Let’s celebrate Willie Mack III for earning his Korn Ferry Tour Card following a T-12 finish at the final round of Q-School. It’s another big gain for this golf pro who shot 66 at Korn Ferry Tour Qualifying School, bringing him one step closer to competing on the PGA Tour.
The mini-tour legend showcased his skills by making an eagle and three birdies in his first seven holes of the final round of Korn Ferry Tour Qualifying School to guarantee starts in the first eight events this season. At 34 years old, Mack, APGA Tour Player of the Year,
“It’s been a long time coming,” he said speaking on Sirius/XM PGA Tour Radio’s “Hitting the Green with Sobel and the Caddie.”
Mack, a former member of the Bethune-Cookman golf team was a standout player at the historically Black college in Daytona Beach, Florida.
He started the day T-41 and already had secured conditional status by advancing through the second stage of Q-School for the first, he needed to go low on Monday as Nos. 11-40 (and ties) lock-up starts in the first eight events while Nos. 41 and above likely will get some starts depending on one’s final number.
Mack, an Orlando, Fla. resident, parred in the final 11 holes at The Marshwood Course to shoot 5-under 66 and a 72-hole total of 7-under 277 at The Landings in Savannah, Georgia. He has played in six career PGA Tour events on sponsorship exemptions and made four previous Korn Ferry Tour starts (with one made cut, a T-62 at the 2021 BMW Charity Pro-Am).
Mack is just one of three Black golfers on the PGA Tour: Tiger Woods, Cameron Champ and Joseph Bramlett.
Hear Mack sum it up in his own words through a Make Golf Your Thing Instagram post by clicking below:
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