Maybe Olympia’s Andres Gonzales wasn’t old enough to reel in the Pacific Rubiales Colombia Championship on Sunday – the first tournament on the 2012 Nationwide Tour schedule.

Skip Kendall rolled in a 25-foot birdie putt on the final hole to win the title over Gonzales and Andrew Svoboda.

Kendall is the third 40-year-old in a row to win this season-opening event, joining Steve Pate and Brendan Pappas.

Gonzales made a run, firing a 3-under-par 68 to finish at 9-under 275.

Kendall stumbled with a bogey at No. 16 to drop into a tie. He and Svoboda came to the 570-yard, …

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This week: Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Classic, Thursday through Sunday, Disney’s Magnolia and Palm Golf Clubs in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

Fourth-round score: 5-under-par 67.

Position: Gonzales (10-under 278) tied for 16th, seven strokes behind winner Luke Donald (271).

Recap: What a great way for the Capital High graduate to finish off his rookie season, even if he will embark on another trip to PGA Tour Qualifying School to regain full-time status in 2012 – or beyond. For starters, he recorded a bogey-free round with five birdies (at the third, sixth, eighth, 10th and 16th holes) – his first clean …

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This week: Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Classic, Thursday through Sunday, Disney’s Magnolia and Palm Golf Clubs in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

Third-round score: 2-under-par 70 at Magnolia Course.

Position: Gonzales (5-under 211) is tied for 39th, nine strokes behind co-leaders Kevin Chappell and Justin Leonard (202).

Recap: Three of Gonzales’ four birdies came on par-5 holes – at No. 4 (25-yard bunker shot to 2 feet), No. 8 (85-yard approach to 4 feet) and No. 14 (95-yard approach to 12 feet). The Capital High graduate likely will not move up to the top two needed to retain his PGA Tour …

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This week: Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Classic, Thursday through Sunday, Disney’s Magnolia and Palm Golf Clubs in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

First-round score: 2-under-par 70 on the Palm Course.

Position: Gonzales is tied for 43rd, four strokes behind co-leaders Arjun Atwal, Luke Donald, James Driscoll, Nathan Green, Derek Lamely, Scott Stallings and Gary Woodland (66).

Recap: After walking off the 13th green with a birdie to move to 4-under, Gonzales must have certainly been thinking about more birdies on the next two holes – two of the easier holes on the Disney layout. But he made a par on the …

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This week: Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Classic, Thursday through Sunday, Disney’s Magnolia and Palm Golf Clubs in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

World ranking: 584th.

2011 earnings: $113,997 (209th on the PGA Tour).

Last tournament: In terms of keeping PGA Tour playing privileges, the Capital High graduate’s season has boiled down to a couple simple equations. To remain a full-fledged member for 2012 – and beyond – Gonzales must win this week. To keep partial PGA Tour status for next season (top-150 finish in money), he can finished no worse than tied for second with four other players. In any case, …

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This week: The McGladrey Classic, Thursday through Sunday, Seaside Course, Sea Island, Ga.

Gonzales’ fourth-round score: Even-par 70.

Stanley’s fourth-round score: 1-over 71.

Position: Stanley (2-under 278) tied for 54th, and Gonzales (1-under 279) tied for 60th – all behind winner Ben Crane (265).

Recap: In Stanley’s final PGA Tour start of 2011 – after a stellar rookie campaign, he will easily retain his full playing privileges next season – he got off to a rough start (two bogeys in first three holes, made five birdies in the middle of his round, then stumbled late (bogey at No. 15, double …

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This week: The McGladrey Classic, Thursday through Sunday, Seaside Course, Sea Island, Ga.

Stanley’s third-round score: 1-under-par 69.

Gonzales’ third-round score: 1-over 71.

Position: Stanley (3-under 207) is tied for 46th, and Gonzales (1-under 209) is tied for 57th – all trailing leader Michael Thompson (13-under 197).

Recap: Four birdies after his first eight holes, capped by an eighth-hole birdie in which he came within 40 yards of the green, and pitched close to make a 4-foot putt for his final one, had Stanley at 3-under on his round. He did not make another one – and double bogeyed the …

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This week: The McGladrey Classic, Thursday through Sunday, Seaside Course, Sea Island, Ga.

Stanley’s second-round score: 1-under-par 69.

Gonzales’ second-round score: 2-over 72.

Position: Both locals sit at 2-under 138, and tied for 40th – 10 strokes behind leader Billy Horschel (128).

Recap: Again, Stanley – playing in his final PGA Tour event this season – got off to a slow start, driving in a fairway bunker on the first hole, and into a right-side pond on the second holes, leading to back-to-back bogeys. But the Bellarmine Prep graduate finished with five birdies over his final 10 holes (Nos. 9, …

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