{"id":311503,"date":"2026-06-18T08:56:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T08:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/311503\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T08:56:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T08:56:18","slug":"lee-poppell-finishes-13th-in-u-s-open-final-qualifier-tallahassee-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/311503\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee Poppell Finishes 13th in U.S Open Final Qualifier \u2013 Tallahassee Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img width=\"650\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Todd-Blanche-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>                                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On June 8, The Florida State Golf Association held the U.S. Open Final Qualifying tournament at BallenIsles Country Club located in Palm Beach Gardens, FL. This two-day tournament was one of 13 final qualifiers allowing the top four golfers to advance to the U.S Open. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leon County Alum Lee Poppell finished his second round with a final score of 142 (-2), just four shots behind the fourth qualifier. Although Poppell did not qualify, he finished under par with a round of 70 (-2) on the first day and a round of 72 (E) on the second, finishing in 13th place out of a field of 71 golfers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Poppell advanced to final qualifying after shooting a 4-under 68 to tie for second place at a local U.S. Open qualifier at The Plantation at Ponte Vedra. He carded six birdies during the round, including four on the back nine after making the turn at even par.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The qualifier capped a strong junior season at Troy University, where Poppell posted a 72.06 stroke average, recorded 15 under-par rounds and finished inside the top 25 in eight of 11 events.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781772978_221_6d6a83762c62672642cf1fbc842a8c1afc1630aadc645705ee21fa300c8ea1c0.jpeg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-80 photo\" height=\"80\" width=\"80\" decoding=\"async\"\/>                    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On June 8, The Florida State Golf Association held the U.S. Open Final Qualifying tournament at BallenIsles Country&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287587,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":["post-311503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}