Flanagan victory secures US PGA Tour card

BY Bruce Young | Nationwide Tour | 2007 Xerox Classic | Round Four | 20 Aug 2007

Nick Flanagan

Nick Flanagan wins the final round of the Xerox Classic and secures his 2007 US PGA Tour card

(Photo: Wireimage)

Nick Flanagan today confirmed his USPGA Tour status for the remainder of the 2007 season by producing a brilliant final round of 63 and winning his third Nationwide Tour title of the season, the Xerox Classic in Rochester, New York.

Courtesy of the Battlefield Promotion category, whereby any winner of three events in a season on the Nationwide Tour is entitled to play the PGA Tour for the remainder of the season, Flanagan is now a PGA Tour cardholder.

For Flanagan, the first event he would be eligible to play would be the Turning Stone Resort Championship starting on September 20th as the next four weeks on the PGA Tour are occupied by the FedEx Cup series. He will have seven PGA Tour events available to him but it might be that he mixes a few of those with one or two more on the Nationwide Tour. With no PGA Tour events in which he can play for a month he will perhaps choose to compete in two of the three Nationwide events in that time in order to prepare his game for his debut as a card holder on the PGA Tour.

Flanagan has already played 11 PGA Tour events, his best finish coming in 2005 at St Andrews where he finished 23rd at the Open Championship. Most of those events were on invite or as a result of his 2003 US Amateur victory, but after struggling in those events the invites began to dry up.

Flanagan gained Nationwide Tour status late in 2005 via the USPGA Tour School and after solid first season in 2006, things have improved significantly in 2007. He won consecutive events over a three week period in April and May that had virtually assured him of a place in the bigtime in 2008. This win not only confirms that status but advances the timeline.

Flanagan’s eagle at the third today got things moving forward and when he added a birdie at the 9th to turn in 32 the possibility of a victory was becoming a reality. A back nine of four under 31 was good enough to edge out James Driscoll by one after Driscoll fell victim to a double bogey at the 16th.

Jason Day continued his remarkable rookie season on the Nationwide Tour with yet another top ten (his 7th of the season) to finish third. Day lost a place on the Nationwide Tour money list as Flanagan moved past him to second on the money list behind Roland Thatcher but Day is in third position and in great shape for his arrival on the PGA Tour in January of 2008.

David McKenzie was 4th, Tim Wilkinson 12th, Michael Long was 35th and Matthew Jones 40th.

The Nationwide Tour moves to Bridgeport, West Virginia, for the National Mining Association Pete Dye Classic.

