf Tour player and native South African Dawie Van der Walt led all former players with a 2-under 70 to grab a share of the 18-hole lead. Van der Walt played steady golf amidst trying conditions with three birdies and just one bogey over the arduous Deerwood layout on Tuesday. Brian Unk, Mike Lavery and Nick Rousey rounded out the tour’s representation inside the top 10. A total of seven eGolf Tour players are inside the number through day one in Kingwood, TX.

 

Deerwood Golf Club

Kingwood, TX

 

T1        Dawie Van der Walt                  70

T5        Brian Unk                                  71

T5        Mike Lavery                              71

T9        Nick Rousey                              72

T11      Andrew Parr                             73

T11      Craig Lile                                  73

T11      Dan McCarthy                           73