Zalatoris goes from no status to Tour ROY. Cooper was a teaching pro until age 93. Sean Martin manages PGATOUR.COMs staff of writers as the Lead, Editorial. Here are your options. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. The 201920 rookie of the year has yet to win, but no one in golf thinks thats going to be the case much longer. The organization's board on Tuesday ratified tweaks to the 2024 schedule that will see certain designated events have a reduced field as well as . The youth movement has some faces you know and others you soon will. 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. Finish: T39 The youngest player on the modern era PGA Tour is Guan Tianlang. This latest achievement came after the golfer had represented his country three times at the World Cup. 1 Jon Rahm . However,, The Super Bowl is one of the most watched sporting events in America each year. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images). 1 player on the list. Tournament: 1923 . A final pre-amble: This no space for participation trophies, but its worth acknowledging the first couple golfers outside this vaunted list. Hes packed a lot into his three years of playing professional golf in the United States. Still, it feels like it is just a matter of time as he has been the best golfer in the world for the better part of the past year. And there have been plenty of instances where the younger players have performed well on the PGA Tour. To be exact, Guan was 14 years, 5 months, and 18 days when he achieved this feat in 2013 as an amateur. In other words, the peaks have always been there, back to his college days. Spieth was 19 years, 11 months and 18 days old when he won the Deere in 2013. In 2002, Tyron struggled to keep up with expectations of his new status. The List: All-Time Youngest Winners on the PGA Tour. World No. Thomas is also only 1 of 6 players in PGA Tour history with 15 victories and 2 Majors before his 30th . Francis Ouimet. Tour editor covering men's golf, women's golf and anything else that involves the word golf, really. Ah, yes. He is 53rd in this seasons FedExCup, however, thanks to two top-10s in five starts. PGA Championships: 2007 Sony Open in Hawaii To determine whos in and whos out, I dived into results, stats, rankings and deep within myself. 63. Born: October 20, 1941, Windsor, Ontario 8. 11:34 am ET. He left as a PGA Tour winner, in the FedEx Cup playoffs and as the second-youngest winner on Tour since World War II. The 19-year-old has already won twice on the European Tour and is into the top 100 in the OWGR. 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. He used his earnings from the final two events of 2020 to raise money for a life-saving treatment needed by his infant cousin. 19 years, 4 days: Harry Cooper, 1923 Galveston Open Championship. BY Rex Hoggard September 13, 2021 at 1:00 PM. Some 18 months after they turned pro, all three are in the top 15 in the Official World Golf Ranking. While playing at the Masters, Guan had practice rounds with Tiger Woods and Ben Crenshaw. Age: 24 2020 FedExCup finish: 150th PGA TOUR wins: 1. His winning streak started much earlier in 2010 when he was just 16 years old. The 1931 Michigan Open had a very weak field by tour standards, comprised mostly of golfers from across Michigan. Averaged 322 yards off the tee on the Korn Ferry Tour in 2020, which is pretty crazy and also the most important skill in professional golf right now. Age: 16 years, 2 months, 23 days Ladies European Tour Eastleigh Classic Golf Tourna 2014 Women's World Golf Rankings: No. 5 on the list which feels wrong, given his 1-3-T10 finishes right before the break is because he has just one top-50 finish since golfs return, a T35 at WGC-Memphis. 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. The result obviously speak for themselves, too: Morikawa has three PGA Tour wins and just one PGA Tour missed cut. His win came at the 2009 British Amateur Championship, when he defeated Sam Hutsby from England in the finals. As for the last time the two paired up on the same team? Hard luck followed Cooper even after his death. 1978) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He has won five events on the Japan Golf Tour, finished T-10 in the 2013 U.S . First, this Italian pro golfer became the youngest player to win the European Tour. 38 player in the world, despite the fact that hes never made a PGA Tour cut. Something always happened that I had no control over, he once said. Justin Thomas is one of the most exciting and popular golfers 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. Rahm or Rory at Bay Hill. The PGA Tour awards a lifetime exemption for 20 wins. The Korn Ferry trademark is also a registered trademark, and is used in the Korn Ferry Tour logo with permission. Lydia Ko became the youngest winner in LPGA Tour history when she won the 2012 Canadian Women's Open as an amateur at 15 years, 4 months, 3 days old. 9. by Max Kassan. Almost exactly a year later, Ko successfully . That's under 25, not 25-and-under, which eliminates a few key names. He is the youngest winner on the Nationwide Tour who made his first victory in 2007 Legend Financial Group Classic at the age of 19. It was only during the 2020 Alps Tour that he reclaimed his glory via a one-shot victory. He kept his card despite suffering a season-ending ankle injury in July. He finished 12th in Strokes Gained: Approach-the-Green last season. 