2010 q-school: Saturday's recap from the second stage

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Erik Compton finished seventh in Panama City Beach, Fla., to advance to final stage.

PGATOUR.COM is your source for the latest results from this year's q-school. Play is under way at all six sites of second stage. Here is a look at what happened Wednesday.

The night before the final round, Billy Horschel said he figured he needed a 66 to move high enough up the leaderboard to advance to the final stage of q-school in two weeks. It turns out he was right, and that was exactly what Horschel shot to finish in a tie for 13th along with Ty Tryon.

Billy Hurley and Scott Brown, meanwhile, earned co-meadlist honors after the two tied for first at 18 under.

Will Mackenzie will also advance after finishing at 9 under and in a tie for sixth following a final-round 72.

Others who weren't as fortunate included Frank Lickliter, who tumbled to a tie for 38th after a final round 76, and Jay Williamson, who tied for 41st at even par following a 74 Saturday.

Matt Every also tied for 41st, while Daniel Chopra tied for 54th.

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Seong Ho Lee shot a 1-over 72 in the final round, but he still earned medalist honors Saturday, finishing one stroke ahead of Dicky Pride, who will also advance to the final stage of q-school

Erik Compton will be moving on, too, after a 72 Saturday that resulted in a seventh place finish. Darron Stiles, Omar Uresti and Skip Kendall advanced as well.

Brett Wetterich, however, did not. He shot 71 and finished in a tie for 28th.

Also going home early is Len Mattiace, who tied for 41st, and Steve Wheatcroft, who tied for 54th.

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The first of the six second stage q-school sites came to a conclusion Friday with James Driscoll sharing medalist honors with Scott Weatherley.

"I putted really well for the four days," said Driscoll, who closed with a 3-under 69. "I didn't hit the ball all that great and a lot of times I didn't know where the ball was going, but the course was wide enough that I could get away with a few misses."

That didn't exactly leave Driscoll feeling great about his game, though he was obviously happy to advance.

"It doesn't really give me any relief," Driscoll said. "I know what I need to do to get my job back.

"It definitely gave me a little confidence but I know I have to hit it a little better to get through final stage. It's definitely not far off from where I would like it. I've been so close all year long, but never really put it all together."

Case in point: Driscoll's stroke average was nearly a full stroke lower than any other previous year on the PGA TOUR, but he had arguably one of his worst seasons.

"I just never played that well," Driscoll said. "I'm trying not to get too down on the year."

On a positive note for Driscoll is that he putted well on Bermuda grass this week and the final stage of q-school will also be on a course in Orange County National in Orlando that also has Bermuda grass greens.

The other notable player to advance was Matthew Goggin, shooting a final-round 68 to finish in a tie for fifth.

Mathias Gronberg and David Gossett weren't so fortunate. Gronberg shot 70 and Gossett 72 to finish at 3 over and one stroke out of moving on.

Other notables who failed to advance include: Chez Reavie (T35), Olin Browne (T45) and Parker McLachlin (T63).

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It's not often a player shoots 77 in the final round and advances, but that's what Cameron Tringale did on what was an incredibly difficult day of scoring.

Not a single player broke 70 and 12 players recorded rounds of 80 or worse on the final day at Bear Creek, where Tringale tied for 10th. Scoring was so high that Bio Kim shot 79 and still finished sixth.

Taking home medalist honors was Tyrone Van Aswegen, who shot 71 and finished at 11 under, two shots ahead of Mike Ruiz.

Danny Lee and Mark Hensby also moved on, each tying for 12th, while Bob May did not after tying for 27th.

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Tommy Biershenk coasted to medalist honors with a final-round 65 Saturday to finish the week at 18 under and three shots clear of his closest competitor.

David Lutterus and Pablo Martin finished tied for second, while Gary Woodland was fourth and Martin Flores one of three players to tie for fifth.

Carlos Franco also qualified for the final stage, shooting a 68 to tie for 10th.

Jay Haas Jr., the son of the Champions Tour's Jay Haas, failed to advance after a final-round 74 dropped him to a tie for 32nd. Rod Pampling and Todd Hamilton will also be going home after finishing 40th and 50th, respectively.

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Kent Jones and Jonathan Kaye are headed to the final stage of q-school. So is Patrick Sheehan. The three finished second, fourth and ninth, respectively, in Saturday's final round.

Meanwhile, Danny Wax took home medalist honors after finishing at 17 under following a final-round 67. Wax was the only player in the field to shoot four rounds in the 60s.

Brett Quiglely, on the other hand, fell out of the top 20 with a final-round 74 to finish in a tie for 21st and just one stroke out of earning a trip to Orange County National.

Kirk Triplett shot his second straight 69, but he finished in a tie for 45th, while Tadd Fujikawa also shot 69 but finished in a tie for 57th.

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