Over the course of 36 holes of the 156-player final round of the DP World Tour Q-School, Vince Van Veen beat only four players.
Four !
The 28-year-old Dutch professional, ranked No. 1,080 in the world rankings, started 74-73 at Infinitum Golf in Tarragona, Spain, and was on the verge of missing all 72 holes of the 108-hole course. event.
But then Van Veen orchestrated the unthinkable: he shot 59.
59!
After a combined six birdies over the first two days, Van Veen doubled that total on Sunday, making 12 birdies, including eight on his final nine holes to post a 12-under 59 and climb 127 spots in the leaderboard, to T-22. At 8 under, Van Veen is one shot outside the top 20 and tied for who will win his DP World Tour cards Tuesday night and four shots above the cut line.
John Hahn holds the DP World Tour Q-School record. The American shot 12-under 58 in 2014. Three 59s were recorded at the PGA Tour/Korn Ferry Tour Q-School.
Since turning professional in late 2018, Van Veen has primarily competed on the Alps Tour, which he won two years ago en route to earning his Challenge Tour card. However, Van Veen’s rookie year on the main DP World Tour did not go as planned; he missed 15 cuts and was back playing mostly Alps Tour events this year.
Three-time DP World Tour winner Edoardo Molinari leads by four shots at 17 under after a third round of 72. Frenchman Clément Sordet is second, followed by Englishman Matthew Southgate at 12 under.
Davis Bryant, a 24-year-old Colorado State product born three months premature, is tied for eighth at 10 under. He is joined inside the number by American Matt Sharpstene (minus-9), who played collegiately at West Virginia and Charlotte.
South African Justin Harding is among those at 10 while reigning British amateur winner Jacob Skov Olesen is among those blocked at 9.
Notables within reach of the top 20 and ties include Englishman Eddie Pepperell (under-8), Austrian Maximillian Steinlechner (under-8), American Palmer Jackson (under-8), American Charlie Rieter (under-7), the American Spencer Cross (under-6). , the Italian Renato Paratore (under-6), the Irish amateur Max Kennedy (under-6), the Norwegian Andreas Halvorsen (under-6), the South African George Coetzee (under-6), the Indian Rayhan Thomas (under-5), Frenchman Bastien Amat (under-5), Spaniard Gonzalez Fernandez-Castano (under-5), South African Wilco Nienaber (under-5) and the American Nick Carlson (under-5).
American Ryggs Johnston (under-4), German amateur Tiger Christensen (under-3) and Peruvian Julian Perico (under-3) are among those currently below the cut line.
