Yes, it has happened, and some of the biggest stars in the game have done it. Here's a look at the only players in PGA Tour winners -- from youngest to oldest -- to be victorious before reaching the age of 20. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Copyright 2021 Oldest.org | Terms | Privacy | Contact | Facebook, The Super Bowl is the highest stage achievable for any player in the NFL. He won the Puerto Rico Open and Mayakoba Golf Classic presented by UNIFIN, making birdie on 18 both times. The Williamstown, Mass. With this week's NBA Draft in mind, we offer a look at the players in their 20s who arent yet in the class of Bryson DeChambeau or Jon Rahm or Xander Schauffele, but that we'd seriously look at choosing if we were building a golf franchise by starting with a youth movement. Data Golf has him ranked as the 30th-best player in the world, ranked No. Age: 16 years, 9 months, 7 days He became the No. We'll just tell you about the golfers who've gone au naturel on camera. After taking a nearly two-month holiday hiatus, the PGA Tour will return to action the first week of January with the 2023 Sentry Tournament of Champions in Hawaii. Justins grandfather is also a PGA veteran, having played in the 1962 U.S. Open. Some of these golfers have already found success at the PGA Tour level, while others are barely pros. AUGUSTA, Ga. - The 14-year-old from China isn't going anywhere in a hurry. He came from behind in the final round with a 65 to finish at 265, forcing a sudden-playoff with Zach Johnson and David Heard. 3 on the PGA Tour University Rankings. Stricker won by six strokes in Hawaii after posting his low score in a 54-hole event (193) and low round on the Champions Tour (60 in the second round), starting 2023 where he left off in 2022. As the page showed a number of current PGA Tour players' names being used as a discount code for the fourth LIV Golf event in Boston at the beginning of September. Finish: 58 His Mayakoba win was made possible thanks to an incredible up-and-down from a bunker on the 16th hole, proof that hes filling the one hole in his game. Considering hes from Scotland and played his American college golf at McNeese State, MacIntyre is a bit of an unknown to most U.S. fans, but he likely wont be for long. It prompted the PGA Tour to raise its minimum age of entry to 18. He obviously has a long way to go to fulfill some of the hype around him, but making cuts and grabbing top 10s at the age of 18 on the PGA Tour is a massive (and underrated) deal. Lets let PGA runner-up Paul Casey take it from here: Theres always a bunch of guys that rock up on the scene, and he didnt necessarily get the most publicity out of the group he was in, but you know, I can consider myself veteran; Ive been around the block, so I know talent when I see it, Casey said. Golf Game, Full Spectrum Services LLP 2022 | All Rights Reserved. It took him another six years of absence before reappearing in the PGA Tour events in 2010. Age: 15 years, 8 months, 20 days The two big shocks would be Niemann and Young, who were reportedly in the PGA Tour's player meeting at the BMW Championship. Francis Ouimet. Tiger-like numbers. According to Jamie Weir, Niemann is still very . We could just tell.. Moreover, this also ensured that the defending Masters champion, Bubba Watson, entered the weekend too. Kocsis beat Armour by one stroke, 73 to 74. A year earlier Kocsis had, at age 17, set a record that still stands as the youngest winner of the Michigan Amateur. Those 20-somethings would be difficult to miss after they burned through the PGA Tour world in 2019 and 2020, setting themselves up for what should be a really intriguing 2021 in which they will no longer be the plucky upstarts but rather the heavyweight favorites at the biggest events in the world. That's under 25, not 25-and-under, which eliminates a few key names. Born: July 27, 1993, Dallas, Texas 1. Week two in Florida and the PGA Tour has arrived in Orlando to stage the fourth 'Elite' event of 2023. He never again won a PGA Tour title. Jordan Spieth is a former World Number One and a three-time winner at the Majors. Burns returned for the start of the new season but admits that may have been premature. Adam Woodard. Snead became the youngest player in Tour history, and the first, to . Two also were in back-to-back starts at Winged Foot and the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, which is why Wolff will start 2021 ranked ninth in the FedExCup. The year 2009 held many victories for Matteo Manassero. Amateur in the same year. As most normal people would, I spent some of my weekend . He sure didnt look anxious. In his last seven starts, hes posted six top-6 finishes, including a victory. Tournament: 1910 Western Open Today, there are more than 