Paul McConnell, Sebastian Vazquez, Nicholas Cochran and Kramer Hickok all earned spots in this week's Shell Houston Open through the Monday qualifier played on the Tradition Course at Cypresswood Golf Club in Spring, Texas.
McConnell was medalist with a 9-under 63, which was posted fairly early and held up.
The other players faced an uncertain fate. Vazquez came in later with 7-under 65. In the end, Cochran, Hickok and Martin Piller wound up shooting 6-under 66 that landed then in a three-for-two playoff. Piller was the odd man out.
McConnell, who turns 25 on Sunday, is a UT-Arlington product with one start on the Web.com Tour last year.
Vazquez, also 25, is from Mexico and plays mostly on PGA Tour Latinoamerica. However, he missed the cut at the Chitimacha Louisiana Open.
Cochran is a bit of an unknown, but he finished T-16 in the Colombia Open on PGA Tour Latinoamerica.
Hickok, who is 22, is a University of Texas product and has status on the Web.com Tour. He is also Jordan Spieth's roommate and one of his best friends.
2016 Shell Houston Open Monday qualifier results
| POS | PLAYER | TO PAR | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul McConnell | -9 | 63 |
| 2 | Sebastian Vazquez | -7 | 65 |
| T3 | Nicholas Cochran | -6 | 66 |
| T3 | Kramer Hickok | -6 | 66 |
| T3 | Martin Piller | -6 | 66 |
| T6 | Julio Vegas | -5 | 67 |
| T6 | Matt Weibring | -5 | 67 |
| T6 | Eric Axley | -5 | 67 |
| T6 | Connor Arendell | -5 | 67 |
| T6 | Andrea Pavan | -5 | 67 |
| T6 | Joshua Brock | -5 | 67 |
| T6 | Gregory Yates | -5 | 67 |
| T6 | Heath Slocum | -5 | 67 |
| T6 | Bryce Garnett | -5 | 67 |
| T15 | Matthew Stephens | -4 | 68 |
| T15 | Chad Ramey | -4 | 68 |
| T15 | Michael Whitehead | -4 | 68 |
| T15 | Ethan Tracy | -4 | 68 |
| T15 | Parker Mclachlin | -4 | 68 |
| T15 | Nicholas Cullen | -4 | 68 |
| T15 | Tom Hoge | -4 | 68 |
| T15 | Brian Davis | -4 | 68 |
| T15 | Derek Ernst | -4 | 68 |
| T15 | Kelly Kraft | -4 | 68 |
| T25 | Michael Letzig | -3 | 69 |
| T25 | Blake Pugh | -3 | 69 |
| T25 | Kevin Vanden Heuvel | -3 | 69 |
| T25 | Swanson Smith | -3 | 69 |
| T25 | Walker Lee | -3 | 69 |
| T25 | Christopher Ross | -3 | 69 |
| T25 | Austin Connelly | -3 | 69 |
| T25 | Matt Hansen | -3 | 69 |
| T25 | Wesley McClain | -3 | 69 |
| T25 | Arjun Atwal | -3 | 69 |
| T25 | Rob Oppenheim | -3 | 69 |
| T36 | Thomas Baik | -2 | 70 |
| T36 | Scott Kelly | -2 | 70 |
| T36 | Sunghoon Kang | -2 | 70 |
| T36 | Michael Miller | -2 | 70 |
| T36 | Grayson Murray | -2 | 70 |
| T36 | Alex Moon | -2 | 70 |
| T36 | Brady Watt | -2 | 70 |
| T36 | Paul Haley | -2 | 70 |
| T36 | Sam Smith | -2 | 70 |
| T36 | Brad Adamonis | -2 | 70 |
| T36 | Troy Matteson | -2 | 70 |
| T36 | Billy Mayfair | -2 | 70 |
| T36 | Wes Homan | -2 | 70 |
| T49 | Dustin Morris | -1 | 71 |
| T49 | Trey Cassity | -1 | 71 |
| T49 | Gerardo Ruiz | -1 | 71 |
| T49 | Tanner Kesterson | -1 | 71 |
| T49 | Michael Smith | -1 | 71 |
| T49 | James Renner | -1 | 71 |
| T49 | Ben Suarez | -1 | 71 |
| T49 | Michael Gellerman | -1 | 71 |
| T49 | Wes Roach | -1 | 71 |
| T49 | Chris Riley | -1 | 71 |
| T49 | Kyle Jones | -1 | 71 |
| T49 | Matt Mabrey | -1 | 71 |
| T49 | Hunter Haas | -1 | 71 |
| T49 | Mookie DeMoss | -1 | 71 |
| T63 | Devin Carrey | E | 72 |
| T63 | Curtis Reed | E | 72 |
| T63 | Peter Lansburgh | E | 72 |
| T63 | David Mathis | E | 72 |
| T63 | Talor Gooch | E | 72 |
| T63 | Bobby Wyatt | E | 72 |
| T63 | Craig Kanada | E | 72 |
| T63 | David Holmes | E | 72 |
| T63 | Adam Sumrall | E | 72 |
| T63 | Drew Evans | E | 72 |
| T63 | Rod Pampling | E | 72 |
| T63 | Darron Stiles | E | 72 |
| T63 | Jerod Turner | E | 72 |
| T63 | Brax McCarthy | E | 72 |
| T77 | Lucas Lee | 1 | 73 |
| T77 | Tyler Ledet | 1 | 73 |
| T77 | David Branshaw | 1 | 73 |
| T77 | James Nitties | 1 | 73 |
| T77 | Jake Sarnoff | 1 | 73 |
| T77 | Landon Michelson | 1 | 73 |
| T77 | Will Griffin | 1 | 73 |
| T77 | Mark Blakefield | 1 | 73 |
| T77 | Cole Hammer | 1 | 73 |
| T77 | Ben Willman | 1 | 73 |
| T77 | Frank Lickliter | 1 | 73 |
| T88 | Chris Worrell | 2 | 74 |
| T88 | Michael Arnaud | 2 | 74 |
| T88 | Zachary Oliver | 2 | 74 |
| T88 | Bo Hoag | 2 | 74 |
| T88 | Weston Neesham | 2 | 74 |
| T88 | Sejun Yoon | 2 | 74 |
| T94 | Zach Cabra | 3 | 75 |
| T94 | Brandon Dixon | 3 | 75 |
| T94 | John Hurley | 3 | 75 |
| T94 | Steele DeWald | 3 | 75 |
| T94 | Matthew Henson | 3 | 75 |
| T94 | John Kimbell | 3 | 75 |
| T94 | Miguel Carballo | 3 | 75 |
| T94 | Ryan Polzin | 3 | 75 |
| T102 | Charles Wang | 4 | 76 |
| T102 | Tim Petrovic | 4 | 76 |
| T102 | Harry Higgs | 4 | 76 |
| T105 | David Gossett | 5 | 77 |
| T105 | Mark Victorian | 5 | 77 |
| T105 | Robert Karlsson | 5 | 77 |
| T105 | Justin Hueber | 5 | 77 |
| 109 | Conrad Shindler | 6 | 78 |
| 110 | Ryan Burke | 7 | 79 |
| 111 | Mark Ripley | 8 | 80 |
| 112 | Nathan Anderson | 9 | 81 |
