First Monday

The first PGA Tour and KFT Monday Q’s (there is also a Wednesday Q this week, I’ll explain why below) of the year are being held today in Hawaii and Florida respectively. 

The PGA Tour Monday Q for the Sony Open will boast maybe the strongest Sony Monday field in history. A total of only 16 of the 30 Korn Ferry graduates and none of the five Q-school graduates are currently in the Sony field and most of them are playing the Monday Q. 

The Korn Ferry Monday is for the Panama Championship that will be played the first week of February. There are two sites with just two spots available at each site. On Wednesday there will be another “Monday Q” held at two different sites for the Colombia KFT event. This is done to save players money as the qualifiers are played in the same area.  Wednesday will also have four total spots. Stateside KFT event Monday Q’s have a total of eight spots but these events only have four. 

A preview and leaderboard links are below. 

‍Sony Monday Q

‍Course

Kopolei Golf Course

Par: 72

Yardage- 7001

Slope- 137

Rating- 74.3

Total number of players in the field: 71

‍PGA Tour Members in the Monday field

‍Major Winners:

Y.E. Yang

‍PGA Tour winners:

Jeff Maggert

Martin Trainer

Russell Knox

Ted Purdy

Scott Piercy

Robert Streb

Parker McLachlin

Tim Petrovic

‍2023 KFT Grads: 

Norman Xiong

Nicholas Lindheim

Chris Gotterup

Joe Highsmith

Patrick Fishburn

Tom Whitney

Kevin Doughtery

Wilson Furr

Parker Coody

Scott Gutschewski (Scott’s 16-year- old son Trevor also in the field)

Ryan McCormick

‍Q-school Grads: 

Blaine Hale Jr

Raul Pereda 

Hayden Springer

Trace Crowe

‍Other Notables: 

‍Harry Higgs

Austin Smotherman

Kramer Hickock 

Cameron Kuchar (Matt’s 16-year-old son) 

Patrick Flavin

John Oda (Shot 63 on the same course in the Pre-Q last Thursday) 

Andrew Yun

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Leaderboard: https://www.mondayq.com/posts/sony-open-monday-qualifier-2024-results

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KFT Monday Q

‍Courses

Westin Hills (2 courses) 

Tour Course

Par: 72

Yardage: 6985

Slope: 136

Rating: 74.4

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Players Course

Par: 72

Yardage: 7195

Slope: 134

Rating: 75.4

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Notables in the field

Ben Carr- The 2022 U.S. Am runner-up finished 57th last season in Canada and made the cut at the U.S. Open

Travis Vick- The former Texas Longhorn standout has struggled to find his footing in the pro game.

Matt Atkins- The former KFT member made the cut at the RSM after a Monday Qualifier at the end of 2023. The $35,000 check has helped him keep his career going. 

Taylor Funk- The son of PGA Tour winner Fred, is a conditional member of the KFT and looks to get into an early season event to reshuffle up. 

Tommy Kuhl- The former University of Illinois star looks to jumpstart his pro career. 

Cougar Collins- Yes, it’s his real name, and yes, he has game. 

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Leaderboard: https://www.mondayq.com/posts/panama-championship-monday-qualifier-results-2024

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Wednesday Q (KFT) 

Courses 

Champions Club

Par- 72

Yardage- 6772

Slope- 130 

Rating- 72.5

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Wellington National Golf Club

Par- 72

Yardage- 7125

Slope- 144

Rating- 75.1

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Leaderboard: https://www.mondayq.com/posts/astara-bogota-championship-monday-qualifier-results-2024