400 golf courses in the country, and 100 more under construction. Greatest strength: Laser-like irons (8th on the European Tour last year), Room to improve: Driving accuracy (hitting just half his fairways this year). His most recent victory came at the Wells Championship in May of 2021. (Note that Young Tom Morris won British Opens at age 17, 18 and 19, and those wins are counted as official by the PGA Tour. Finish: T78 The 20-year-old . LIV players are not . native joined GOLF in 2017 after two years scuffling on the mini-tours. There may have been some hangover effect when he missed his next four cuts, but the W was no fluke; since then, hes reeled off four top-6 finishes in his last five starts. They were formidable at the 2018 World Amateur Championship, where they brought home Denmarks first-ever victory. But where does he sit in the list of youngest PGA Tour players? When Did Tiger Woods First Make a Cut on the PGA T 'Big Break IV: USA vs. Europe' Winner, Cast. Matthew Wolff led the U.S. Open . Exemption Categories. He broke his right ankle while playing pickup basketball with kids in his neighborhood. Dont sleep on Scottie! By Rickey Hampton, For TheAfricanAmericanAthlete.com All eyes are on Tiger Woods' resurgence as the 14-time major winner competes in the British Open this weekend, a victory by Woods would cap arguably the most productive three week stretch of golf by black professional golfers ever. Ginger Howard (@gingerthoward) at age 17, the youngest Black golfer in the world . Zalatoris. The Saudi-funded league offered signing fees reported to be upward of $100 million to players like Dustin Johnson, Phil Mickelson, Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka, who compete for $25 million in prize money at each of its 13 tournaments. The 77.1 points per game the Tar Heels average are 13.1 more points than the Blue Devils give up (64.0). His last triumph was in the 2013 BMW PGA Championship, where he defeated Simon Khan on the fourth playoff hole. Getty Images. Two years later, Woods won the tournament, and has since defended it 24 times! Week-to-week, Wolff may have the highest actual ceiling of any player on this list. It is supported by a consortium of 26 golf organizations from all over the world. Its a fitting residence because an annual trip to Atlantas East Lake Golf Club, site of the TOUR Championship, seems likely for the steady Korean. Sign up here for our newsletter and you'll never slice a drive again. Status: Professional. . We cant wait to see what they have in store for 2021. PGA Championships: 2007 Sony Open in Hawaii Ty Tyrons poor performance after joining the pro level at a young age impacted the golfing world. He was the PGA TOURs Rookie of the Year in 2019 (becoming just the second player to win those events in back-to-back years). They went 183-6-1 and won the national championship on their home course. Theres also no shame in being behind these next four players. World No. Many players feel pressure to tinker, and the same may be true for Wise. He became just the third player, joining Im and Stewart Cink, to win Korn Ferry Tour Player of the Year and PGA TOUR Rookie of the Year in consecutive seasons. And more recently in the Hangzhou International Championships at Moganshan Gowin Golf Club, the younster made an early mark as a professional. Spieth was 19 years, 11 months and 18 days old when he won the Deere in 2013. Hes packed a lot into his three years of playing professional golf in the United States. Let's set the parameters, first. Age: 16 years, 4 days Rasmus Hjgaard isnt yet 20 but owns a European Tour victory. THE MATERIAL ON THIS SITE MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED, DISTRIBUTED, TRANSMITTED, CACHED OR OTHERWISE USED, EXCEPT WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN PERMISSION OF DISCOVERY GOLF, INC. 2023 DISCOVERY GOLF, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, Ranking golfs top 20-somethings with the most breakout potential. Im notched his first PGA Tour win at the Honda Classic just before the coronavirus shutdown and he bookended that with a T-2 while playing in his first Masters. Jordan made the cut, and became the sixth-youngest PGA player. The affable South Korean is golfs young ironman, living out of hotels and playing nearly every week. This latest achievement came after the golfer had represented his country three times at the World Cup. GOLF DIGEST MAY EARN A PORTION OF SALES FROM PRODUCTS THAT ARE PURCHASED THROUGH OUR SITE AS PART OF OUR AFFILIATE PARTNERSHIPS WITH RETAILERS. Hard luck followed Cooper even after his death. Theyre 27 each practically ancient. Talents you know something good. But tour player Ralph Guldahl was there, and so was Al Watrous. He led the 1936 Masters after 54 holes. PGA