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Welch Set For Second PGA Tour Start This Week
January 24, 2023 | Men's Golf
SAN DIEGO – Oklahoma golfer Patrick Welch received a sponsor's exemption and is set to play in this week's Farmers Insurance Open on the PGA Tour. The tournament tees off Wednesday at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego, Calif.
The pro start will mark Welch's second of the year and career after he played in the Shriners Children's Open in Las Vegas after winning the individual title at the 2022 Southern Highlands Collegiate. At the Shriners, the Aliso Viejo, Calif., product finished tied for 28th at 13-under.
"I'm really excited to get out to California and play in this week's tournament," Welch said. "Thank you to Farmers for giving me the opportunity to play, and I just can't wait to tee it up with some of the world's best players."
Welch, a redshirt senior at Oklahoma, has amassed one of the best careers in program history. A three-time All-America honoree, the crosshanded golfer owns the fifth-lowest career scoring average in Oklahoma history at 71.45 and boasts two collegiate victories: the 2020 East Lake Cup and 2022 Southern Highlands Collegiate. His 74 rounds of par or better in the Crimson and Cream are fourth in school history, and his back-to-back 14-under par weeks at the 2022 Puerto Rico Open and Southern Highland Collegiate marked the best two-event stretch ever for a Sooner.
Currently occupying the No. 8 spot in the latest PGA Tour U rankings, Welch is set to earn status next season on a professional tour, joining recent OU graduates Chris Gotterup, Logan McAllister, Quade Cummins, Garett Reband and Jonathan Brightwell.
Welch is paired with Joseph Bramlett and Michael Gligic at 12:50 p.m. CST on Wednesday, followed by an 11:40 a.m. CST tee time in round two on Thursday.
After his week in San Diego, Welch will rejoin the Sooners as they prep to open their spring slate at the 2023 Puerto Rico Open on Feb. 12.
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