Former Cavalier Walker Wins Web.com Tour Qualifying Tournament

Posted on Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018, 8:20 pm

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Courtesy UVA Sports Media Relations

Former Virginia standout men’s golfer Danny Walker won the Web.com Tour’s Final Stage Qualifying Tournament Sunday in Chandler, Ariz., to secure fully exempt status for the 2019 season. Walker finished the four-day tournament at 27-under 261.

He shot 9-under 63 during Sunday’s final round. Walker had six birdies during his back nine, including the final three holes, to beat Zinjun Zhang by one stroke for medalist honors.

Walker (Bradenton, Fla.) won the Freedom 55 Financial Championship in September on the PGA Tour Canada’s Mackenzie Tour. He had another top-10 showing with a ninth-place effort at the same tour’s Lethbridge Paradise Canyon Open in June.

Jimmy Stanger (Tampa, Fla.), the 2017 ACC individual champion and a first-team All-American at UVA, tied for third place at 25-under 291. He will be exempt for the majority of the events during the 2019 Web.com Tour schedule.

In September, former UVA All-American Denny McCarthy won the Web.com Tour’s Finals Championship to earn fully-exempt status on the 2018-19 PGA Tour.