More than 30 players with Georgia ties competed in the second stage of qualifying for the 2015 Web.com Tour, but only 10 made it to the finals.
The third and final stage of qualifying is scheduled for Dec. 11-16 on the Fazio and Champions courses at PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
Three of the six second stage qualifiers in November were played in Florida, two in Texas and one in California.
Advancing from a qualifier in Brooksville, Fla., were St. Simons Island resident Patton Kizzire, recent Georgia Tech golfer Richy Werenski and Web.com Tour veteran Scott Parel of Augusta.
Kizzire, a recent Auburn graduate who placed 3rd in earnings this year on the Hopkins Peach State Tour, placed 3rd at 11-under 277, sharing the first round lead at 66. Werenski, a rookie pro, shot 70-69-71-69 to tie for 8th at 279.
Parel, a long-time Web.com player who won a tour event in Wichita in 2012, needed a birdie on the 72nd hole to advance on the number at 7-under 281. Parel, who was 124th on the money list this past season, also shared the first round lead at 66 and was still tied for 1st after a second round 69. But a third round 75 dropped him into a tie for 18th, with the top 19 and ties advancing to the finals.
After a 3-under front nine, Parel was well inside the number needed to advance, but three bogeys on the back nine put him on the bubble before he birdied the 18th for a final round 71.
Parel, who turns 50 next May, also competed in Champions Tour qualifying, narrowly missing earning conditional status for the 2015 season. He won his first stage qualifier by five shots in Winter Garden, Fla., finishing at 271 highlighted by a third round 63.
After three rounds of the finals, also in Winter Garden, Fla., on a different course at Orange County National, Parel was tied for 8th at 2-under, but shot 74 the final day with bogeys on two of the final four holes. Had Parel shot even par the final day, he would have tied for 10th to earn conditional status for 2015.
Failing to advance from the Web.com qualifier in Florida was recent Mercer golfer Hans Reimers, who tied for 24th at 283, two shots above the score needed to advance. Reimers, a rookie pro, was tied for 12th after a third round 68, but shot 74 the final day with three straight bogeys to end the round.
Advancing from a qualifier in McKinney, Tex., was Savannah’s Tim O’Neal, former Georgia Tech golfer Kyle Scott of Decatur and Atlanta’s Brent Witcher.
O’Neal, who was 110th on the Web.com money list in 2014, was on the bubble after 54 holes, but shot 8-under 64 the final round to tie for 3rd at 280. O’Neal played an 11-hole stretch in 9-under the final day to easily advance.
Scott tied for 9th at 283, shooting a 68 in the second round to move up 22 spots, remaining in the top 10 after closing with back-to-back scores of 71. Witcher, who has played the tour on a limited basis in recent seasons, also tied for 9th at 283, closing with scores of 69 and 70.
Among those who failed to advance was recent Georgia Tech standout Seth Reeves of Suwanee, who was tied for 10th at 142 after 36 holes, but shot 76 in the third round. Reeves tied for 31st at 289, four shots above the number needed to advance.
Also failing to advance was recent Georgia Tech golfer Paul Haley, Pooler’s Chris Wolfe (Armstrong State) and Atlanta’s Sam Del Val (Berry College).
Recent UGA golfer Joey Garber missed by one shot in Kingwood, Tex., tying for 21st with a 296 total in difficult weather conditions. Atlanta’s Brett Lange and Savannah’s Drew Aimone also failed to advance.
Advancing from a qualifier at the Hombre n Panama City was Web.com veteran Paul Claxton and recent Auburn golfer Michael Hebert of Cumming.
Hebert, who made six Web.com starts as a rookie in 2014, shared medalist honors at 4-under 280, shooting par or better in all four rounds. Hebert was the only player to break par in the opening round, carding a 1-under 70, and shared the lead after the second and third rounds.
Claxton, a former UGA golfer and Georgia Amateur champion from Vidalia, suffered through the poorest season of his 16-year Web.com Tour career, placing 114th in earnings in 2014. He shot 69 the second round at the Hombre to move up 25 spots into the top 10, and finished tied for 10th at 286 after rounds of 70 and 72.
Missing by one shot was recent Alabama golfer Bobby Wyatt, now living on St. Simons Island. He shot a final round 69 for a 291 total. Dawsonville’s Blake Palmer shot 74 the final day and missed by two at 292. Also missing by two shots was former Atlanta resident Reid Edstrom, a veteran mini-tour player with Web.com experience. A first round 78 proved costly for Edstrom, who moved back into contention with scores of 71 and 70 before a final round 73.
Also failing to advance was Chip Deason of Evans, former UGA golfer and Atlanta native Adam Mitchell, and Covington’s Jonathan Fricke, who was 107th on the 2014 money list.
Recent Georgia Tech golfer James White of Acworth and Macon native Taylor Floyd, a member of Augusta State’s two national championship teams, qualified in Plantation, Fla.
White was the leader after 36 holes, opening with scores of 67-66, and finished 3rd at 5-under 279 after shooting 74-72 the final two days. Floyd shot a second round 68 and wound up on the qualifying number at 1-over 285 after closing with a 73. He tied for 16th (the top 18 and ties advanced) with the help of some final round struggles by players ahead of him.
Fayetteville’s Wade Binfield shot 75 the final day and missed by three shots at 288. Mitch Krywulycz, Floyd’s teammate at Augusta State, missed by four at 289. Also failing to advance were recent UGA golfers T.J. Mitchell of Albany and Michael Cromie, and former Georgia Southern golfer Spence Fulford.
Four Georgians played in a qualifier in California, but none advanced. Two-time Georgia Open champion Jay McLuen of Forsyth came closest, missing by two shots at 290. McLuen was tied for 14th after two rounds (the top 18 and ties advanced) but fell back after a third round 75. He was on the number with three holes to play the final day, but bogeyed 16 and 17.
Luke List, who won the 2012 South Georgia Classic in Valdosta, shot 78 the first day and was unable to recover, tying for 29th at 292 to miss by four. List, who grew up in north Georgia, was 119th on the money list this season.
Also failing to advance was Atlanta’s Charlie Harrison, a recent Wake Forest golfer, and former Georgia Tech player J.T. Griffin, now living on St. Simons Island. Griffin shot a tournament best 64 in the second round, but his lowest score the other three days was a 79.