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AgEng06
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Hang in there Kent
GarlandAg2012
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I think of this guy regularly. I love this thread.
cjo03
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I'm not unpinning this thread from my watch list anytime soon. He'll be back.
Amazing Moves
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So many posters who are no longer with us.
PJYoung
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He did win a tourney last June! Don't know how we missed it:

http://www.daily-times.com/four_corners-sports/ci_26014104/albuquerques-kent-jones-wins-50th-san-juan-open

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In the 50th San Juan Open, it was a player making his first appearance that came out victorious.
Albuquerque professional Kent Jones fired a final round 68 to win the tournament by two strokes over a trio of golfers on Sunday at the San Juan Country Club.
"Today, my ball striking was exceptional. It carried me through, because my putting wasn't very good," Jones said. "I think I hit every green until the last green, so I had a lot of chances. The course was tough and the pins were brutal."
Jones, 47, was playing the event for the first time after hearing about the event from former University of New Mexico teammate and 1990 champion Scott Gates.

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"I've been trying to do more (PGA) Tour qualifying than Web(.com Tour) because there's not too much difference," Jones said of the difficulty in qualifying for the two tours' events.

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The top prize is $17,500 the biggest in the state.
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Goldie Wilson
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histag10
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If he hadn't stuck it out those 11 years, he never would have won!

oh, and lol "ball striking"
hunterntexas
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Seems our man failed to finish in the top 25 in his only Web.com tour event so far this year.
Milwaukees Best Light
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10 years and nobody has stalked Kent enough to email him this thread? I am disappointed. And in case Kent has lurked and not posted, I am disappointed as well.
bmc13
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let's go, kent!
chipotle
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ha...kent
Gerald Tarrant
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I always enjoy when this thread is bumped again
combat wombat™
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This thread. That is what is persistent. This freaking thread.
Fonzie Scheme
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I had never heard of Kent Young before clicking on this thread. Now that I have learned so much about him, I still don't care.
bmc13
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who the hell is kent young?
cr06gis
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From 6 years ago if you want to put a voice to the face of this legend

http://www.pgatour.com/video/2009/05/15/kent-jones-reviews-his-second-round-65-at-the-2009-valero-texas-.html
gomerschlep
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Well now I want to know what he does instead of golf...
Jugstore Cowboy
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"We were friends, but I didn't date golfers in high school," Joanna a cheerleader and Carlsbad's homecoming queen says with a laugh. "We didn't start dating until a couple of years out of high school."

Kent, valedictorian of his class, adds: "We weren't in the same social circles. I wasn't nearly cool enough in high school."


http://www.abqjournal.com/264922/sports/jones-excited-to-tee-it-up-at-home.html

Bagged the homecoming queen....a couple years after high school and married her after college. That's persistence.
LeFraud
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Well it looks like Jones is making his 2015 PGA debut in Alabama this week, while everyone else is in Scotland. He opened with a -3, 67 at the Barbosal Championship. Looks like he has played in four web.com tour events this year, missing the cut in all four events. He has made a total of 75k on the PGA tour in the last three years combined. Good luck this week Kent, go get paid!
nuRowdy
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Can someone tell me the appeal of this thread?
ballchain
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DCC99
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Kent and #TeamChatman should meet.
Gerald Tarrant
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quote:
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Can someone tell me the appeal of this thread?
This thread shows that if you work hard in life, and follow your dreams - without compromise - you may still end up dangling from the bottom rung of your chosen profession. In addition, it shows that even fringe dwellers of absolute mediocrity can have supporters - encouraging them to keep trying.


This is a really bittersweet summary, but at the end of the day, I admire this Kent fella. He's on a helluva ride.
chipotle
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This thread:

Amazing Moves
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This thread is like watching Henry Fonda pick blueberries.

hunterntexas
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Finishing at 3 over, Kent has missed another cut.
SECond2noneAgs
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Kent Jones : Aggies :: Spieth : sips
The Lost
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Well that was a fun read... Can't believe I've never seen this one
PJYoung
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Yep Kent was tied for 13th after the first round last week but faded with a 77 on Friday and didn't make the cut.

PJYoung
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Reminded me of this thread (except for the whole winning twice before thing).

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/golf-devil-ball-golf/vaughn-taylor-wins-pebble-beach-for-1st-pga-tour-win-in-11-years-233723918-golf.html
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Kent is now less than a year away from Champions Tour eligibility.
concac
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Kent Jones has now joined the rap game.

et98
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I don't know how he's doing on the tour this year, but at least he got a shout-out in this Golf Digest article:

The PGA Tour Is A Long-Running Circus Of Nicknames

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Indeed, creativity is flourishing. Robert Garrigus is known as Gorillagus for his long drives and long arms. The stocky K.J. Choi is Tank. And one of our favorites: Kent Jones, Hamburglar. (It fits, Google Images confirms.) Of course, a nickname alone suffices for the greatest player of this era. Eldrick Tont Woods always has been Tiger. But his Stanford buddies called him Urkel.
Zemira
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Seems he is still not making the cut on the Web.com tour.

He's tried two tournaments so far in 2016.

http://www.pgatour.com/players/player.10733.kent-jones.html/scorecards
 
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