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Four Jackets advance in FedEx Cup playoffs, Reeves starts strong in Web.com Finals

THE FLATS – Seth Reeves made a strong opening bid in his quest to earn a PGA Tour card … Four of the five former Yellow Jackets in the FedEx Cup playoffs advance to the second leg … Paul Haley challenges for pro title … This and more in this week’s Georgia Tech #ProJackets Report.

Two former Yellow Jackets have already earned PGA Tour cards for 2018-19 via their performance in the Web.com Tour regular season this year, but Seth Reeves is making a bid to join them in the Finals.

Reeves, who finished 66th on the regular-season money list this year, tied for fifth place last weekend at the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship, the first leg of the Web.com Finals. Spurred by a third-round 65, the 2014 Tech graduate posted a 72-hole total of 275 (-9) at the Ohio State University Scarlet course in Columbus, Ohio, three shots out of a two-man playoff that Robert Streb won.

The performance earned him $33,900 and gave him a good start in his bid to earn a PGA Tour card through the Web.com Finals. If he can finish among the top 25 in Finals earnings, he also will gain PGA Tour status for 2018-19, joining Anders Albertson and Roberto Castro.

Meanwhile, Albertson, who finished eighth in earning during the regular season, tied for 21st place , and Cameron Tringale, trying to regain his PGA Tour card after finishing 195th in FedEx Cup points this year, missed the cut. Castro, 23rd in Web.com earnings in the regular season, did not play last weekend and will not compete again until the Web.com Tour Championship, the last event in the Finals on Sept. 20-23.

Albertson, Reeves and Tringale will play the DAP Championship this weekend in Beachwood, Ohio.

PGA Tour:  Five Yellow Jackets qualified for the FedEx Cup playoffs, which began last weekend with The Northern Trust in Paramus, N.J., and four advanced to the second leg this week at the Dell Technologies Championship, which runs Friday through Monday in Norton, Mass.

Only Chesson Hadley (T56) and Matt Kuchar (T60) made the cut at Ridgewood Country Club last weekend, and all five Yellow Jackets in the field lost ground in the FedEx Cup standings.

Hadley remains the only Jacket currently inside the top 30, sitting at No. 29 in his bid to make his first appearance in the Tour Championship. Cink, ranked No. 65 and in position to reach the third leg, has not played in the Tour Championship since 2009, when he finished 15th in the FedEx Cup race. Kuchar, who slipped to No. 74, has qualified for the Tour Championship the last eight years, finishing second in the FedEx Cup race in 2013 and fourth in 2014. Schniederjans is No. 95.

Kuchar and Schniederjans need strong performances this week to advance to the third leg (top 70 continue), the BMW Championship near Philadelphia, Pa.

Richy Werenski, who entered the playoffs No. 101 in the standings, missed the cut and slipped to No. 110, and failed to advance (the top 100 in FedEx Cup points move ahead to the second leg).

Elsewhere:  Larry Mize tied for 19th place at last weekend’s Boeing Classic on the PGA Tour Champions, posting a 7-under-par 209 and moving up t0 63rd in the Schwab Cup money standings … Paul Haley, the 2011 ACC Champion and a former winner on the Web.com Tour, posted his best finish this season on the Adams Pro Tour, firing a closing 67 to finish second at the Southside Bank Open with a 72-hole total of 272 (-16), three shots off the lead and good for a $10,000 check. He ranks 23rd on the tour money list with more than $23,000 in 11 events … With the Adams Pro Tour and the MacKenzie Tour off this week, Drew Czuchry, Chris Petefish and Vincent Whaley are all in the field for the Howard Clark Memorial Classic in Greensboro, N.C., on the G Pro Tour.

 

UPCOMING EVENTS

PGA Tour:  Dell Technologies Championship • August 31-September 3, 2018 • TPC Boston • Norton, Mass. • Purse: $9,000,000 • FedExCup Points: 2,000

Web.com Tour:  DAP Championship • August 30-September 2, 2018 • Canterbury Golf Club • Beachwood, Ohio • Purse: $1,000,000

PGA Tour Champions:  Shaw Charity Classic • August 31-September 2, 2018 • Canyon Meadows Golf & Country Club • Calgary, Alberta • Purse: $2,350,000

Mackenzie Tour:  Mackenzie Investments Open • September 6-9, 2018 • Elm Ridge Country Club (North course) • Montreal, Quebec • Purse: $200,000

PGA Tour China:  Shuzhou Championship • Aug. 30-Sept. 2, 2018 • Jinji lake Golf Club • Shuzhou, China • Purse: n/a

Adams Pro Tour:  Taco Bell Natchez Classic • September 12-15, 2018 • Beau Pre Country Club • Natchez, Miss. • Purse: $112,000

G Pro Tour:  Howard Clark Memorial Classic • August 28-30, 2018 • Sedgefield Country Club (Dye Course) • Greensboro, N.C. • Purse: n/a

 

