By 36 holes of DP World Tour Q-College’s 156-player closing stage, Vince Van Veen was beating simply 4 gamers.
4!
The 28-year-old Dutch professional, who’s ranked No. 1,080 on this planet rankings, opened in 74-73 at Infinitum Golf in Tarragona, Spain, and was on his option to lacking the 72-hole minimize at this 108-hole occasion.
However then Van Veen orchestrated the unthinkable: He shot 59.
59!
After six mixed birdies over the primary two days, Van Veen doubled that whole on Sunday, rattling off 12 birdies, together with eight in his closing 9 holes to put up 12-under 59 and rocket 127 spots up the leaderboard, to T-22. At 8 below, Van Veen is a shot out of the highest 20 and ties who will earn their DP World Tour playing cards on Tuesday night and 4 photographs above the minimize line.
John Hahn holds the DP World Tour Q-College document. The American shot 12-under 58 in 2014. Three 59s have been recorded at PGA Tour/Korn Ferry Tour Q-College.
Since turning professional on the finish of 2018, Van Veen has competed totally on the Alps Tour, which he received on two years in the past en path to incomes his Problem Tour card. Nevertheless, Van Veen’s rookie 12 months on the DP World Tour’s principal feeder tour didn’t go as deliberate; he missed 15 cuts and was again taking part in largely Alps Tour occasions this 12 months.
Three-time DP World Tour winner Edoardo Molinari leads by 4 photographs at 17 below following a third-round 72. France’s Clement Sordet is second, adopted by England’s Matthew Southgate at 12 below.
Davis Bryant, a 24-year-old Colorado State product who was born three months untimely, is tied for eighth at 10 below. He’s joined contained in the quantity by American Matt Sharpstene (9 below), who performed collegiately at West Virginia and Charlotte.
South Africa’s Justin Harding is amongst these at 10 udner whereas reigning British Novice winner Jacob Skov Olesen is a part of the logjam at 9 below.
Notables inside hanging distance of the highest 20 and ties embody England’s Eddie Pepperell (8 below), Austria’s Maximillian Steinlechner (8 below), American Palmer Jackson (8 below), American Charlie Rieter (7 below), American Spencer Cross (6 below), Italy’s Renato Paratore (6 below), Irish novice Max Kennedy (6 below), Norway’s Andreas Halvorsen (6 below), South Africa’s George Coetzee (6 below), India’s Rayhan Thomas (5 below), France’s Bastien Amat (5 below), Spain’s Gonzalez Fernandez-Castano (5 below), South Africa’s Wilco Nienaber (5 below) and American Nick Carlson (5 below).
American Ryggs Johnston (4 below), German novice Tiger Christensen (3 below) and Peru’s Julian Perico (3 below) are amongst these at the moment under the minimize line.
