[killer_carlson]

WHAT A DAY for Canadians at Q-School!

Spittle goes 2 under for the day and finishes solo 5th, gets his card. Things got rocky on the back nine with a bogey-birdie-bogey-birdie stretch, but he held on.

Rutledge starts with a double bogey, but goes 5 under on the back nine, birdies 4 of the last 5 including 16,17 and 18 and finishes T-6th. He gets conditional status. Clutch play. really hope he can transition that into the season. He always seems to play well in the final round.

Rick Gibson goes 4 under for the day, and goes Eagle-birdie-bogey-birdie-par on 14-18 and finishes T-10. He also gets conditional status. After a strong season on the European seniors tour, he uses his Final Stage Q-School exemption to play himself into a conditional card for the tour.

Both Rutledge and Gibson went 4 under and were among the best rounds of the day (only a three guys put in better rounds).


This means that the guys will be on the bubble a bit for their spots in some tourneys, however it also means that we will also see tourneys where we have 4 Canadians in the field (including Stephen Ames). That's unprecedented for Canadian golf to have 4 guys on the senior tour with some sort of status and not just qualifying on a tourney by tourney basis.