  PLAYER LAST WEEK SEASON STATS
 ANDERS ALBERTSON
 Woodstock, Ga.
 Turned pro: 2015
 Career earnings: $412,164
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2011-15
 High School: Etowah
 Status: Web.com Tour		   Last Week
T-21
69-67-74-69—279 (-5)		  Money rank
8
Earnings
$221,655
 ROBERTO CASTRO
 Alpharetta, Ga.
 Turned pro: 2007
 Career earnings: $7,298,828 (PGA + Web)
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2003-07
 High School: Milton
 Status: Web.com Tour		  Last Week
did not play
n/a		  FedEx Cup Rank
23
Earnings
$172,054
 STEWART CINK
 Duluth, Ga.
 Turned pro: 1995
 Career earnings: $37,283,343
 Years at Georgia Tech: 1991-95
 High School: Bradshaw (Florence, Ala.)
 Status: PGA Tour		  Last Week
missed cut
78-68—146 (+4)		  FedEx Cup Rank
65
Earnings
$1,868,038
 DREW CZUCHRY
 Auburn, Ga.
 Turned pro: 2015
 Career earnings: n/a
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2010-14
 High School: home schooled
 Status: G Pro Tour		   Last Week
did not play
n/a		  Money rank
27
Earnings
$8,651
 DAVID DUVAL
 Denver, Colo.
 Turned pro: 1993
 Career earnings: $19,196,243
 Years at Georgia Tech: 1989-93
 High School: Jacksonville (Fla.) Episcopal
 Status: no status		  Last Week
did not play
n/a		  FedEx Cup Rank
248
Earnings
n/a
 J.T. GRIFFIN
 Wilson, N.C.
 Turned pro: 2011
 Career earnings: $20,896
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2007-11
 High School: Fike
 Status: Web.com Tour		   Last Week
did not play
n/a		   Money rank
141
Earnings
$20,896
 CHESSON HADLEY
 Raleigh, N.C.
 Turned pro: 2010
 Career earnings: $6,154,219
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2006-10
 High School: North Raleigh Christian Academy
 Status: PGA Tour		  Last Week
T-56
72-69-70-71—282 (-2)		  Money Rank
29
Earnings
$2,749,423
 SHUN YAT HAK
 Hong Kong, China
 Turned pro: 2013
 Career earnings: ¥251,305
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2012-13
 High School: Lake Mary (Fla.) Prep
 Status: PGA Tour China		   Last Week
did not play
n/a		  Money rank
32
Earnings
¥140,803
 PAUL HALEY
 Dallas, Texas
 Turned pro: 2011
 Career earnings (Web.com): $348,201
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2007-11
 High School: Highland Park
 Status: Adams Pro Tour		  Last Week
2
70-66-69-67—272 (-16))		  Money Rank
23
Earnings
$18,142
 MATT KUCHAR
 Sea Island, Ga.
 Turned pro: 2000
 Career earnings: $43,679,117
 Years at Georgia Tech: 1997-2000
 High School: Seminole (Lake Mary, Fla.)
 Status: PGA Tour		  Last Week
T-60
72-69-71-71—283 (-1)		  FedEx Cup Rank
74
Earnings
$1,691,237
 TROY MATTESON
 Austin, Texas
 Turned pro: 2003
 Career earnings: $10,111,266 (PGA+Web)
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2000-03
 High School: L.C. Anderson
 Status: no status		  Last Week
did not play
n/a		  FedEx/Money Rank
221
Earnings
$39,000
 LARRY MIZE
 Columbus, Ga.
 Turned pro: 1980
 Career earnings: $12,677,856 (PGA + Champions)
 Years at Georgia Tech: 1975-79
 High School: unknown
 Status: PGA Tour Champions		  Last Week
T-19
68-68-73—209 (-7)		  Schwab Cup Rank
63
Earnings
$180,535
 CHRIS PETEFISH
 Danville, Calif.
 Turned pro: 2018
 Career earnings: $4,180
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2014-18
 High School: Scottsdale [Ariz.] Christian Academy
 Status: MacKenzie Tour/G Pro Tour		   Last Week
did not play
n/a		  Money Rank
104/35
Earnings
$4,180 / $6,838
 MICHAEL PISCIOTTA
 Alpharetta, Ga.
 Turned pro: 2018
 Career earnings: n/a
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2014-18
 High School: Alpharetta
 Status: G Pro Tour 		  Last Week
did not play
n/a		  Money Rank
154
Earnings
$700
 SETH REEVES
 Duluth, Ga.
 Turned pro: 2014
 Career earnings: $195,225
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2010-14
 High School: Peachtree Ridge
 Status: Web.com Tour		  Last week
T-5
69-70-65-71—275 (-9)		  Money rank
66 (T-5 in Finals)
Earnings
$115,099
 OLLIE SCHNIEDERJANS
 Powder Springs, Ga.
 Turned pro: 2015
 Career earnings: $3,467,971
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2011-15
 High School: Harrison
 Status: PGA Tour 		  Last Week
missed cut
71-73—144 (+2)		   FedEx Cup rank
95
Earnings
$1,303,610
 NICHOLAS THOMPSON
 Coral Springs, Fla.
 Turned pro: 2005
 Career earnings (PGA + Web.com): $6,537,666
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2001-05
 High School: Stoneman Douglas
 Status: Web.com Tour		  Last Week
did not play
n/a		  Money Rank
163
Earnings
$6,612
 CAMERON TRINGALE
 Laguna Niguel, Calif.
 Turned pro: 2009
 Career earnings: $9,870,598
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2005-09
 High School: Mission Viejo
 Status: Web.com Finals		  Last Week
missed cut
72-75—147 (+5)		  FedEx Cup Rank
195
Earnings
$179,459
 RICHY WERENSKI
 South Hadley, Mass.
 Turned pro: 2014
 Career earnings: $1,978,370
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2011-14
 High School: Heritage Academy (Hilton Head, S.C.)
 Status: PGA Tour		   Last Week
missed cut
75-74—149 (+7)		   FedEx Cup rank
110
Earnings
$1,081,283
 VINCENT WHALEY
 Fayetteville, Ga.
 Turned pro: 2017
 Career earnings: $38,025
 Years at Georgia Tech: 2013-17
 High School: McKinney Boyd
 Status: Adams Pro Tour 		  Last Week
T-20
72-70-74-69—285 (-3))		  Money Rank
9
Earnings
$39,557