Monday Qualifiers: OHL Classic at Mayakoba

The son of a legend, another young gun and a wily old veteran celebrating a milestone are among the Monday qualifiers for the OHL Classic at Mayakoba. Fresh on the heels of a former amateur standout Patrick Cantlay winning on the PGA TOUR another has given himself a chance at hitting the jackpot. Former U.S. Amateur Public Links champion and low amateur at the 2015 Open Championship Jordan Niebrugge shot 66 at the Iberostar Playa Paraiso Golf Course to take medalist honors and will now line up at El Camaleon Golf Club in Playa Del Carmen. The 24-year-old will play his 12th PGA TOUR event, his ninth as a professional this week. He’s made just three cuts in his previous 11 cracks at the big time, although one of those was an impressive T6 at St Andrews in the 2015 Open Championship. A quarter of his starts have come in majors as he’s also played the Masters in 2014 (MC), the Open Championship again in 2016 (MC) and the U.S. Open in 2017 (T35). The next two spots went to a pair of TOUR veterans with New Zealand’s Tim Wilkinson and American Ken Duke shooting 67 while the final spot went to Sean Jacklin after his 68. Duke, the 2013 Travelers Championship winner, will play his 300th TOUR event this week. The 48-year-old’s milestone week is his third start this season after missing the cut at the Safeway Open and Sanderson Farms Championship. Duke has 25 career Top-10s. He had 26 starts last season but finished 193rd in the FedExCup. Wilkinson has played in 158 TOUR events, including 22 last season where he finished 158th in the FedExCup standings. The 39-year-old has eight career top-10s on TOUR with his best finish being a T2 at the 2008 Valero Texas Open. Jacklin is the son of former English star Tony and although he has lived most of his life in the USA he plays under the country of his birth – Scotland.  After plying his trade in various places around the globe, including PGA TOUR – Latino America, the 25-year-old now gets the chance to make his PGA TOUR debut. Shriners Hospitals For Children Open qualifiers T41. Jim Knous 71-71-73-68 T63. Ryan Hogue 68-73-75-71 MC. Andres Gonzales 73-73 MC. Tom Whitney 71-76 2017-18 Monday Qualifiers Qualifiers: 12 Made Cut: 5 Top-10s: 1 Top-25s: 1

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