Live Oak graduate John Ellis carded a par 72 on Wednesday during
Stage One of the PGA Tour’s Qualifying Tournament at San Juan Oaks
Golf Club in Hollister. Coupled with the 1-under 71 from Tuesday,
Ellis’ two-day total is a 1-under 143 (71-72), placing him in a tie
for eighth place out of 72 golfers.
HOLLISTER
Live Oak graduate John Ellis carded a par 72 on Wednesday during Stage One of the PGA Tour’s Qualifying Tournament at San Juan Oaks Golf Club in Hollister. Coupled with the 1-under 71 from Tuesday, Ellis’ two-day total is a 1-under 143 (71-72), placing him in a tie for eighth place out of 72 golfers.
Barrett Jarosch of Canada was the current leader after Wednesday’s round with a 6-under 138 (72-66), five strokes ahead of Ellis.
A San Jose resident, Ellis bogeyed four holes and birdied four holes to finish with an even par on the day. Ellis, who attended Gavilan College, began Tuesday’s round with three straight birdies before bogeying the 15th hole. He rebounded with a birdie on 16, however.
Stage One at San Juan Oaks will continue on Thursday and conclude on Friday.
Only the top 23 qualifying positions, including ties, will advance to Stage Two of the Qualifying Tournament, also known as Q-School.
San Juan Oaks has served as a PGA Tour Stage One qualifying site since 2001. Q-School is a three-stage event where golfers from around the world compete in order to earn their PGA Tour card. This year’s Q-School began with more than 900 golfers, and only 25 will be rewarded with a PGA Tour card.
Ellis qualified to the second stage last year. He earned a first-stage exemption after winning the Order of Merit on the Canadian Tour Championship, but fell nine strokes short of advancing to the third and final stage.
The third and final stage is scheduled to be held at the Bear Lakes Country Club in West Palm Beach, Fla., from Dec. 2-7.
