A PGA Tour opportunity comes knocking again this week for John
Ellis and Erick Justesen.
A PGA Tour opportunity comes knocking again this week for John Ellis and Erick Justesen.
The Live Oak High graduates – Ellis class of 1998, Justesen class of 2003 – tee off Thursday at San Juan Oaks Golf Club of Hollister in the first round of qualifying for the Oct. 6-9 Frys.com Open at CordeValle Golf Club.
The second round is scheduled for Oct. 3 at Bayonet Course in Carmel. To get there Ellis, 31, and Justesen, 26, need to place in the top 50 out of about 90 players Thursday, a modest feat for both locals.
“I’ve played there a bunch of times going back to high school and had good success there,” Ellis said by telephone Friday. “It’s a good layout. If I play good I’ll make it, and if I don’t I won’t.”
This will mark the first major competition Justesen has played at San Juan Oaks, a 7,133-yard, par 72.
“I played the course in high school of course, won some tournaments there,” he said. “I feel pretty confident.”
