Projo Sports Blog

We have more qualifying school reports for pro golfers today, this time among the women and Champions Tour players.

Anna Grzebien, in her first year as a pro, is happy there is a big difference in the way the PGA and LPGA Tours handle their qualifying school process. She is very much alive in LPGA qualifying because of the difference.

The Point Judith product and former NCAA champion at Duke got off to a bad start in LPGA qualifying in Palm Springs, Cal., and never recovered. She did not advance. However, the women, unlike the men, may sign up for a second qualifying school if they wish.

Grzebien took advantage of that. Competing at Plantation CC in Venice, Fla., she put together rounds of 71-69-71-72 to tie for second and easily move to the finals. The finals will be held Nov.28-Dec. 2 at the LPGA International in Daytona Beach.

Among Champions Tour hopefuls, former R.I. Open Kirk Hanefeld of Bolton, Mass., a part-time Champions Tour player the past two years, tied for ninth at the MetroWest CC in Florida and advance to that tour’s Q-School finals. Hanefeld had rounds of 73-69-70-73 for 285.

Wannamoisett’s Wecal finished at 307 and Cape Cod’s Brian Hebb, the founder of the New England Pro Tour, was at 311 at that site. It took 296 to advance.

Worcester’s Rick Karboski, another New England Tour regular, had 77-70-72-73 for 292 to tie for 10th in sectionals at the Redstone Club in Texas and move on.

The Champions Tour finals will be contested next week at TPC Eagle Trace in Coral Springs, Fla.

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