John

Lyras

The 24-year-old Australian traded eight birdies with two bogeys to play his way in, one shot clear of the 7-for-2 playoff below him. Lyras only reached as high as 798th in the World Amateur Golf Ranking before turning pro shortly after qualifying for the 2019 Wyndham Championship (MC). Lyras is currently spending most of his time on the Australasian Tour where he is 2-for-6 since the calendar flipped to 2021 with highlights being a T17 at the TPC Victoria and a T4 at the Moonah Links PGA Classic. The young Aussie will be a longshot to contend this week but as you can tell from his Australasia resume when his game is clicking it’s generally dialed in for a top-20 finish. Perhaps someone to consider in one-day showdown formats as a boom-or-bust option. Others to qualify on Monday included MJ Daffue (64), Tom Lovelady (67), and Dylan Meyer (67). The latter two survived a 7-for-2 playoff to earn their seat.

Daffue took full advantage of the par 5s at Hurricane Creek Country Club, circling eagles at the par-5 2nd, 15th, and 17th. He added three birdies on top of that to offset a lone blemish. The South African is building up quite the Monday Qualifier resume as he’s now played his way into 12 events through qualifiers in the last two years, across the Korn Ferry and PGA TOUR. The Lamar University product has two top 25s in eight career starts on the PGA TOUR. Others to qualify included John Lyras (66), Tom Lovelady (67), and Dylan Meyer (67). The latter two survived a 7-for-2 playoff to earn their seat.