Blaine Hale Jr. plays his shot from the 13th hole tee during the third round of the Veritex Bank Championship at Texas Rangers Golf Club on April 15, 2022 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Alex Bierens de Haan/Getty Images)
Blaine Hale Jr. still uses his University of Oklahoma yardage book cover, and he’s sharing an AirBnB with former teammates Logan McAllister and Quade Cummins this week at Q-School. Former teammates Max McGreevy and Grant Hirschman are also in the field this week battling for cards. It’s practically a reunion of the 2017 National Championship team. When asked about what it says that so many ex-Sooners are on the leaderboard, he credited coach Ryan Hybl.
“I’ll take Coach Hybl over anyone and just the mentality he instills in his players, just the kind of guy he is, he cares more about us as people rather than golfers. I am just thankful for his leadership,” he said.
Hale shot 67 on Saturday at Sawgrass Country Club, including holing a pitching wedge from 170 yards for eagle at the par-4 fifth hole, to vault into second place at 10-under 200. This is the first time that Hale has made it to final stage — he has never held membership on any PGA Tour-sanctioned tour — and now he’s one round away from making it to the big leagues.
“This was like a little dangling carrot,” he said. “You always think you have a chance but now I actually have one.”
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