Duke has an 11-15 record against the spread and a 22-4 record overall when allowing fewer than 77.1 points. That included a third-place finish on a demanding layout for the BMW Championship and a sixth-place finish against another strong field at THE CJ CUP @ SHADOW CREEK. An amateur for his entire golf career, Evans won the Western Open at Beverly Country Club in Chicago as a 20-year-old. 1 Jon Rahm . AUGUSTA, Ga. - The 14-year-old from China isn't going anywhere in a hurry. Born: Washington D.C. 25 October 1998, Guangzhou, China Age: 23 2020 FedExCup finish: 20th PGA TOUR wins: 2. 3 on the PGA Tour University Rankings. Your email address will not be published. The former Stanford stud finished the year with four top 10s in his last seven events, including a win on the Korn Ferry Tour. Mike is a professional golfer, a swing coach, and the Head Professional at the Harmony Landing Country Club in Goshen, Kentucky. Spieth went on to a stellar PGA Tour career with multiple wins in major championships. Age: 16 years, 2 months, 23 days Later in 2017, Justin was named the PGA Player of the Year for 2017, after becoming the fourth golfer aged less than 25 years to win the PGA Championship. Most other to lead in distance . He went from No. When the young man with the hitchy swing played as a teammate Rickie Fowler in Mays TaylorMade Driving for Relief, the casual observer might have wondered, Whos that guy? The astute observer knew that Wolff already had a PGA Tour trophy on his mantle (the 2019 3M Championship). The 19-year-old has already won twice on the European Tour and is into the top 100 in the OWGR. The Danish star-in-the-making became the third-youngest golfer to ever win on the European Tour when he claimed the Mauritius Open in late 2019. Finish: Withdrew After the First Round GOLF.com and GOLF Magazine are published by EB GOLF MEDIA LLC, a division of 8AM GOLF. The only reason hes slipped all the way to No. GolfCompendium.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. When Matthew Wolff is on, hes all the way on. Maybe. Now, Eckroat is looking to join his former teammates on the PGA Tour. Highest Winning Scores Ever in The Masters Tournament, Eric Brown: Scottish Golfer Was Ryder Cup Hero, Champions Tour Senior Gold Rush Golf Tournament. He won the Puerto Rico Open and Mayakoba Golf Classic presented by UNIFIN, making birdie on 18 both times. And there have been plenty of instances where the younger players have performed well on the PGA Tour. All three players matched scores for the first four holes of the playoff. 1978) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. Age:19 years, 4 days Buzz: Still an amateur, Ouimet earned what is considered by many to be the most important victory in the development of golf in the United States in the 1913 U.S. Open. Please check the opt-in box to acknowledge that you would like to subscribe. 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. Hows this for being a prodigy: When Holgaard became the third-youngest winner on the European Tour with his victory in Mauritius in December 2019, the Dane was the first champion on the circuit to have been born in the 2000s. The Williamstown, Mass. Still, there are just four current players on the PGA Tour who are Black two, Harold Varner . From tee to green, Viktor Hovland is already one of the best golfers on the planet. Then he made a 25-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole to answer Thomas 50-foot bomb. He also won the collegiate individual title in 1936. Opens as well as the 1939 Masters. Dont sleep on Scottie! PGA Championships: 2009 Wyndham Championship 18 years, 6 months, 9 days: Chuck Kocsis (amateur), 1931 Michigan Open. Now the LPGA tour can count among its ranks these players: Shasta Averyhardt, Sadena Parks, Mariah Stackhouse, Cheyenne Woods and Ginger Howard. Tour editor covering men's golf, women's golf and anything else that involves the word golf, really. Hard luck followed Cooper even after his death. Hovland has won twice before turning 24. When you throw in his top-tier iron play (still 8th on Tour this year), its worth remembering that this guys eligible for this list for the next three years, too. His announcement was via Instagram caption on September 12, 2018. But a win at this winters Puerto Rico Open and a solo 3rd at the Workday showed off this youngsters massive upside. Kocsis beat Armour by one stroke, 73 to 74. But nobody who is as young as Niemann has the same level of experience that he does. Then theres unlucky No. The PGA Tour is making some significant changes. Collin Morikawa captured the PGA Championship at the age of 22. He did it at the 2013 Zurich Classic of New Orleans a month after the 2013 Masters. 1 player on the list. Matthew Wolff takes the trophy from 3M vice president Jeff Lavers after winning the 3M Championship golf tournament at TPC Twin Cities. He led the 1936 Masters after 54 holes. He made a hole-in-one in the first round and hit the flagstick with another approach. When hes on, hes really on, and hes already shown that off a handful of times in less than two years on Tour. I felt like I had a really solid rookie season, the understated Scheffler said. And a final tip of the cap goes to last weeks 36-hole leader Haotong Li, who turned 25 the Monday of PGA week. 