Top 10
AUS/NZ

Position	Score	Player	R 1	R 2	R 3	R 4	Total
1	-10	Nick Flanagan	69	68	70	63	270
2	-9	James Driscoll	64	66	70	71	271
3	-7	Jason Day	70	66	68	69	273
T4	-6	David Mckenzie	73	65	69	67	274
T4	-6	Justin Bolli	71	64	69	70	274
T4	-6	Scott Parel	68	65	71	70	274
7	-5	David Mathis	67	69	67	72	275
8	-4	Fran Quinn	69	67	73	67	276
T9	-3	Dennis Paulson	70	70	68	69	277
T9	-3	Jon Mills	71	67	70	69	277
T9	-3	Omar Uresti	69	70	69	69	277
T12	-2	Ricky Barnes	71	71	69	67	278
T12	-2	Roland Thatcher	72	69	64	73	278
T12	-2	Tim Wilkinson	70	71	70	67	278
T15	-1	Andrew Dresser	72	67	74	66	279
T15	-1	Chez Reavie	68	72	70	69	279
T15	-1	Mark Wiebe	67	69	71	72	279
T15	-1	Todd Demsey	67	70	74	68	279
T15	-1	Tom Carter	68	73	66	72	279
T20	Ev	Brenden Pappas	73	67	70	70	280
T20	Ev	Chris Thompson	73	69	69	69	280
T20	Ev	David Hearn	67	69	74	70	280
T20	Ev	Kevin Gessino-kraft	69	72	72	67	280
T20	Ev	Tim O'neal	72	69	71	68	280
T25	+1	Daniel Summerhays	71	71	73	66	281
T25	+1	Hunter Haas	64	74	71	72	281
T25	+1	Jason Allred	67	73	72	69	281
T25	+1	Jeff Klauk	70	70	73	68	281
T25	+1	Jess Daley	67	75	72	67	281
T25	+1	Joe Daley	70	67	73	71	281
T25	+1	Jon Turcott	71	69	71	70	281
T25	+1	Keith Nolan	70	72	69	70	281
T25	+1	Lee M. Williamson	71	71	67	72	281
T25	+1	Martin Laird	70	70	72	69	281
T35	+2	Josh Williams	65	73	75	69	282
T35	+2	Justin Smith	72	68	73	69	282
T35	+2	Michael Long	70	72	69	71	282
T35	+2	Rich Morris	68	73	70	71	282
T35	+2	Skip Kendall	71	68	74	69	282
T40	+3	Brock Mackenzie	66	72	75	70	283
T40	+3	Joseph Alfieri	68	73	71	71	283
T40	+3	Matthew Jones	73	69	71	70	283
T40	+3	Scott Sterling	73	68	71	71	283
T44	+4	Jason Caron	69	68	74	73	284
T44	+4	Jimmy Walker	69	72	71	72	284
T44	+4	Keoke Cotner	72	64	76	72	284
T44	+4	Michael Letzig	73	68	68	75	284
T44	+4	Michael Sims	68	74	74	68	284
T44	+4	Mike Capone	70	72	71	71	284
T44	+4	Richard Johnson	71	70	68	75	284
T44	+4	Ryan Howison	72	70	71	71	284
T52	+5	Blake Adams	68	74	72	71	285
T52	+5	Chris Nallen	70	69	74	72	285
T52	+5	Peter Tomasulo	70	68	71	76	285
T55	+6	Ted F. Smith	69	73	75	69	286
T55	+6	Boyd Summerhays	70	71	72	73	286
T55	+6	Rick Price	69	72	72	73	286
T55	+6	Scott Dunlap	71	70	73	72	286
T55	+6	Stephen Gangluff	72	68	71	75	286
T60	+7	Bob Burns	69	72	75	71	287
T60	+7	Chris Anderson	71	71	76	69	287
T60	+7	Lee Williams	72	66	79	70	287
T60	+7	Matt Harmon	70	72	76	69	287
64	+8	Franklin Langham	72	68	76	72	288
T65	+10	Andrew Johnson	70	72	73	75	290
T65	+10	Nicholas Thompson	69	72	77	72	290
Cut +2
CUT	+3	Brian Vranesh	74	69	-	-	143
CUT	+3	B.j. Staten	71	72	-	-	143
CUT	+3	Brian Smock	74	69	-	-	143
CUT	+3	Bryn Parry	70	73	-	-	143
CUT	+3	D.a. Points	69	74	-	-	143
CUT	+3	Deane Pappas	75	68	-	-	143
CUT	+3	Fabian Gomez	72	71	-	-	143
