Hoge Wins North Dakota Open; McCain Is Second

September 5, 2017 | 5 min.


FARGO -- Tom Hoge, the two-time Minnesota State Amateur champion who during the next few weeks will be attempting to reclaim his exempt status on the PGA Tour, got the golf playoff season off to a good start last week by winning the Bobcat North Dakota Open.

The former All-American from TCU opened the tournament with a 3-under-par 69 at Fargo Country Club. He then proceeded to separate himself from the field with rounds of 63 and 64 over the weekend, and the resulting 54-hole total of 196 (20 under par) was good for a four-stroke victory -- and $14,500.

Andrew McCain, who won the Minnesota State Open in  2015 and won consecutive MGA Four-Ball titles with different partners in 2015 and '16, turned professional this summer. The North Dakota Open was one of his first events as a pro, and it was a lucrative one. He shot the second-lowest round on the final day, a 67, and that lifted him into second place at 200. He made $6,000. 

Andre Metzger closed with a 71 and finished third, another four shots back at 204. The $5,000 that he earned propelled him back into first place on the Dakotas Tour money list. He has now made $54,245 in 11 events.

Hoge has career earnings of just over $2 million as a professional, most of it on the PGA Tour. This was his second victory as a pro. The first came at the Canadian Players Cup in 2011, a Nationwide (now Web.com) Tour event, not long after he graduated from TCU. 

The 28-year-old former Pine to Palm champ made $373,092 in 17 events during the 2016-17 PGA Tour season and finished 167th on the money list. Only the top 125 retain full playing privileges for the following season. Which is why Hoge is competing in the Web.com Finals, a four-tournament series that serves essentially the same purpose as the old PGA Tour Q-School. The top 75 finishers on the Web.com money list are in the Finals, along with Nos. 125 through 200 from the PGA Tour regular season money list. If Hoge can manage to be in the top 25 for the Web.com Finals (not counting the guys who have already secured their PGA Tour Cards by finishing in the top 25 for the Web.com regular season), he will regain his exempt status on the Big Tour. 

So far, after one tournament, the Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship, which ended Sunday, Hoge is tied for 41st place with $3,700. 

If he doesn't get his PGA Tour Card back, Hoge will still have a place to play in 2017. He will be fully exempt for the Web.com Tour. 

MEN'S PROFESSIONAL GOLF

Bobcat North Dakota Open

Aug. 25-27

At Fargo Country Club , Par 72

Fargo

Final results 


1. Tom Hoge, Fargo                                $14,500         69-63-64--196

2. Andrew McCain, Mpls.                          $6,000        68-65-67--200

3. Andre Metzger, Sioux Falls                   $5,000        68-65-71--204

4. Michael Nagy, Manisique, Mich.           $4,000        69-69-68--206

T5. Doug Quinones, Sioux Falls               $2,500       68-67-72--207

T5. Steven Kupcho, Westminster, Colo.  $2,500       70-65-72--207

12. Justin Doeden, Prior Lake                  $1,400       69-70-70--209

T16. Dave Schultz, Fargo                        $1,175        74-67-73--214

T16. Hudson Carpenter, Stillwater          $1,175         69-71-74--214

27. Bennett Schroeder, Eden Prairie      $1,000         70-73-79--222

Missed cut 143 (-1) 

Jon DuToit, Chanhassen                                              73-71--144

Robert Bell, Pierz                                                         74-70--144

Alex Kline, Elk River                                                     75-69--144

Jeff Sorenson, Minneapolis                                           75-70--145

Jon Trasamar, Blue Earth                                              69-76--145

Cam White, Wayzata                                                     73-75--148

Julian Ramirez, Maplewood                                          74-74--148

Dylan Baker, Eden Prairie                                             72-76--148

Brandon Sletmoen, Hawley                                          77-72--149

Jake Wherley, Ottertail                                                  77-72--149

Thomas Campbell, Minneapolis                                   74-75--149

Beau Hanson, Frazee                                                   78-72--150

Sam Matthew, Roseville                                               74-77-151

Jack Elliott, Fargo                                                         78-76--154

Andrew Benson, Eden Prairie                                       79-76--155

Andrew Martinson, Henning                                         81-86--167

Ernie Rose, Maple Grove                                            77-WD

 

 

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