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Qualifiers for PGA Tour’s Utah event include pair that bypassed pre-q because of error

Chris Korte and John Sand Monday-qualified for the Black Desert Championship despite being temporarily removed from the field after an error allowed them to bypass pre-qualifier.

FourplayersqualifiedonMondayforthePGATour’sBlackDesertChampionship. Twoofthemshouldn’thavebeeninthefield. MondayQInfo’sRyanFrenchreportedonMondaymorningthatfourplayers–ChrisKorte,JohnSand,RileyLewisandRJManke–wereabletosignupfortheMondayqualifieratSandHollowinHurricane,Utah,becauseofwhatthetournamentdirectorcalleda“clericalerror.”Theplayersnormallywould’veneededtoplaythepre-qualifier,yet,asFrenchnotes,aftertemporarilybeingremovedfromtheMondayqualifier,allfourguyswereallowedbackin. AccordingtothePGATour’sopen-qualifyingguidelinesfor2024,thefollowingplayersareexemptfrompre-qualifiers:PGATourmembers,KornFerryTourmembers,PGATourChampionsregularmembers,DPWorldTourmembersfromCategories1-21,playerswhocompetedintheprecedingweek’sPGATourevent,playerswhohavemadeatleastonePGATourinthecurrentseason,playersrankedinthetop1