Monday qualifiers: Shriners Hospitals for Children Open

A quick look at the four players who Monday qualified for this week’s Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in Las Vegas, Nevada. There was a 7-for-2 playoff with Gordan Brixi, Taggert Ridings, Roberto Diaz, Seamus Power and David Gazzolo the unlucky losers. The qualifier was conducted at Boulder Creek Golf Club in Boulder City, Nevada.

NOTE: Monday scores in parentheses

ANDREW NOVAK (63)
Age: 24
Hometown: Raleigh, North Carolina
Alma mater: Wofford College
PGA TOUR starts: 3
Cuts made: 2
Best finish: T36, 2019-20 A Military Tribute at the Greenbrier.
Notes: His second time Monday qualifying this season after getting through in the season opening Military Tribute at the Greenbrier… Finished 62nd on the Korn Ferry Tour’s Regular Season Points List in 2019. … Has two career top-10s on the Korn Ferry Tour (T5, 2019 Country Club de Bogota Championship; T10, 2018 Ellie Mae Classic at TPC Stonebrae). … Appeared on SportsCenter’s Top-10 Plays for making a 100-foot putt at NCAA Regionals. … Was the 2017 Southern Conference Player of the Year.

DYLAN WU (63)
Age: 23
Hometown: Medford, Oregon
Alma mater: Northwestern
PGA TOUR starts: 0
Cuts made: N/A
Best finish: N/A
Notes: Finished second at the Lincoln Land Championship presented by LRS on the Korn Ferry Tour last season after being a late inclusion in the field… Had been on the Mackenzie Tour-PGA TOUR Canada prior with top five results in 2018 and 2019 on that tour… Missed eight of 11 cuts after runner up finish… Grew up as a hockey player… Wu owns the second-lowest scoring average (71.76) in Northwestern history, behind only Luke Donald (70.95). He was all-Big Ten twice, winning the conference’s scoring title as a junior, and was a second-team All-American that year.

JOHN ODA (64)
Age: 23
Hometown: Honolulu, Hawaii
Alma mater: University of Nevada – Las Vegas
PGA TOUR starts: 11
Cuts made: 6
Best finish: T3 2018 Barracuda Championship
Notes: Survived 7-for-2 playoff to play a week after surviving a 3-for-2 playoff to play at the Safeway Open where he was T40… Played 21 times on the Korn Ferry Tour last season including the Finals but failed to advance to the PGA TOUR. Best finish was a pair of T4s in the season opening events in the Bahamas, his only top-10s of the season.

ISAIAH SALINDA (64)
Age: 22
Hometown: South San Francisco, California
Alma mater: Stanford
PGA TOUR starts: 1
Cuts made: 1
Best finish: T33 2019-20 Safeway Open
Notes: Survived 7-for-2 playoff to play a week after making his professional debut at the Safeway Open on a sponsors invite… Member of recent winning Walker Cup team… Played on 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 Stanford teams and finished 10th on the all-time Stanford career scoring list averaging 71.74 over 113 rounds... Named a 2nd team All-American in 2018-19... Named 2018-19 team MVP with 2 wins and six top 10 finishes, averaging 70.83 and securing four straight match play wins in the National Championship victory… Semi-finalist 2018 U.S. Amateur… Won 2018 Pacific Amateur.

LAST WEEK’S QUALIFIERS
T40. John Oda, 70-66-77-69
MC. Andres Gonzales, 70-75
MC. Byron Meth, 77-72
MC. Jinho (Henry) Chung, 76-74