Michael Schoolcraft of Denver earned some exempt status on PGA Tour Canada on Friday by tying for seventh place out of 132 players in a Q-school event in Santee, Calif.
The showing will make Schoolcraft exempt through at least the first four tournaments of the 2018 season.
Schoolcraft (pictured) was a regular on PGA Tour Canada in 2016 and posted three top-10 finishes, including a runner-up, and ended up ninth on the money list. Last year, he competed in one PGA Tour event and three on the Web.com Tour.
The medalist on Friday — Sam Fidone — will be exempt through the entire 2018 PGA Tour Canada season, while the second through fifth finishers will be exempt for at least the first eight events.
Schoolcraft carded rounds of 69-73-72-70 for a 4-under-par 284 total. That left him eight strokes behind Fidone. The Coloradan made five birdies, a bogey and a double bogey on Friday.
Meanwhile, Schoolcraft’s brother, Beau, and former Colorado State University golfer Blake Cannon earned conditional status for 2018 by finishing in the 17-40 range. In their case, they tied for 27th place at 2-over-par 290.
This week marked the first of five PGA Tour Canada Q-school tournaments that will be held leading up to the 2018 season.
Here are the scores for all the players with strong Colorado ties who competed this week in Santee:
7. Coloradan Michael Schoolcraft 69-73-72-70–284
27. Coloradan Beau Schoolcraft 74-72-72-72–290
27. Former CSU golfer Blake Cannon 70-75-72-73–290
FAILED TO QUALIFY
84. Coloradan Jimmy Makloski 78-72-75-76–301
91. Former CU golfer Kevin Kring 72-76-79-79–306
Edens Runner-Up Twice on Dreamchasers Tour: Parker Edens of Greeley recorded his second top-five finish this month on the Dreamchasers Tour with a runner-up showing on Friday in the Moon Valley Championship in Phoenix.
The former Colorado State University golfer posted scores of 65-68-70 for a 13-under-par 203 total at Moon Valley Country Club. That left him three strokes behind champion Joel Dahmen of Scottsdale, with whom Edens was tied for the lead going into the final round of the 52-man tournament.
Edens, a two-time CGA Match Play runner-up, placed fifth in the Dreamchasers East Valley Championship on March 1.
(March 22 Update: Edens also finished second at a Dreamchasers tournament that ended on March 22. At the Southeast Valley Championship in Chandler, Ariz., the Coloradan was runner-up out of 17 players, earning $1,900. He went 67-71-67 for an 8-under-par 205 total, which put him two strokes behind winner Zach Wright of Queen Creek, Ariz.)
