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Monday Qualifiers: Genesis Open

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Monday Qualifiers: Genesis Open


    Written by Sean Martin @PGATOURSMartin

    A look at the qualifiers for this week’s Genesis Open, including a past champion at Riviera and another former PGA TOUR winner. The qualifier was played Monday at Industry Hills Golf Club’s Eisenhower Course:

    ROBERT GARRIGUS (66)
    Age: 41
    Hometown: Scottsdale, Arizona
    Alma mater: Scottsdale Community College
    PGA TOUR starts: 336
    Cuts made: 199
    Best PGA TOUR finish: Won, 2010 Children’s Miracle Network Classic
    Notes: Has conditional status after finishing 131st in the FedExCup. … A T20 at the Sanderson Farms Championship is his only made cut of the season. … Has missed the Playoffs just three times since the FedExCup began in 2007.

    AARON BADDELEY (67)
    Age: 37
    Hometown: Melbourne, Australia
    Alma mater: None
    PGA TOUR starts: 412
    Cuts made: 254
    Best PGA TOUR finish: Four wins (2006 RBC Heritage, 2007 Waste Management Phoenix Open, 2011 Genesis Open, 2016 Barbasol Championship)
    Notes: Won at Riviera eight years ago. … Monday qualified for the second time this season. … Finished T4 at season-opening Safeway Open, his best finish since his win at the 2016 Barbasol. … Has conditional status this season after finishing 132nd in the FedExCup standings. … Finished a career-best sixth in the 2007 FedExCup. … Represented the International Team at the 2011 Presidents Cup. … Also owns four titles in Australia, including the 1999 and 2000 Australian Opens.

    CURTIS LUCK (67)
    Age: 22
    Hometown: Perth, Australia
    Alma mater: None
    PGA TOUR starts: 20
    Cuts made: 11
    Best PGA TOUR finish: T5, 2017 Quicken Loans National
    Notes: Playing his first season on PGA TOUR after earning his card at last season’s Web.com Tour Finals. … Has made three of seven cuts, with his best finish (T28) coming at last week’s AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. … Winner of the 2016 U.S. Amateur and Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship.

    RICHARD LEE (68)
    Age: 31
    Hometown: Bellevue, Washington
    Alma mater: Washington
    PGA TOUR starts: 89
    Cuts made: 43
    Best PGA TOUR finish: T4, twice (2016 Barbasol; 2014 Puerto Rico Open)
    Notes: Advanced out of a 6-for-1 playoff in the Monday qualifier. … Played the PGA TOUR from 2012-14, finishing a career-best 96th in the 2013 FedExCup. … Made three of 10 cuts on the Web.com Tour last season. … Owns two runners-up on the Web.com Tour.

    LAST WEEK’S QUALIFIERS
    T26. Max Homa, 70-68-71-68
    T33. David Hearn, 67-68-71-72
    MC. Blair Hamilton, 73-76

    THIS SEASON’S QUALIFIERS
    Qualifiers: 31
    Made cut: 10
    Top-25: 3
    Top-10s: 2 (Aaron Baddeley, T4 at Safeway Open; Corey Conners, T3 at Sony Open)
    Best finish: Corey Conners, T3 at Sony Open in Hawaii
    Most times qualified: Corey Conners (2), Aaron Baddeley (2)

    Sean Martin manages PGATOUR.COM’s staff of writers as the Lead, Editorial. He covered all levels of competitive golf at Golfweek Magazine for seven years, including tournaments on four continents, before coming to the PGA TOUR in 2013. Follow Sean Martin on Twitter.

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