High Noon Highlights (7/22) - Kristoffer Ventura earns PGA Tour card

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By Joel Penfield Jul 22, 2019, 12:00pm CDT

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Kristoffer Ventura earns PGA Tour card

"If you keep working hard and believe 100 percent in what you do, great things are going to happen."

Two #KornFerryTour wins and a @PGATOUR card for @OSUCowboyGolf alum @KrisVentura95.

A pretty great summer, indeed. https://t.co/G86EvPnjrA
— Korn Ferry Tour (@kornferrytour) July 22, 2019

With a win at the Pinnacle Bank Championship this weekend, former Cowboy golfer Kristoffer Ventura became the second Cowboy to earn his PGA Tour card. He joins former teammate Matthew Wolff in this honor. Congrats, Kristoffer!!

Colin Simpson is tearing up rookie ball

Simpson's Two Homers Pace GJ Win ( : Todd Bennett)https://t.co/loxjUpg7DH pic.twitter.com/VfAIS93B1d
— GrandJunctionRockies (@GJRockies) July 18, 2019

Colin Simpson has had a hot start to his professional career for the short-season Grand Junction Rockies. The Rockies’ 29th round pick is slashing .354/.442/.756/1.198 with 7 HR and 20 RBI. This is an impressive start, and is starting to grow out of a small sample size, if he can put up these types of numbers over 150-200 at bats this year, he’s priming himself for a solid year in 2020 in low-A Ashville.

Tom Hutton is good #ForTheBrand

Just waiting for a couple of minor rule changes so I can join the QB race.. #YaNeverKnow #YaKindaDoThough pic.twitter.com/607SKWFJKh
— Tom Hutton (@tomhutton25) July 22, 2019

When your punts get so much hangtime that you can’t punt in the indoor facility, you might as well kick line drives as if you’re a QB. This is pretty impressive for the new Oklahoma State punter. As Pat McAfee might say, it’s good #ForTheBrand.