FINAL ROUND - Canadian Tour California Q-School

This was the Canadian Tour's second consecutive Qualifying School, following on the heels of last week's tournament in Florida.

Aaron Goldberg shot a final round of one-under par 73 but it was good enough to overtake David Hahn and capture the California Q-School by one stroke. Goldberg finished with a three under par 285 total while Hahn bogeyed four of his final nine holes for a closing score of 76 and a four day total of 286.

Brock Mackenzie struggled to a 75 but finished solo third at 287, one ahead of Canadian Dean Kennedy. Finishing in fifth spot at three over par 291 was Ezequiel Reyna (72) and fellow American Brad Ward who shot 73 today.

Jesse Barnsley (71) and Canadian Ryan Plitz (72) also earned exempt cards with their four over par 292 scores while Michael O'Neal defeated Hansel Koh and Jeffrey Rangel in a playoff for the final exempt spot.

Also earning non-exempt cards were Pat Howard, Mark Rice, David Jackson, Kory Storer, Phil Telliard, Michael Nicoletti, Isaac Weintraub, Greg Machtaler and Jacob Kimball.

"I got off to a slow start today and nothing was going in the hole. " said golfberg. "When I got on the ninth green, I figured out that my putting stance was wrong." said Goldberg. Three over on his round to that point, he made an adjustment and then collected three birdies on the back nine.

Hahn, who began the day with a two shot lead, looked to be running away with the the tournament when he led by four at the turn. However, four bogeys on the back nine - including one at the last hole - dropped him to second spot.

"I was fortunate that David couldn't make the putts after we made the turn," continued Goldberg. "He had been playing so well to that point but I also left a couple of shots out there."

Although it doesn't count as an official win, Goldberg's goal this week was the title.

"You want to get a card but you play to win. Once we got well into the tournament, I wasn't worried about the card; I was focusing on winning this thing.

"Winning the tournament is a big affirmation of how well I have been playing and gives me a lot of confidence going into the season."

The newest members of the Canadian Tour will get their first taste of Tour action the week of April 20 when they tee it up at the prestigious Mexican PGA Championship, which kicks off the four-event Mexican Swing.

FINAL SCORES - Canadian Tour California Qualifying Schooll
Carlton Oaks Country Club - 7,225-yard, par-72
CANADIANS in BOLD

Exempt Status

Aaron Goldberg 71-69-72-73-----285
David Hahn 72-68-70-76-----286
Brock MacKenzie 69-74-69-75-----287
Dean Kennedy 75-70-71-72-----288
Brad Ward 75-74-69-73-----291
Ezequiel Reyna 72-76-71-72-----291
Ryan Plitz 70-77-73-72-----292
Jesse Barnsley 72-79-70-71-----292

Non Exempt in Order of Rank

Hansel Koh 71-73-75-75-----294
Jeffrey Rangel 77-74-74-69-----294
David Jackson 73-72-75-75-----295
Mark Rice 76-71-74-74-----295
Pat Howard 74-73-79-69-----295
Korey Storer 72-76-70-77-----295
Michael Nicoletti 76-76-72-72-----296
Phil Telliard 82-70-72-72-----296
Isaac Weintraub 79-73-71-73-----296
Jacob Kimball 76-71-76-73-----296

Did Not Qualify

Greg Machtaler 72-77-72-75-----296
Jason Humphrey 75-77-73-72-----297
Jarett Hamamoto 72-75-77-73-----297
Justin Regier 72-73-77-75-----297
Erik Olson 72-73-76-76-----297
Patrick Strandemo 73-77-72-75-----297
John Poucher 72-76-76-74-----298
Kyle Daniell 75-78-71-74-----298
Ron Won 69-73-80-76-----298
Kyle Thurston 74-77-78-71-----300
Chris Griffin 78-75-73-75-----301
Kenny Ebalo 76-77-71-78-----302
Eric Benjamin 76-73-76-78-----303
Andy Moren 76-77-72-78-----303
Chris Manning 80-72-76-76-----304
Sam Hunt 76-74-75-80-----305
Kyle Warren 78-74-73-80-----305
Arvo Voip 75-82-76-72-----305
Elliott Wainwright 76-79-74-76-----305
Don Hildre 73-78-78-77-----306
Brandon Askew 79-73-80-74-----306
Mike Rim 79-78-75-74-----306
Greg McAuley 78-79-77-72-----306
Jake Allanach II 79-77-75-76-----307
Brian Hadley 74-78-75-80-----307
Rodney Hamblin 77-74-78-78-----307
Thomas Petersson 79-76-76-77-----308
Todd Ziniuk (a) 80-76-75-77-----308
Kyle Hansen 77-72-83-76-----308
Paulo San Gabriel 78-71-78-82-----309
Jeff Mullin 77-73-78-81-----309
Mark Sider 71-78-86-74-----309
Cody Eberl 79-79-75-76-----309
Tim Lynch 79-76-80-75-----310
J.P. Brown 79-74-78-80-----311
Brad Kirton (a) 77-74-82-79-----312
Travis Stockholm 78-82-74-78-----312
Olliver Dunn 79-78-79-76-----312
Chris Ming 76-77-80-80-----313
Daniel Webbe (a) 77-81-77-78-----313
Rhett Colbrese 77-81-78-77-----313
Marcus Molina (a) 78-80-79-76-----313
Jeff Lai 77-79-83-74-----313
John Arnette 75-83-77-79-----314
Wesley Horne 79-76-79-81-----315
Ben Van Vuren 85-76-82-72-----315
Scott Bendawald 82-75-78-82-----317
Jon Witrado 79-84-80-74-----317
Justin Hyun 79-79-77-84-----319
Blake Little 81-81-84-78-----324
Hae Young Lee 76-84-80-85-----325
Andrew Stein 87-81-77-81-----326
Mike Roters 78-74-71-WD
John Bowen (a) 82-84-87-DQ
Jonathan James 75-82-81-DQ