T.J. Vogel fired 63 on Monday to medal in a second consecutive Monday qualifier. Vogel’s bogey-free round at Southern Hills Plantation in Brooksville, Florida, came two weeks after he fired a 64 in The Honda Classic’s qualifier. The former U.S. Amateur Public Links champion has now qualified for three events this season, the most of any player. Vogel, 27, missed the cut in his previous two PGA TOUR starts, at The RSM Classic and Honda Classic. He made seven birdies and an eagle Monday. Trey Mullinax and Jack Maguire finished one shot behind him, while PGA TOUR rookie Sam Ryder earned his spot in the Valspar with a 7-under 65. Maguire, who bogeyed the par-4 sixth hole, was the only one of the four to make a bogey Monday. Mullinax, 25, has conditional status this season after finishing 137th in the FedExCup as a rookie. The Alabama alum’s lone top-10 was a T9 at the U.S. Open, which earned him a spot in this year’s championship at Shinnecock Hills. Mullinax is 154th in this season’s standings after making the cut in four of seven starts. Maguire, 23, also Monday qualified for this year’s Farmers Insurance Open (MC). He made the cut at the 2015 U.S. Open (T58) as an amateur and played the past two seasons on the Web.com Tour. He has conditional status on that circuit after finishing 93rd on the money list. He also finished T42 at last year’s U.S. Open, his best finish in five career PGA TOUR starts. Ryder, 28, earned his first PGA TOUR card after winning last year’s Pinnacle Bank Championship presented by Heartland Chevy Dealers and finishing second on the Web.com Tour’s Regular Season money list. He’s 192nd in this season’s FedExCup standings. He’s made four of his past five cuts after missing his first four, but he has yet to finish better than T50. The Florida native is an alumnus of Stetson University. Honda Classic qualifiers T57. Andrew Novak, 75-70-73-70 MC. T.J. Vogel, 75-73 MC. Nate Lashley, 69-82 MC. Jhared Hack, 75-79 2017-18 Monday qualifiers Qualifiers: 39 Made cut: 10 Top-10s: 1 (Scott Strohmeyer, T4 at Sanderson Farms) Top-25s: 1 Most times qualified: T.J. Vogel (3)
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