Adam Svensson's remarkable win at Web.com Q school

Web.com Q School final results http://www.pgatour.com/webcom/tournaments/web-com-tour-qualifying-tournament/leaderboard.html

Six out of the 15 Canadians who began Web.com Q school on Thursday in Palm Beach Gardens have secured some level of status for the 2016 season.

One of them has full status all year in what is becoming a Canadian tradition. Adam Svensson had one of the week's of his golfing career and his scores of  64 65 65 72 -20 were a full seven shots better than anyone else in the field.

Ironically we were discussing Brad Fritsch at this time last year as he did exactly the same thing when he shot a brilliant -27, albeit over 6 rounds, to win by seven shots as well.

For those who have been contacting me for more info on Adam, he is a 21 from Surrey BC who won a golf scholarship at Barry University in Miami, and after 2 years and a Player of the Year award, he decided leave and turn pro. He split his year between the Mackenzie Tour and the Web.com Tour where he had 3 top 25's in 7 outings after finishing 9th on the Order of Merit on the McKenzie, where he finished 2nd twice.

Albin Choi of Toronto (T14); Taylor Pendrith (T14) of Richmond Hill, Ont.; Benjamin Silverman of Thornhill, Ont.; Mackenzie Hughes (T21) of Dundas, Ont.; and Ryan Yip (T34) of Calgary will all have status through the tour’s second re-shuffle.

Tip of my cap to contributor Graham Jansen who noted that the Champion Course at PGA National plays host to The Honda Classic on the PGA Tour's Florida swing and you will all remember it features “The Bear Trap,” with those tough par 3s at 15 and 17.

Svensson's win was all the more remarkable when you consider there were nearly 1,000 entries for the tournament, many having to work their way through pre-qualifying, then two more stages just to get to the final.

With the win he gets $25,000 and is guaranteed fully-exempt status next year while players finishing next (2nd-10) will be exempt until the third reshuffle then players 11th-45th will make it to the second reshuffle.

Jason Millard (70) and Ian Davis (69) T2 -13-under 273.

So it's off to Panama, then South America for the start of the Web.com tour in January with a list of goals to achieve for young Adam. Topping that list ? “My goal is to win out there and get my PGA TOUR card, followed quickly by “I would love to play in the Olympics”

All of that and much more lies ahead, but none of it would have been possible without his remarkable win this weekend.

Bryan Angus