NEWS
The 2026 Golden Tee World Championship weekend at Palms Casino Resort continued Friday with one of our brand new events of the tournament: the 3-Course Qualifier.
Nearly 40 players battled it out for three of the seven remaining World Championship spots. Players took on Desert Valley Resort, Kings Canyon and Acoma Mesa, with the top three total scores earning their way into Saturday’s main event.
Sammy Manaway delivered a dominant performance, finishing at -89 overall to claim the top spot. Harry Lomason followed with an impressive -81, while Jeff Leeper secured the third and final qualifying position at -80, sneaking by Darryl Dare with 25,000 great shot points!
| First Name | Last Name | Desert | Kings | Acoma | Total Score | Total GSP | Total GTP |
| Sammy | Manaway | -30 | -31 | -28 | -89 | 55026 | 16743 |
| Harry | Lomason | -26 | -26 | -29 | -81 | 12412 | 13687 |
| Jeff | Leeper | -28 | -25 | -27 | -80 | 62257 | 15951 |
| Darryl | Dare | -24 | -28 | -28 | -80 | 36832 | 17249 |
| Rafael | Tercero | -28 | -22 | -29 | -79 | 53503 | 14436 |
| Trey | Sprague | -26 | -25 | -28 | -79 | 37270 | 14860 |
| Damien | Sullivan | -24 | -29 | -26 | -79 | 18719 | 15991 |
| James | Blodgett | -27 | -24 | -27 | -78 | 27809 | 14101 |
| Jade | Johnson | -27 | -24 | -27 | -78 | 7587 | 14424 |
| Joey | Deangelo | -25 | -25 | -26 | -76 | 52327 | 13466 |
| Robert | Fransen | -25 | -23 | -26 | -74 | 60816 | 13377 |
| Ben | Lacy | -26 | -26 | -22 | -74 | 51270 | 15288 |
| John | Ridgeman | -27 | -23 | -23 | -73 | 49536 | 13540 |
| Cristian | Rojas | -26 | -24 | -23 | -73 | 29541 | 12672 |
| John | Hellstein | -28 | -22 | -22 | -72 | 24531 | 13689 |
| Sean | Mckern | -21 | -27 | -21 | -69 | 47454 | 15043 |
| Cindy | Russell | -21 | -23 | -25 | -69 | 21014 | 13869 |
| Lowell | Licudan | -24 | -21 | -24 | -69 | 17402 | 15015 |
| Rob | Smith | -25 | -22 | -22 | -69 | 15877 | 12503 |
| Sean | Shaver | -25 | -23 | -21 | -69 | 10673 | 13209 |
| Louis | Lobel | -27 | -16 | -26 | -69 | 6615 | 12800 |
| Chris | Bakke | -24 | -22 | -23 | -69 | 6179 | 12333 |
| Brian | Collison | -25 | -19 | -24 | -68 | 33540 | 14075 |
| Michael | Mcsharry | -22 | -24 | -20 | -66 | 29087 | 11772 |
| Clay | Heneise | -25 | -22 | -19 | -66 | 15249 | 12195 |
| Charles | Ridgway | -18 | -25 | -22 | -65 | 29729 | 11793 |
| Dean | Liakakos | -20 | -19 | -26 | -65 | 24444 | 12942 |
| Cary | Cooke | -22 | -20 | -20 | -62 | 38731 | 12403 |
| Mike | Camacho | -22 | -18 | -19 | -59 | 20482 | 10600 |
| Antonio | Chiuchiolo | -20 | -21 | -17 | -58 | 25129 | 13498 |
| Andrew | Russell | -25 | 0 | -26 | -51 | 4832 | 9096 |
| Willam | Morgan | -19 | -12 | -19 | -50 | 3340 | 11946 |
| William | Richardson | -18 | -13 | -17 | -48 | 15015 | 9624 |
| Jason | Cooper | -13 | -15 | -18 | -46 | 19985 | 9593 |
