Cole Anderson is turning pro.

The Camden native, fresh off playing in the NCAA championships as a  Florida State senior, will make the jump from amateur to professional golfer Tuesday when he competes in the PGA Tour Americas qualifying tournament in Courtenay, British Columbia.

The tournament, known in golf parlance as “Q School,” will be held at Crown Isle Resort and Golf Community this week, running from Tuesday through Friday. A finish in the top nine would make Anderson, 23, automatically eligible to keep playing in Canada this summer in the 10 tournaments making up the North American swing of the PGA Tour Americas season. A finish in 10th through 25th would make him conditionally eligible for those tournaments. A total of 125 players are entered.

Anderson finished his five-year career at Florida State by leading the Seminoles to the NCAA final May 29, where they lost to Auburn, 3-2.

Anderson did his part, earning a 1-up victory against Carson Bacha. He also finished 6 over and was tied for 31st in the stroke play portion of the tournament.

Anderson, who in his high school career at Camden Hills won three Class A individual championships, is no stranger to professional tournaments, having held the lead through three rounds before settling for a tie for third in the Korn Ferry Tour’s Live and Work in Maine Open in 2022.

By turning pro, Anderson will join Topsham native Caleb Manuel, who played in a Q School event in San Jacinto, California after finishing up at the University of Georgia. Manuel finished tied for 24th to earn conditional PGA Tour Americas eligibility and made that cut in dramatic fashion, shooting a 7-under 65 in the final round Friday to finish 10 under overall and climb 32 places.

Manuel, who won his third straight Maine Amateur title last summer, shot 11 over to finish tied for 56th in an NCAA regional tournament to end his collegiate career, but in the tournament before tied for seventh at 4 under in the stroke play portion of the SEC championships.