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PGA TOURFinal Stage: Dec. 2-7, 2009Bear Lakes CC TV Times: GOLF CHANNEL - all times ET Sat., Dec. 5 – 1-4 p.m. Sun., Dec. 6 – 1-4 p.m. Mon., Dec. 7 – 12:30-4 p.m. | Q-school final stage: Fourth-round notes from the courseDec. 6, 2008 | By Doug Milne | PGATOUR.com  Feldman/Getty Images The future looks bright (2009 anyhow) for Harrison Frazar after a fourth-round 59 led him to a four-stroke lead. LA QUINTA, Calif. --Harrison Frazar made four birdies and an eagle at the par-five seventh on the Nicklaus course en route to a front-side 30, which he followed with seven consecutive birdies on holes 11-17 to post a fourth-round, 13-under 59. Frazar leads through four rounds by four over Tyler Aldridge... En route to his 13-under 59, Harrison Frazar became the first player on the PGA TOUR in 2008 to post seven consecutive birdies... The only other 59 in PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament was David Gossett in 2000 (Nicklaus private course). David Duval eagled the last hole in the final-round of the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic's Palmer private course for a 59 in 1999... Harrison Frazar made 13 cuts in 23 starts in 2008 on the PGA TOUR, with his best finish being a a tie for fourth at the Legends Reno-Tahoe Open. Frazar makes his return to q-school based on a 163rd-place finish on the 2008 PGA TOUR money list... This is Harrison Frazar's third trip to the PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament. In 1996, he finished 87th, and, last year, Frazar tied for 33rd... On the PGA TOUR, Harrison Frazar has previously shot a career-low 62 five times, with the most recent coming in the final round of the 2005 B.C. Open... With two rounds to play, Harrison Frazar has previously held at least a share of the lead five times. With none having led to victory, his best finish was a tie for third at the 2003 FBR Open... "The two swings on 18, I am most proud of," Harrison Frazar said. "Those two swings were the best swings I've made all year. " ... "The 59 is nice," Harrison Frazar said. "That is something I will always have with me and is something I am very proud of. But we still have two more rounds here, and that is the bigger goal." ...  Aldridge In Saturday's fourth-round, 24-year-old Tyler Aldridge fired an eight-under 64 to trail Harrison Frazar's 24-under lead by four strokes headed into Sunday's fifth round. Aldridge, a rookie on the Nationwide Tour, made just six of 23 cuts in 2008. His previous best round in 2008 was a five-under 66 in the first round of The Rex Hospital Open... On the heels of his third-round, eight-under 64 in the third round, Glen Day went 58 consecutive holes without a bogey before bogeying at his last hole in the fourth round... John Huston's story at the 2008 PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament has certainly been one of improvement. In Wednesday's first round, Huston posted a 2-over 74, followed by a second-round, three-under 69. In rounds three and four, he posted back-to-back 65s. By doing so, he has been bogey free since his ninth hole in the second round, totaling 45 holes. Following his first-round 74, Huston noted that he was "not feeling well." ... In 2006, the last time the PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament was played at PGA West, D.J. Brigman posted a six-under 66 on the Stadium course in the final round to finish at 9 under, securing a return trip to the PGA TOUR in 2007. In the fourth round in 2008, Brigman made 11 birdies, six pars and a double-bogey to post a 9-under 63 for the day... D.J. Brigman's 9-under 63 in the fifth round helped dramatically with his positioning on the leaderboard. He began the day tied for 85th, but at day's end, he held a share of 15th place... Joe Durant followed a third-round, 7-under 65 with a fourth-round 78 to drop all the way to a tie for 106th from a tie for 11th...  Day There were 20 bogey-free rounds in the fourth round, 18 of which came on the Nicklaus course. Only Matt Borchert (65) and Jason Day (69) carded bogey-free rounds on the Stadium course. The scoring average for the Nicklaus course in the fourth round was 68.568, with the 18th hole ranking as the hardest. On the Stadium course, the scoring average was more than three strokes more diffcult, averaging 71.901. The ninth hole on the Stadium course ranked as the toughest Saturday. After today's fourth (of six) round, competitors will be regrouped according to scores. The field will be split into approximate equal portions. Those in the field with the lowest scores will play the Stadium course. The remainder of the field will play the Nicklaus course. There is no cut after any of the six rounds, and all competitors will receive some level of status for 2009 on either the PGA TOUR or Nationwide Tour, including those competitors who withdrew. Richard Johnson withdrew prior to the start of the fourth round and will thus be given a last-place status. The purse for the 2008 PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament is $1,057,500, with the winner receiving $50,000. Players earning a PGA TOUR card by tying for 25th or better after 108 holes will earn a minimum of $25,000. Players who gain exempt status on the Nationwide Tour by finishing in the next 50 (or number nearest to 50) will earn $5,000. |
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