PROVIDENCE — Jim Renner had a disappointing day on the golf course yesterday, a rarity for him this summer. Still, it did nothing to change his reputation as the hottest player on the New England circuit this summer.

The Bishop Feehan grad from Plainville, Mass., had a chance to win another tournament, this one the Mizuno Open at Triggs, the third of the five-event series on the new Golfers Warehouse Tour.

Instead of winning for the fourth time in two months, Renner had to talk about how a bad break on the par-5 15th killed his chances. There, his shot from the rough hit a rock and bounced back over his head. It led to a nine and dropped him out of contention. Dustin Cone of Bennington, Vt., recorded a 8-under 64 and won the $5,100 first-place check with a 36-hole total of 131. Renner finished at 141. He did not want to let one bad day diminish the best streak he has had since he turned pro 17 months ago.

“I’ve been on a good run and played pretty well as a whole,” the 24-year-old former Johnson & Wales University star said. “It’s just one day, so it’s not all that bad.”

Renner, who won the 2005 New England Amateur at Valley, has demonstrated over the last several months that he is on the verge of being PGA Tour-ready. He won the Massachusetts Open, the Cape Cod Open and the Vermont Open. He finished third in a Hooters’ Tour event, third in the Portland Open and had ties for fifth and second in the first two Golfers Warehouse Tour events.

He is among those thrilled that Patrick Horgan and Mary Heath have organized a tour to allow players to compete in New England this summer.

At Triggs, Mizuno stepped in as sponsor and 40 amateurs signed up to play. That doubled the size of the field from the first two events on the new tour. Among others, David McAndrew, the new R.I. Amateur champion, had rounds of 73-72. The players were happy to have a strong field and an excellent course on which to compete.

“Without this, I’d probably be playing the Hooters tour all the time,” Renner said. “But that entails a lot of traveling, a lot of expense. This is nice for the local guys. It’s always nice when you’re playing a tournament and you get to sleep in your own bed instead of a hotel.

“The word is out that it’s a good tour with great people behind it,” Renner said. “I think next year at this time you’ll find a lot more people playing.”

The event was the latest reincarnation of the Providence Open. That tournament goes back to the 1930s when Sam Snead and Ben Hogan, among others, played at Triggs. The event was revived in the late 1980s and more recently was run in conjunction with the U.S. Challenge Cup Junior program. Dave Adamonis Jr., the director of that program, is the director of operations for the Golfers Warehouse Tour.

Renner was 4-under for the day, 9-under for the tournament, two behind Cone, when he drove way right on the 15th. When he tried to punch out, the ball hit a rock and shot backwards over his head. He had to take an unplayable and ended up making nine on the hole.

Cone, meanwhile, never wavered and became the third different winner in as many events. A points total is being kept and the winner will receive entry in this year’s PGA Tour Qualifying School.

pkenyon@projo.com