862 in the world to No. An amateur for his entire golf career, Evans won the Western Open at Beverly Country Club in Chicago as a 20-year-old. On weeks when Wolff, Hovland or Morikawa get hot with wedges and a putter, look out. Kenny Leseur made his PGA Tour debut at his home course in Bermuda aged just 15 but is he the youngest ever? The 2019-20 season was one big graduation party for some of the youngest talent on the PGA Tour. Black women who've played Tour golf - past and present. Amateur in the same year. And he won the Michigan Open two more times later on, but those later two victories are not counted as official tour wins. Age: 19 years, 4 days. Only Jon Rahm had a better scoring average as a freshman at Arizona State than Yu back when he was a freshman in 2017. He went from No. Start the Golf Season off right with InsideGOLF ($100 value - just $20). Many of the youngest winners happened in the early years of the Tour, but in the past decades, three golfers, including Kim, have joined the exclusive youngest winner's club, as well. Age: 14 years, 5 months, 18 days Fred Funk of the PGA Tour Champions speaks during the Galleri Classic media day at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, Calif., Feb. 28, 2023. Before the Hjgaards made him look like a relic, Robert MacIntyre, a 24-year-old Scotsman, threw down three runner-up finishes on the Euro Tour and really shined at Royal Portrush as part of a coming-out party in 2019. 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. Also on the ballot were Maverick . The PGA Tour will conclude its tumultuous 2021-22 season on Sunday when it crowns a FedEx Cup champion and pays out a record $75 million in bonuses, $18 million of which goes to the winner. Age: Turns 23 on Dec. 27 2020 FedExCup finish: 71st PGA TOUR wins: 0. According to his statements, the USGA is currently working on building a . Chick Evans, golfer, shown in 1920. Greatest strength: Hes good at everything! The teenage pro-golfer only made a cut in one out of the seven events at the PGA Tour that year, after which time he produced a medical exemption. On the other hand, the designated events were structured in 2023 for all the top players to attend, and have been a massive hit thus . (AP Photo). Status: Professional. Age: 23 2020 FedExCup finish: 20th PGA TOUR wins: 2. 2. 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. Guan Tianlang is a Chinese amateur golfer andthe youngest PGA player to participate and make the cut at Masters. One wrong step derailed his pro career, though. Every player with full exempt status to play on the PGA Tour (a bit more than 200 every year) is now guaranteed a $500,000 earnings minimum, which figures to raise the pay for a few dozen players . 1 Jon Rahm is 25 and has now aged out of this category. Age: 20 years, 1 month, 17 days That includes a T3 in the season-opening Safeway Open and T4 in the Bermuda Championship. He graduated from the Korn Ferry Tour in 2018, then finished third in his second TOUR event as a member, the Sanderson Farms Championship. Age:18 years, 6 months, 9 days That top-10 earned him a start in the Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship, where he finished inside the top-10 once again. (Photo: Jeffrey Becker-USA TODAY Sports), Ralph Guldahl won the 1937 and 1938 U.S. And none of that fazes him. Now a senior, Yu is the No. Kids these days. He did it at the 2013 Zurich Classic of New Orleans a month after the 2013 Masters. There are limited records on Dons personal life or professional game rankings, stats, or scores; still, the available archives indicate that he participated in the tournament, and withdrew from it after the first round. But Spieth won it on the fifth extra hole with a par. Joohyung Kim lifts his trophy after winning the Wyndham Championship golf tournament. 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. With another $20m purse up for grabs, the field for this week's Arnold Palmer Invitational . Shasta Averyhardt she qualified in 2010 for the 2011 tour. I'm intrigued to see what happens when he does. The most exciting thing about the precocious teenager, besides his 328.3-yard average drives? Scottie Scheffler is one heck of a rookie. Fans of the PGA Tour may not know this name, but give it some time. If theres one round most remembered from this year, its probably Morikawas dazzling closing effort at the PGA Championship, when he drove Harding Parks 16th green to take command and win his first major title with a 64. Brandon Wu. Dunkelberger was only 11 years old when he played in the 1937 Chicago Open. Jordan Spieth is a former World Number One and a three-time winner at the Majors. Greatest strength: His irons (arguably the best on Tour). 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. I was pretty nervous throughout the day even though I hit a lot of good shots, he said after winning in Mexico. | October 31, 2019 | Tour. It is one of the four major championships of men's professional golf. Apologies, too, go out to 26-year-olds Bryson DeChambeau and Xander Schauffele. They were formidable at the 2018 World Amateur Championship, where they brought home Denmarks first-ever victory. Stay with us to learn about eight of the youngest PGA players in the history of golf. Ty Tyrons poor performance after joining the pro level at a young age impacted the golfing world. 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 pedigree is undeniable, and when in doubt in golf, you should always bet on pedigrees. These players turned pro to big expectations and theyve exceeded all of them. When Did Tiger Woods First Make a Cut on the PGA T 'Big Break IV: USA vs. Europe' Winner, Cast. I Just Watch Every Instructional Video Jon Rahm Explains How He Improves His 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. That earned him a spot in the U.S. Open, where he confirmed that he belonged at golfs highest tier. 1 on the list. The Chinese golfer had finished 36-holes at Augusta National with a score of 4 over. Guan made this remarkable achievement after winning the 2012 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship in Thailand. After what he described as the best ball-striking week of his life, Wolff must be feeling pretty good about his prospects. Tournament:1931 Michigan Open Age: 21 2020 FedExCup finish: 35th PGA TOUR wins: 1. We can make that happen. Age: 24 2020 FedExCup finish: 5th PGA TOUR wins: 0. Here are 10 young guns in their 20s completely capable of getting the job done at this week's PGA Championship. He earned special temporary membership in his next start and now can accept unlimited sponsor exemptions for the remainder of the season. December 28, 2022 8:00 am ET. A year earlier Kocsis had, at age 17, set a record that still stands as the youngest winner of the Michigan Amateur. Then he made a 25-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole to answer Thomas 50-foot bomb. 164 (and Data . 