Championships: 2010 HP Byron Nelson Championship Rahm or Rory at Bay Hill. Joaquin Niemann (23): At such a young age, an incredible talent who dusted the . That lead would not last. Nicolai has done quite nicely for himself, too, notching a runner-up finish at last years KLM Open and working his way to European Tour status. Almost exactly a year later, Ko successfully . Age: 22 2020 FedExCup finish: 11th PGA TOUR wins: 1. The 48-man field has 37 players who were PGA . Dylan Dethier is a senior writer for GOLF Magazine/GOLF.com. Things seem to be turning around. Age: 16 years, 9 months, 24 days. And there have been plenty of instances where the younger players have performed well on the PGA Tour. But nobody who is as young as Niemann has the same level of experience that he does. He enjoyed a successful college career at Michigan, leading the Wolverines to three consecutive Big Ten championships and the National Collegiate Championships in 1934 and 35. Im struggled when the season resumed but is back in form, including a runner-up finish in his Masters debut. I'm intrigued to see what happens when he does. It was not until 1984 that China lifted the ban, and constructed the first golf course in the country. 1-ranked amateur in the world in November shortly after contending (and briefly leading) in Round 1 of the U.S. Open at Winged Foot. Do you think he can make it big? PGA Championships: 2010 HP Byron Nelson . He would defeat fellow 20-year-old Collin Morikawa and Bryson DeChambeau by one shot. They, Football is one of the most popular sports in America with millions of people flocking to see both professional and. Cooper was a teaching pro until age 93. Okay, when I said nobody had the same combination of experience and youth as Niemann, I should have mentioned that the same is true of Sungjae Im. Sean Martin manages PGATOUR.COMs staff of writers as the Lead, Editorial. Another name you probably got to know this fall as Bhatia turned pro in late 2019 at the tender age of 17 and rose 1,000 spots in the Official World Golf Rankings in 2020 after a top 10 at the Safeway Open. Tour editor covering men's golf, women's golf and anything else that involves the word golf, really. He struggled in 2019 and 2020, finishing 114th and 150th in the FedExCup, but the phrase sophomore slump exists for a reason. Still, it feels like a sure thing that Im will get back on the right track nobody is more devoted to staying dialed in. The Norwegian cooled off a bit for the rest of the year, but hes started the new campaign with three top-15 finishes and he always makes money; his live cuts-made streak stands at 16. 1 amateur in the world finally turned pro in 2020, and his game continues to improve. The first LIV event of the season began Friday in Mexico. Despite the glittering amateur career, Matteo had a seven-year winless run from 2013 to 2020. While his 54-MC-MC-2-MC showing after the PGA Tours restart suggested some serious volatility, Wolff has settled in the last month with a strong showing at the Memorial (T22) and a good title defense at the 3M (where he faded to T12) before his PGA Championship. Zalatoris finished T6 at Winged Foot and the world was introduced to his accurate iron play. The PGA Tour board on Tuesday night ratified a radical new approach for the 2024 schedule that will see reduced fields in the new designated events and the removal of the 36-hole cut. The 19-year-old has already won twice on the European Tour and is into the top 100 in the OWGR. Joohyung Kim lifts his trophy after winning the Wyndham Championship golf tournament. his Bachelors degree in mass media from HR College, Mumbai. He went from No. Please check the opt-in box to acknowledge that you would like to subscribe. Then he really showed his game, charging up the leaderboard with a 71-68 finish in challenging conditions that left him T6 for the tournament. When he put together one stretch of eight consecutive top-16 finishes across the PGA, European and Korn Ferry Tour last fall, it was a clear reminder that the Norwegians golf swing can travel. He finished 12th in Strokes Gained: Approach-the-Green last season. Maverick McNealy has already accomplished enough to crack the top 10. Tianlang also played in three other events in 2013, as a result of sponsors invites the Zurich Classic (14 years, 6 months), Byron Nelson Championship (14 years, 6 months 20 days), and the Memorial (14 years, 7 months, 5 days). The biggest outlier? Meanwhile, the youngest player in the field will be 11-year-old Karl Stenson, the son of 45-year-old Henrik Stenson. PGA Championships: 2009 Wyndham Championship Your email address will not be published. A match play major for men and women makes perfect sense for the good of the game, on so many levels. The Communist