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. Holgaard backed that up with an August 2020 victory in the UK Championship, making him the second-youngest with two career Euro Tour wins. Start the Golf Season off right with InsideGOLF ($100 value - just $20). The Communist Party of China banned golf within their country, considering it too bourgeois. The youth movement has some faces you know and others you soon will. It wasnt too pleasant. Almost exactly a year later, Ko successfully . Ouimet,inducted into World Golf Hall of Fame inaugural class in 1974, is one of only four golfers to have a stamp created in their honor. 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. 1. Hovland won twice in 2020, displaying an ability to thrive in stressful situations at tropical locales where people traditionally go to relax. Hes been gaining valuable experience atop the leaderboard, as well. 1 Jon Rahm is 25 and has now aged out of this category. 862 in the world to No. That earned him a spot in the U.S. Open, where he confirmed that he belonged at golfs highest tier. 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. Rising golf stars under 25: Viktor Hovland leads young players poised to continue climbing PGA Tour ranks . He famously skipped graduation because he made the cut at the 2019 U.S. Open. Below you'll find information about that record-setting win, plus about the golfer who is the youngest since 1970 to win on the PGA Tour. We'll start with the most obvious one -- somebody who earned temporary PGA Tour membership in the fall while we were all paying attention to the NBA playoffs and the heart of the NFL season. Before joining He created history by making the cut at the 2013 Masters at the age of 14. After this victory, Matteo qualified for the 2009 Open Championship, and finished in 13th place. He graduated from the Korn Ferry Tour in 2018, then finished third in his second TOUR event as a member, the Sanderson Farms Championship. The talk is far better than the game, but the work has begun to change that. About: Harry Light Horse Cooper is golfs original greatest player never to win a major. A member of the World Golf Hall of Fame, Cooper had 31 pro victories during the 1920s and 30s, but none came in major championships. The Korn Ferry trademark is also a registered trademark, and is used in the Korn Ferry Tour logo with permission. And Matthew Wolff, whos still just 21, was a contender in two of this years majors. He went from No. That top-10 earned him a start in the Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship, where he finished inside the top-10 once again. Zalatoris finished T6 at Winged Foot and the world was introduced to his accurate iron play. His win came at the 2009 British Amateur Championship, when he defeated Sam Hutsby from England in the finals. Bob Panasik was barely 15 years old when he lasted all four rounds at the 1957 Canadian Open at the Westmount Golf and Country Club in Ontario. 2 on this list? 11 on Tour) and an unflappable demeanor, Room to improve: A middling irons game (No. 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. To be exact, Guan was 14 years, 5 months, and 18 days when he achieved this feat in 2013 as an amateur. At just 29-years old, he can lay claim to 2 Major victories, a FedEx Cup Championship, PLAYERS Championship and a PGA TOUR Player of the Year Award. If you're wondering where he is now, he's at . Age: 16 years, 9 months, 24 days. 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. Follow Sean Martin on Twitter. 11, which belongs to Doc Redman, who could make me look like a dang fool because he just keeps posting solid finishes on Tour, including three top-25s since the restart. The fourth member of the Hovland-Wolff-Morikawa press conference at the Travelers Championship in 2019 has taken a bit longer to develop as a pro, but he came on strong at the end of the year with a pair of top-15 finishes on the PGA Tour that bumped him to inside the top 500 in the OWGR. Age: 16 years, 2 months, 29 days Tiger Woods, for instance, made his debut at just 19 years old. In 2002, Tyron struggled to keep up with expectations of his new status. He was the Korn Ferry Tours Player of the Year in 2018. The 20-year-old . Stay with us to learn about eight of the youngest PGA players in the history of golf. He sure didnt look anxious. 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. Patrick . South Korea's Kim "Tom" Joo-Hyung became the second-youngest winner on the PGA Tour since the Second World War with a convincing win at the Wyndham Championship on Sunday. Ginger Howard (@gingerthoward) at age 17, the youngest Black golfer in the world . 131, who is a multi-time winner on the Japan Tour. It appears on every page of golfcompendium.com. Legitimately one of the best on the planet. . Matthew Wolff led the U.S. Open . Dunkelberger was only 11 years old when he played in the 1937 Chicago Open. 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). 