Peter Koutroumpis – editor@trianglesportsnet.com
RALEIGH, N.C. – As the second day of practice rounds took place on Tuesday, the entire field for the 2014 Rex Hospital Open had been finalized the day before.
Two Monday-qualifier tournaments provided 12 more entrants into the 156-player field that will tee off in the Web.com Tour event at TPC at Wakefield Plantation on Thursday.
This year’s tournament features nine of the Web.com Tour’s current top 10 money list leaders (Carlos Ortiz, Andrew Putnam, Alex Cjeka, Jon Curran, Adam Hadwin, Jonathan Randolph, Justin Thomas, Max Homa, Daniel Berger), two past champions (Kyle Thompson – 2007, 2011; Kevin Johnson – 2009) as well as a major winner (Lee Janzen – 1993, 1998 U.S. Open).
The Rex Hospital Open Official Pro-Am takes place on Wednesday with morning and afternoon tee-offs and includes an honorary tee shot taking place at Noon by wounded veteran Staff Sergeant Alonzo Lundsford.
One of the survivors from the Ft. Hood domestic terror attack in 2009, Lunsford has been wounded seven times and is an advocate for American troops and a volunteer for the USO of NC resiliency programs.
By the end of the day, the field will be ready to tee it up early on Thursday and begin first-round play in the battle to make the cut in the competitive field by the end of second-round play on Friday.
Once the final cut is determined, the competition will heat up and the tournament’s supporting events will provide spectators a variety of things to do while watching the pros go low.
Saturday will feature Family Day at the Open presented by the Carolina Hurricanes and will include all-day events to include free face painting, bounce houses, a Canes Slapshot booth, mini-golf, rock climbing wall, snow cones, and more.
Sunday’s final round of play will highlight Service Appreciation Day presented by First Citizens Bank as the tournament will offer free admission for active and former military, police, fire and EMS personnel who will be part of the spectator gallery on the 18th hole that will cheer on the 2014 champion after he holes out to earn this year’s tournament title.
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2014 Rex Hospital Open
BY THE NUMBERS | |
Field size | 156 players |
Web.com Tour champions | 61 (123 total wins) |
PGA TOUR champions | 18 (34 total wins) |
Major champions | 2 (Lee Janzen) |
Current year money list | 9 of top 10 |
HOW THEY QUALIFIED |
Tournament Winners |
Steven Alker |
Benjamin Alvarado |
Mark Anderson |
Alex Aragon |
Kris Blanks |
Alex Cejka |
Jon Curran |
Kevin Foley |
Adam Hadwin |
Max Homa |
Edward Loar |
Peter Malnati |
Carlos Ortiz |
Andrew Putnam |
Will Wilcox |
Past Champion of Current Week’s Event |
Kevin Johnson |
Kyle Thompson |
Leading Money winner Latinoamérica/Canada & WCT QT Winner |
Ryan Blaum |
Mackenzie Hughes |
Winner – Web.com Tour Qualifying Tournament |
Zack Fischer |
Next 25 Money Leaders – Web.com Tour Finals |
Andres Gonzales |
Greg Owen |
Tim Petrovic |
Vaughn Taylor |
Ryan Spears |
Ben Kohles |
Camilo Benedetti |
Alistair Presnell |
Bhavik Patel |
Adam Crawford |
Steve Wheatcroft |
Byron Smith |
Alexandre Rocha |
Nick O’Hern |
Hunter Haas |
Tom Hoge |
Roland Thatcher |
Mathew Goggin |
Top 75 Money Leaders from the Web.com Tour Regular Season |
Alex Prugh |
Matt Bettencourt |
Daniel Chopra |
Miguel Angel Carballo |
Ashley Hall |
Whee Kim |
D.J. Brigman |
Nick Rousey |
Shane Bertsch |
Kelly Kraft |
Matt Davidson |
Jason Gore |
Brett Stegmaier |
Fernando Mechereffe |
Philip Pettitt, Jr. |
Len Mattiace |
Richard S Johnson |
Hudson Swafford |
Guy Boros |
Aron Price |
Ariel Canete |
Scott Harrington |
Oscar Fraustro |
Finishers 2-10 & Ties Previous year’s Web.com Tour QT |
Scott Pinckney |
Milton Finau |
Sung Joon Park |
Steve Saunders |
Bronson Burgoon |
Jimmy Gunn |
Chris Epperson |
Carlos Sainz Jr |
Former Fully-Exempt PGA TOUR Members |
Nathan Green |
Ryuji Imada |
Steve Marino |
Billy Mayfair |
D.J. Trahan |
PGA TOUR Members 48-49 Years Old |
Lee Janzen |
Kevin Sutherland |
Skip Kendall |
Top 25 Money Leaders Web.com Regular Season/Top 25 Finals |
Scott Gardiner |
Brad Fritsch |
Lee Williams |
Bobby Gates |
Open Qualifiers (12) |
Jason Allred |
Fielding Brewbaker |
Joshua Brock |
Greg Doherty |
Jack Fields |
Patton Kizzire |
Steve LeBrun |
Ryan Nelson |
Seamus Power |
Grant Rappleye |
Justin Regier |
Chase Wright |
Sponsor Exemptions (Members Not Otherwise Exempt) |
Luke List |
David Mathis |
Sponsor Exemptions (Unrestricted) |
Grant Houser |
Alex Smalley |
Sponsor Exemptions – Web.com |
Brad Adamonis |
Top 25 From Previous Event |
Jonathan Randolph |
Kyle Reifers |
Zack Sucher |
Gavin Coles |
Justin Lower |
Dominic Bozzelli |
Mark Hubbard |
David Skinns |
Peter Tomasulo |
Harold Varner III |
Cliff Kresge |
Matt Fast |
Roger Sloan |
Josh Broadaway |
Special Members/Medical(Exempt) |
Jonathan Kaye |
Matt Weibring |
Wil Collins |
PGA TOUR – not Exempt for current Event |
John Mallinger |
Fabian Gomez |
Tag Ridings |
Dicky Pride |
Doug LaBelle II |
Justin Bolli |
Reorder With $ Finishers 11-45 & ties as the prev year’s Tour Qua |
Justin Thomas |
Daniel Berger |
Derek Fathauer |
Manuel Villegas |
Sam Saunders |
Tom Gillis |
Bill Lunde |
Nathan Tyler |
Cameron Percy |
Casey Wittenberg |
Ryan Armour |
Henrik Norlander |
Brad Schneider |
Chris Wilson |
Steve Allan |
Jose de Jesus Rodriguez |
Colt Knost |
Trevor Murphy |
Nick Taylor |
Sebastian Vazquez |
Rob Oppenheim |
Andres Echavarria |
Jin Park |
Jeff Klauk |
Jonathan Fricke |
Roberto Diaz |
Hugo Leon |
James Nitties |
Darron Stiles |
Aaron Goldberg |
Matt Hendrix |
Timothy O’Neal |
Albin Choi |
Chris Baker |
Jorge Fernandez-Valdes |