Final-stage q-school: Fourth-round notebook

• Frank Lickliter carded a fourth-round 72 in the PGA TOUR's Qualifying Tournament on Saturday and now holds a three-shot lead over Nationwide Tour player Jason Allred with two rounds left to play.

Richard S. Johnson is tied for 55th. (Badz/PGA TOUR/WireImage)

How the medalists from the Second Stages

Have fared through 72 holes

Second Stage City Medalist(s) Pos. through 72 holes at Finals Dade City, Fla. Bubba Dickerson T15 Dade City, Fla. Scott Parel T79 Kingwood, Texas Mark Walker T106 Maricopa, Ariz. Kevin Streelman T15 Maricopa, Ariz. Chris Kirk T118 Beaumont, Calif. Y.E. Yang T12 McKinney, Texas Cameron Percy T155 Panama City Beach, Fla. Richard Johnson T55

• Frank Lickliter's 72-hole total of 24-under 264 is the second lowest 72-hole total at the PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament since 1992, when the TOUR began keeping such statistics. Andrew McLardy holds the lowest four-round total when he stood at 27-under 261 in 2000.

• The last time a fourth-round leader/co-leader at the PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament went on to win was in 2003 when Mathias Gronberg eventually won by a single stroke.

• Since the PGA TOUR began keeping such statistics in 1992, the 72-hole leader/co-leader at the PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament has never failed to secure his card.

• Frank Lickliter II and Chris Stroud are the only players currently in the top 10 who were full members of the PGA TOUR in 2007.

• Tarheel Tour player Tommy "Two Gloves" Gainey, who gained national fame on GOLF CHANNEL's "Big Break" series, shot 71 on Saturday and is tied for fourth going into Sunday's fifth round. Gainey was able to survive a double-bogey on the par-4 11th in which he had to get up-and-down for a six on Saturday.

• The projected 108-hole cutoff number for PGA TOUR cards (based on 72-hole numbers) is 15-under par.

• Brett Rumford is one of three players from the Australasian PGA Tour who gained an exemption into the final stage of q-school based on his money-list standing (Rumford, Jarrod Lyle, Wade Ormsby). Through four rounds, Rumford has carded rounds of 66-70-68-65--269 and finds himself in solo third.

• Former Walker Cup star and Coastal Carolina University All-America selection Dustin Johnson finds himself inside the number through 72 holes with rounds of 72-67-67-70--276. A total of three members of the victorious 2007 United States Walker Cup team are in the field this week: Dustin Johnson 72-67-67-70--276 T12; Colt Knost 75-70-72-68--285 T97; Chris Kirk 71-73-70-73--287 T118.

• After the first two rounds this week, the field was split in half based on 36-hole scores. Of the players who began their third rounds in the lower half, Bob May has made the best move with rounds of 69-73-68-67--277 and currently sits tied for 15th. Conversely, the player who began in the upper half and fell the farthest in the last two rounds was 2007 Nationwide Tour player John Kimbell, whose rounds of 70-70-76-75--291 have him tied for 149th with 36 holes left to play.

• The round of the day came from Casey Wittenberg, who eagles Nos. 1 and 2 (his 10th and 11th) en route to a 63 on the Panther Lake course. Wittenberg began the day tied for 124th and finished tied for 38th.

• Through four rounds, three players making their first appearance at the PGA TOUR's Qualifying Tournament finals find themselves in the top 10: Brett Rumford (3), Tommy Gainey (4), and Alejandro Canizares (T10).

• The fourth-round scoring averages for the two courses -- Crooked Cat (70.798) and Panther Lake (70.938). Cumulative average through three rounds -- Crooked Cat (70.912) and Panther Lake (70.642).

• The toughest holes on the two courses Saturday -- the par-4 10th hole on Crooked Cat with a scoring average of 4.369 and the par-4 eighth hole on Panther Lake with a scoring average of 4.425.

• Six players currently at the finals this week had to begin their q-school quest at the pre-qualifying stage: Tyler Aldridge, Gibby Gilbert III, Seung-su Han (a), Garrett Osborn, Brendon Todd, and Mike Wendling. Of that group, Tyler Aldridge is sitting the best through 72 holes with rounds of 71-70-72-69--282. Currently tied for 69th place, Aldridge is attempting to become the first player to ever go through the pre-qualifying stage and earn his PGA TOUR card.

• First-round co-leader Brendon de Jonge has slowly moved backwards over the past three rounds. After an eight birdie, one eagle 62 on Wednesday, de Jonge has recorded eight birdies, five bogeys, and one double-bogey and is sitting tied for 15th at 11-under 277.

• There were eight bogey-free rounds on Saturday, including four on Panther Lake -- Casey Wittenberg (64), Garrett Osborn (66), Jeff Gove (68), and Madalitso Muthiya (69). Four bogey-free rounds were posted on Crooked Cat -- Tag Ridings (69), Chris Stroud (68), Matt Every (68), and David Mathis (71).

• Through four rounds, a total of three players have carded all four rounds in the 60s: Travis Perkins, Tag Ridings, and Chris Stroud.

• Tag Ridings has played 39 consecutive bogey-free holes dating back to his last bogey on No. 15 on Thursday. After three birdies in his first five holes on Saturday, Ridings closed with 13 straight pars.

• PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament by the numbers: 428 players competed in the six pre-qualifying sites, 931 competed in first stage, 481 participated in second stage and 166 are playing in the final stage. In all, a record 1,300-plus players applied for this year's q-school.

• Craig Bowden withdrew after nine holes of the fourth round... Craig Kanada withdrew after the fourth round.