Party of China banned golf within their country, considering it too bourgeois. He also won the collegiate individual title in 1936. Tiger Woods was impressed by how he had inspired young talent to join the game, and achieve so much so early on. In fact, the model is up over $8,300 on its best bets since the restart . The PGA Tour has hosted World Golf Championships for most of the last 20 years, which included many of the top stars in the world in limited field, no-cut tournaments. there have been five PGA Tour seasons where the average winner's age was under 31.1 . Haigh was alluding to 10 PGA Tour events that have a $20 million purse at least double what they were two years ago plus The Players Championship at $25 million. His ball-striking may be second to none on tour, and his 22-event cuts-made streak he put together is second-best only to Tiger Woods. Heres what he had to say after his maiden victory: My identical twin is as good, if not better than me.. In the qualifier, Leseur shot a determined 73 in blustery conditions to finish in a tie for 1st place alongside Michael Sims and Jarryd Dillas, with all three earning a spot in the field. On the other hand, Charlie Woods is the second youngest on the field - the 12-year-old teaming up with his dad, the 15-time major championship winner, Tiger Woods.Notably, the teenager had shown some incredible talent and potential last year, and hopefully, he will continue . Hes been gaining valuable experience atop the leaderboard, as well. Born: Washington D.C. 25 October 1998, Guangzhou, China 6-keys: media/spln/golf/reg/free/stories, By pressing sign up, I confirm that I have read and agree to the. We often lump all the young guys together, but there is a chasm between being 18 and on the PGA Tour and being 23 or 24 out there. That would be Nicolai Hjgaard, Rasmus brother, who was actually heralded as the better player for a while. He would earn a total of 14 PGA Tour victories in his golfing career. At the age of 27 Bryson Dechambeau has won 8 PGA Tour titles and is currently ranked a lofty 6 th in the PGA World rankings. (Photo: Associated Press), Harry Cooper, aka Light Horse Harry, is shown during the opening play of the New York State Open Gold Championship tournament at the Westchester Biltmore Country Club in Rye, N.Y., March 21, 1929. Patrick Cantlay hits from the third tee during the American Express golf tournament on the La Quinta Country Club Course Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023, in La Quinta, Calif. Mark J. Terrill/AP. One of the most fascinating things about the top three players on this list is how similar their playing styles are. He finished runner-up four times on the KFT after golf restarted in June. Having champions like Sepp Straka (2022) and Keith Mitchell (2019) claim their first PGA Tour win, or Matt Jones (2021) hoist a trophy for the first time in seven years are cool, heartwarming stories. All the talk on the PGA Tour is about Bryson DeChambeaus power, but many dont realize that Champ is right there with him. Greatest strength: Driver (7th on Tour off the tee), Room to improve: Chipping (204th on Tour around the green). Age: 20 years, 4 months, 12 days Matthew Wolff takes the trophy from 3M vice president Jeff Lavers after winning the 3M Championship golf tournament at TPC Twin Cities. Harry Cooper. The Chinese golfer had finished 36-holes at Augusta National with a score of 4 over. Sure, there are always exceptions, but they come along once every few years. (AP Photo). Born: October 20, 1941, Windsor, Ontario Also on the ballot were Maverick . For example, he got a one-shot penalty for slow play that could have ended his career prematurely. Even though there is little information regarding Don Dunkelbergers golfing career and winning after his official entry into the PGA Tour, his record of the youngest player on PGA Tour still stands to date. Don Dunkelberger (1937 Chicago Open) 11 years, 11 months, 10 days, Michelle Wie (2004 Sony Open) 14 years, 2 months, 29 days, Marshall Springer (1937 Chicago Open) 14 years, 5 months, 11 days, Guan Tianlang (2013 Masters) 14 years, 5 months, 17 days, Andy Zhang (2012 US Open) 14 years, 6 months, Lorens Chan (2009 Sony Open) 14 years, 7 months, 24 days, George Burtoft (1937 Utah Open) 14 years, 9 months, 7 days. His win came at the 2009 British Amateur Championship, when he defeated Sam Hutsby from England in the finals. by Meet the U.S. and International teams, 3 storylines heading into the BMW PGA Championship final round, Sergio Garcia spotted at Alabama-Texas after BMW PGA WD, Scottie Scheffler named PGA Tour Player of Year on College GameDay, Rory McIlroy vs. Scottie Scheffler: a tale of 2 wildly different club setups in the 2022 PGA Tour season, This touching Rory McIlroy gesture put a bow on his storybook win. Thats under 25, not 25-and-under, which eliminates a few key names. 