Gove advances to final stage

In the face of abundant disappointments at second stage of Q-School, Jeff Gove found success.

After struggling for most of the 2012 season on the Web.com Tour, the veteran Gove found his game late in the season with a series of top-25 finishes. Gove came tantalizingly close to the top 60 on the money list - and full status for 2013 - but missed the cut in his last two events and finished 65th on the money list.

But the experienced Gove went back to second stage and posted four solid if not spectacular rounds, closing with a 1-under 71 for a four-day total of 6-under at Bear Creek Golf Club in Murrieta, CA.

The cut was 5-under, so Gove moves on to final stage at PGA West, in an attempt to fully complete the late-season turnaround and earn a big-league card for 2013. If not, there's always the opportunity of finishing high enough to maintain his Web.com status.

Right there is the beauty of Q-School. You grind to make it by the skin of your teeth, and another grind awaits two weeks later. This one, six days as opposed to four.

And if you don't make it through, you're right back where you started. Probably with a few smidgens of regret.