Unknown New Zealander earns Shell Houston Open start

BY Bruce Young | US PGA Tour | 2004 Shell Houston Open | General | 22 Apr 2004
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32-year-old New Zealander Jason Laing gets a chance to tee it up in a USPGA Tour event this week when he takes his place in the field for the Shell Houston Open.

The former Bay of Plenty representative and national Maori Champion in his homeland, won a spot in the event via Monday qualifying where he gained one of the four places available. He shared top honours amongst the long list of hopefuls this past Monday and now finds himself teeing it up against the likes of Vijay Singh, K.J.Choi, Justin Leonard, John Daly.

Laing has played mini-tours since moving to the US where he has worked amongst other jobs as a greenkeeper to make ends meet.

 

Position Score Player Country R1 R2 R3 R4 Total
1 -11 Vijay Singh Fiji 74 66 69 68 277
2   ↑T5 -9 Scott Hoch United States 73 68 71 67 279
3   ↓T1 -8 John Huston United States 71 71 67 71 280
T4   ↑T5 -6 Dudley Hart United States 69 72 71 70 282
T4   ↑T10 -6 Stephen Ames Canada 68 76 69 69 282
T6   ↓T5 -5 John Daly United States 76 69 67 71 283
T6   ↓T3 -5 Jose Coceres Argentina 73 69 68 73 283
T6   ↓T5 -5 Paul Azinger United States 73 67 72 71 283
T6   ↑T10 -5 Rory Sabbatini South Africa 74 70 69 70 283
10   ↓T5 -4 Geoff Ogilvy Australia 71 70 71 72 284
Position Score Player Country R1 R2 R3 R4 Total
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