Last week, Chase Seiffert was the first alternate at the Korn Ferry Tour’s LECOM Suncoast Classic, but never got the call that he made it into the event’s field. So instead, he spent the week practicing and that seems to be paying off at the Honda Classic.
After last week, the 30-year-old headed three hours across Florida to the Atlantic coast to try and Monday qualify for the Honda. Seiffert lost out on the tournament’s third and final berth in a 16-for-1 playoff, but his disappointment didn’t last long as Tyler Duncan withdrew shortly thereafter.
“As soon as we finished the playoff I came here to practice and got the call that I was in,” Seiffert said on Friday. “So it was really a relief, a weight off my shoulders that I didn’t get through the playoff but was able to participate in the event.”
Through two rounds at PGA National, the world No. 385 is doing more than just participating in his 57th Tour start. After a second-round 66, he sits T-6 at 5 under, five shots off Daniel Berger’s lead. This is the same event in which a year ago he notched his first and – thus far – only top-3 finish on Tour.