Gord Burns earns associate member status at PGA Tour Champions Q School for the 2024 season with a t-28th at Final Stage

View the Q School final stage scores

After turning 50 years old in the fall of 2023, Gord Burns decided to give the qualifying school a run for the 2024 PGA Tour Champions. This journey has been a goal for Gord the past several years as his tournament game has steadily improved in the past decade to where he’s notched up numerous tournament victories and held a sub par tournament scoring average the past 5 seasons. The q school process started with a 1st stage that consisted of 4 rounds with 78 players in the starting field, with 18 advancing to final stage. There were 3 first stage sites, and Gord chose the site in Palm Springs California , Soboba Springs Golf Course. With scores of 72,74,69,74, and a t-13th finish, it was good enough for Gord to advance to finals at TPC Scottsdale the following week.

Up against some of the worlds best tournament players vying for only 5 fully exempt cards was as Burns described , “a tad bit overwhelming, but nonetheless I’m here to play the best I can and see how my game measures up under these circumstances”. Gord got out of the gates strong in the first round with a 5 under score of 66, putting him in the top 5 after day 1. He knew that needed to be the theme the whole week as these world class players were not holding anything back. With scores of 66,71,69,72 and a 6 under par total for the week, it was enough to finish in a tie for 28th place and secure Associate Member Status for the 2024 season, an accomplishment that was deemed a success before the q school started. Although a top 5 would have been the ultimate goal, the top 30 finish gives Burns direct access to all the Monday qualifiers for the 2024 season, bypassing the grueling pre-qualifying process of usually 100 players for 5 spots just to get into the Monday qualifier. It will be an exciting season to see where the chips fall as Gord will attempt approximately 15 events this season.

View the Q School final stage scores