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Meet the content creators battling at The Q at Myrtle Beach for PGA Tour sponsor exemption

Who’s going to come out on top?

Some of the top content creators in golf battling it out for a spot at an official PGA Tour event? Yeah, it’s happening next month.

The Monday qualifer for the 2024 Myrtle Beach Classic is called The Q at Myrtle Beach and it will feature 16 players competing for a sponsor exemption into the tournament at Dunes Golf and Beach Club in South Carolina.

The Myrtle Beach Classic, a new event on the Tour schedule in 2024, will be played May 9-12 and will feature a purse of $3.9 million, with 300 FedExCup points awarded to the champion. It’s an opposite-field event held the same week as the Wells Fargo Championship.

The Q at Myrtle Beach field includes 16 players, many with ties to South Carolina, including eight of the most prominent golf content creators.

All professional and amateur competitors meet the PGA Tour tournament regulations for sponsor exemptions and will be eligible if they qualify.

The 18-hole shootout will be March 4 at TPC Myrtle Beach. It will be closed to the public, but a 90-minute video will be released on Play Golf Myrtle Beach’s YouTube page on April 23, and the content creators will post videos on their respective channels documenting their experiences.

Here’s a look at the 16 golfers playing in The Q at Myrtle Beach:

Tiger earns first professional win

A former Clemson standout and national champion earned his first professional win on Saturday. Turk Pettit won the Birck Boilermaker Classic on the Forme Tour at Purdue in West Lafayette, Louisiana. The 2021 NCAA individual national champion shot a …

A former Clemson standout and national champion earned his first professional win on Saturday.

Turk Pettit won the Birck Boilermaker Classic on the Forme Tour at Purdue in West Lafayette, Louisiana.

The 2021 NCAA individual national champion shot a -5 in his final round to cap off a -15 for the tournament that earned him a one stroke win in a playoff over Joseph Harrison.

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Clemson senior Turk Pettit wins men’s individual national title at 2021 NCAA Championship

The Clemson senior won the individual national title at 7 under.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Turk Pettit is leaving college golf as a national champion.

The senior won his final college event at the 2021 NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championship, claiming the individual championship at 7 under after an even-par 70 Monday in the final round of stroke play at Grayhawk Golf Club.

The Auburn, Alabama, native is just the second Tiger to claim a men’s individual national title, following Charles Warren in the 1997 championship at Conway Farms Golf Club outside Chicago.

Head coach Larry Penley, who is retiring this season after 38 years at the helm of his alma mater, originally had a 35-year plan, but decided to extend his career to exit with Pettit and the 2021 class.

Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings: Men’s team | Men’s individual

“I really had a 35-year plan, but then I bring in Colby Patton, who was the son of one of my former players, Turk Pettit and Kyle Cottam. And I knew immediately that those three guys were going to be very special,” Penley told Golfweek earlier this week. “They have meant a whole lot to our golf program. They’ve all made All-American. They’ve all been great champions. I thought it might be kind of cool to go out with those three. Now Colby and Kyle are going to come back, so I’m gonna go out with Turk and William Nottingham.”

Oklahoma State’s Bo Jin held the individual lead after 54 holes, but struggled for the first time this week on the challenging Raptor course on Monday. The freshman from Beijing was tied with Pettit on his final hole, but made bogey on No. 18 to card a 3-over 73, his first round over par at the championship.

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