1:52. In 2019, he played 35 tournaments and was the best rookie on the PGA Tour. I was pretty nervous throughout the day even though I hit a lot of good shots, he said after winning in Mexico. Some 18 months after they turned pro, all three are in the top 15 in the Official World Golf Ranking. In 2015, Jordan Spieth became the youngest winner in modern PGA Tour history, taking the 2015 John Deere Classic at the ripe, old age of 19 years, 11 months, 18 days.Winning at TPC Deere Run . These changes will not apply to the Tour's marquee events such as majors, FedEx Cup tournament events and the Players Championship. To search Golf Compendium, look for the little magnifying glass icon in the upper right. Remember him? That top-10 earned him a start in the Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship, where he finished inside the top-10 once again. The former Stanford stud finished the year with four top 10s in his last seven events, including a win on the Korn Ferry Tour. Collin Morikawa is 23; he already owns three TOUR titles, including a major. Winning the Super Bowl in the, The history of golf in America is often muddied by various golf clubs claiming that they are the oldest. Today, Tadd Fujikawa plays at the Brunswick Country Club. The young Ouimet, who was both a former caddie and a commoner, stunned Harry Vardon and Ted Ray of Great Britain, along with the golf world, with a 5-shot victory at Brookline Country Club in an 18-hole playoff. (Photo: Nell Redmond/USA TODAY Sports). Joe Hughes Before joining Things seemed to click into place for him at the end of his first year as a pro, and I wouldn't be surprised if he made a Zalatoris-like leap in 2021. He had carded 3-over 75 in the second round and was in danger of missing the cut. Still, there are just four current players on the PGA Tour who are Black two, Harold Varner . That bodes well for his future. He created history by making the cut at the 2013 Masters at the age of 14. Only Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Tiger Woods, Bobby Jones, Gary Player, and Jack Nicklaus can boast of this achievement. Im, 22, has already played in the TOUR Championship twice. But a win at this winters Puerto Rico Open and a solo 3rd at the Workday showed off this youngsters massive upside. Ah, yes. One of the few left-handed golfers on tour, he is a multiple major champion, with victories at the . Tianlang also played in three other events in 2013, as a result of sponsors invites - the Zurich Classic (14 years, 6 months), Byron Nelson Championship (14 years, 6 months 20 days), and the Memorial (14 years, 7 months, 5 days). The PGA Tour has been around for more than a century. | RoboTest, Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard. 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He performed like a top-100 player in the world for most of his college career, and while turning pro can often break you down a bit, he's poised for a big 2021. If youre wondering where he is now, hes at the University of Arizona. Age: 24 2020 FedExCup finish: N/A PGA TOUR wins: 0. 19 years, 10 months, 14 days: John McDermott, 1911 U.S. Open Championship. The youth movement has some faces you know and others you soon will. The likely PGA Tour Rookie of the Year was linked to the upstart LIV Golf tour by The Times UK on Wednesday, but a person close to the . As for the last time the two paired up on the same team? The PGA Tour Fan Shop at The Players will once again open before tournament week, opening on Friday at noon, until 5 p.m. . Status: Professional. With another $20m purse up for grabs, the field for this week's Arnold Palmer Invitational . 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Despite his young age, Guan has competed in many professional tournaments around the world. DeChambeau had eagled 18 ahead of Wolff to take a one-shot lead. (University of Michigan). The youngest player on the modern era PGA Tour is Guan Tianlang. Lets just say that you should trust us that Will Zalatoris wont be spending time on golfs secondary circuit for much longer. Evans led that 1916 U.S. Open at Minikahda wire-to-wire and did it while using seven hickory-shafted clubs. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Maybe no other young golfer can match this resume: Niemann already has eight professional wins, and six of them came in South America when the Chilean was still a teenaged amateur. He created history by making the cut at the 2013 Masters at the age of 14. Jordan Spieth after winning the John Deere Classic at TPC Deere Run. The model is up over $ 8,300 on its best bets since the.! 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