CUT	+3	Josh Broadaway	70	73	-	-	143
CUT	+3	Kevin Johnson	74	69	-	-	143
CUT	+3	Kyle Thompson	69	74	-	-	143
CUT	+3	Marc Turnesa	71	72	-	-	143
CUT	+3	Tee Mccabe	70	73	-	-	143
CUT	+3	Vance Veazey	72	71	-	-	143
CUT	+4	Will Dodson	75	69	-	-	144
CUT	+4	Andrew Parr	73	71	-	-	144
CUT	+4	Esteban Toledo	71	73	-	-	144
CUT	+4	Garth Mulroy	74	70	-	-	144
CUT	+4	Henrik Bjornstad	70	74	-	-	144
CUT	+4	Jim Mcgovern	73	71	-	-	144
CUT	+4	John Morse	72	72	-	-	144
CUT	+4	Patrick Sheehan	72	72	-	-	144
CUT	+4	Tom Scherrer	73	71	-	-	144
CUT	+4	Tommy Tolles	73	71	-	-	144
CUT	+4	Zoran Zorkic	76	68	-	-	144
CUT	+5	Brad Adamonis	73	72	-	-	145
CUT	+5	Chad Collins	73	72	-	-	145
CUT	+5	David Ogrin	72	73	-	-	145
CUT	+5	Justin Hicks	71	74	-	-	145
CUT	+5	Marc Leishman	73	72	-	-	145
CUT	+5	Mario Tiziani	73	72	-	-	145
CUT	+5	Scott Gardiner	71	74	-	-	145
CUT	+5	Scott Weatherly	69	76	-	-	145
CUT	+5	Tjaart Van Der Walt	73	72	-	-	145
CUT	+6	Rob Horak	72	74	-	-	146
CUT	+6	Chris Swanepoel	73	73	-	-	146
CUT	+6	Andrew Pratt	74	72	-	-	146
CUT	+6	Brad Fritsch	72	74	-	-	146
CUT	+6	Dustin Bray	69	77	-	-	146
CUT	+6	Edward Loar	73	73	-	-	146
CUT	+6	Jeff Wood	72	74	-	-	146
CUT	+6	Thomas Aiken	74	72	-	-	146
CUT	+7	Ben Bates	76	71	-	-	147
CUT	+7	David Morland Iv	70	77	-	-	147
CUT	+7	Greg Chalmers	73	74	-	-	147
CUT	+7	Kyle Mccarthy	78	69	-	-	147
CUT	+7	Miguel Angel Carballo	72	75	-	-	147
CUT	+8	Nick Jones	71	77	-	-	148
CUT	+8	Jeff Curl	73	75	-	-	148
CUT	+8	Adam Condello	75	73	-	-	148
CUT	+8	Chris Botsford	76	72	-	-	148
CUT	+8	Bjorn Widerstedt	75	73	-	-	148
CUT	+8	Curtis Malm	71	77	-	-	148
CUT	+8	David Sanchez	70	78	-	-	148
CUT	+8	Eli Zackheim	78	70	-	-	148
CUT	+8	Erik Compton	78	70	-	-	148
CUT	+8	Kelly Grunewald	73	75	-	-	148
CUT	+8	Richard Swift	76	72	-	-	148
CUT	+9	Gary Christian	73	76	-	-	149
CUT	+9	Arjun Atwal	77	72	-	-	149
CUT	+9	Brad Elder	74	75	-	-	149
CUT	+9	Chris Baryla	72	77	-	-	149
CUT	+9	Elliot Gealy	73	76	-	-	149
CUT	+9	Kenneth Staton	77	72	-	-	149
CUT	+9	Kim Felton	72	77	-	-	149
CUT	+9	Matt Hansen	74	75	-	-	149
CUT	+9	Matt Weibring	70	79	-	-	149
CUT	+9	Mike Heinen	72	77	-	-	149
CUT	+9	Mike Hulbert	76	73	-	-	149
CUT	+9	Ryan Hietala	79	70	-	-	149
CUT	+10	Aaron Watkins	76	74	-	-	150
CUT	+10	Chris Smith	71	79	-	-	150
CUT	+10	Jeremy Anderson	70	80	-	-	150
CUT	+11	Kirk Stauffer	79	72	-	-	151
CUT	+11	Andrew Dibitetto	77	74	-	-	151
CUT	+11	Dave Rummells	75	76	-	-	151
CUT	+11	Pat Bates	76	75	-	-	151
CUT	+12	Brad Sutterfield	74	78	-	-	152
CUT	+12	Todd Tanner	80	72	-	-	152
CUT	+13	Aron Price	70	83	-	-	153
CUT	+13	Kevin Haefner	77	76	-

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Flanagan victory secures US PGA Tour card

BY Bruce Young | Nationwide Tour | 2007 Xerox Classic | Round Four | 20 Aug 2007