164 (and Data Golf has him even higher). Apologies, too, go out to 26-year-olds Bryson DeChambeau and Xander Schauffele. Its been a roller-coaster rookie season on the PGA Tour for the lanky former University of Texas star. Here are your options. Jordan Spieth after winning the John Deere Classic at TPC Deere Run. A major spike in Blacks playing the game is attributed to the Tiger Woods effect in the late 1990s. Over this period of time, he became a four-time European Tour winner under the age of 20. We cant wait to see what they have in store for 2021. In his last seven starts, hes posted six top-6 finishes, including a victory. At age 29, he's the oldest player on this list, but his career has been an intriguing series of ups and downs that has included myriad injuries. Its been that way for years. Local Kenny Leseur made his PGA Tour debut in the Bermuda Championship at his home course, Port Royal, after securing his place via a 36-hole qualifier. Status: Professional. I was pretty nervous throughout the day even though I hit a lot of good shots, he said after winning in Mexico. his Bachelors degree in mass media from HR College, Mumbai. Guan Tianlang is currently the third youngest pro golfer in the world. Again, he's 19. Jordan made the cut, and became the sixth-youngest PGA player. Okay, were officially in the PGA Tour winner section of this list. Collin Morikawa is 23; he already owns three TOUR titles, including a major. Sure, he hasnt gotten the hype of the three names to follow, but were here to tell you that hes very much in the conversation. He's almost certainly next in line to jump from leading the Korn Ferry Tour (where he started 2020) to becoming PGA Tour Rookie of the Year in 2021. 1 on the list. Canada is currently represented by 13 players with status on the LPGA or PGA TOUR, a substantial increase from the eight players with major tour status when the national team program was launched. When most people think of golf, they imagine a sport that retired bankers play to relax and have a good time. 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. His nine career professional major championships tie him with Gary Player for fourth all-time, trailing only Jack Nicklaus (18), Tiger Woods (15) and Walter Hagen (11). Kenny Leseur made his PGA Tour debut at his home course in Bermuda aged just 15 but is he the youngest ever? Jordan Spieth. Born: June 2, 1984 Raleigh, North Carolina He is 53rd in this seasons FedExCup, however, thanks to two top-10s in five starts. He has won five events on the Japan Golf Tour, finished T-10 in the 2013 U.S . That's under 25, not 25-and-under, which eliminates a few key names. I Just Watch Every Instructional Video Jon Rahm Explains How He Improves His Despite his young age, Guan has competed in many professional tournaments around the world. Hes added distance with swing coach Jeff Smith. Only Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Tiger Woods, Bobby Jones, Gary Player, and Jack Nicklaus can boast of this achievement. 'Absolutely horrendous': Xander Schauffele explains Bay Hill's juicy rough, How LIV Golf's ratings fared in its network TV debut, In odd rules twist, this U.S. player was forced to hit a putt *before* opponents approach, Why Quail Hollow's unusual setup gave this U.S. foursomes team an advantage, Why this budding bromance could be formidable Presidents Cup pairing, Who's playing in the Presidents Cup? Age: 20 years, 2 months, 23 days That bodes well for his future. Other prominent names in the top 5 list are Bob Panasik, Justin Thomas, and Matteo Manassero. The pandemic has also worked a bit in his favor as he now has a pretty strong path forward to getting his card on the Korn Ferry Tour. Tiger Woods is no longer the youngest PGA player on record. The biggest shocker, to me, was realizing that one of those PGA contenders, Cameron Champ, is also too old for this list. Justin Thomas. Chick Evans, golfer, shown in 1920. 4 min read. Opens and the 1936 Masters. Shasta Averyhardt she qualified in 2010 for the 2011 tour. To determine whos in and whos out, I dived into results, stats, rankings and deep within myself. Am I a prisoner of the moment in suggesting that Scottie Scheffler could be as high as No. As a 22-YO, he had launched back-to-back birdies to make a strong case on the opening round itself. Typically, after the first two rounds of a PGA Tour event, which consist of 36 holes, a halfway cut eliminates the lowest-scoring players from competition in the final two rounds of the event. The last time we saw the boys in action, Adam Svensson earned his first win on Tour at the RSM Classic in November. USE OF AND/OR REGISTRATION ON ANY PORTION OF THIS SITE CONSTITUTES ACCEPTANCE OF OURVISITOR AGREEMENT(UPDATED 1/6/23),PRIVACY AND COOKIES NOTICE(UPDATED 1/4/23) ANDCALIFORNIA PRIVACY NOTICE. The 48-man field has 37 players who were PGA . Theyre 27 each practically ancient. He broke his right ankle while playing pickup basketball with kids in his neighborhood. His most recent victory came at the Wells Championship in May of 2021. They continually sent us scouring the record books to put their accomplishments in context. The most exciting thing about the precocious teenager, besides his 328.3-yard average drives? He absolutely destroys on the Japan circuits -- he recently won the Dunlop Phoenix for his second worldwide win -- and though he's a bit older than you might think (he'll turn 23 in May), he has yet to play a truly robust schedule worldwide. 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