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. Last week, I recorded a podcast with the guys from DataGolf (embedded below) who emphasized how rarely players on lower Tours play to a PGA Tour level (they have the ability to compare scores cross-tours). 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. Heres what he had to say after his maiden victory: My identical twin is as good, if not better than me.. Joe Hughes As for that grey-haired generation headlined by Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth? Age: 36 / OWGR: 152 / '22 FedEx Cup: 28. Its time to rank the 10 best mens golfers under the age of 25. Wolff, as entertaining to anybody, should be known to just about any fan now after he contended in his first major, the PGA Championship (T-4), and led the U.S. Open going into the final round before finishing second. Greatest strength: Irons (8th on Tour in strokes gained approach), Room to improve: Putting (160th on Tour this season). The affable South Korean is golfs young ironman, living out of hotels and playing nearly every week. 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. Every other year, the best male, professional golfers from Europe and the United States face off in this match play tournament, each team led by its captain. Matteos professional career blossomed for the next four years. EssentiallySports he used to write articles on Golf and Cricket on his personal (Ages in parenthesis). He sat atop the KFTs points list in September after a record-tying 11 consecutive top-20 finishes, a streak that started when the season resumed. Born: July 27, 1993, Dallas, Texas. 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. One of the most fascinating things about the top three players on this list is how similar their playing styles are. 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. Hell start 2021 ranked 41st in the FedExCup. It prompted the PGA Tour to raise its minimum age of entry to 18. As a 22-YO, he had launched back-to-back birdies to make a strong case on the opening round itself. Age: 24 2020 FedExCup finish: 111 PGA TOUR wins: 0. In 2018, he played 34 tournaments and was the best player on the Korn Ferry Tour. Maybe. The 20-year-old . DeChambeau had eagled 18 ahead of Wolff to take a one-shot lead. Collin Morikawa captured the PGA Championship at the age of 22. Taylor Pendrith. (AP Photo). A huge disappointment came when Scheffler had to miss the U.S. Open after testing positive for COVID-19, but there were so many signs of a bright future, including a T-4 in the PGA Championship and shooting 59 in the Northern Trust. Adam Scott, the 2004 Players champion and 14-time PGA Tour winner, has been elected chairman of the Players Advisory Council in a vote of the Tour membership. But nobody who is as young as Niemann has the same level of experience that he does. Finish: T66 At this time, Jordan accepted an exemption to play at the 2010 HP Byron Nelson Championship. In 2005, Robert Panasik was inducted into theCanadian Golf Hall of Fame. It seemed past time to take stock of the PGA Tours next wave and to reassess the future (and the present!) Have LIV Golf finally solved their world ranking conundrum? He covered all levels of competitive golf at Golfweek Magazine for seven years, including tournaments on four continents, before coming to the PGA TOUR in 2013. Age: 16 years, 2 months, 29 days Tadd was barely 15 years old. Promise. Theres less and less wonder at his swing and increasingly more at how hes become one of the Tours elite drivers and one of its elite young stars in the process. Collin Morikawa is 23; he already owns three TOUR titles, including a major. He died in 2000 at the age of 96. Jordan Spieth. PGA Championships: 2013 Masters Tournament Let's talk about how Oklahoma State had Wolff, Hovland and Eckroat (as well as world No. Opens and the 1936 Masters. 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. That bodes well for his future. The 48-man field has 37 players who were PGA . The Masters Tournament was first played in 1934, co-founded by Bobby Jones in Augusta, Georgia. stars on Tour. His most recent victory came at the Wells Championship in May of 2021. there have been five PGA Tour seasons where the average winner's age was under 31.1 . Tournament:1923 Galveston Open The 10 best mens golfers under the age of 25, ranked! The Official PGA TOUR Profile of Cameron Young. 1, Top 50 at End of 2021 Women's World Golf Rankings: No. Guan was the only amateur to advance to the weekend in 2013 Masters and received the silver cup. Niemann had three other top 10s for the 2019-20 season, including a T-3 in the BMW Championship during the FedEx Cup Playoffs. 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. 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. 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. Matthew Wolff led the U.S. Open . . Things seem to be turning around. 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. While it takes the entire, The NFL is home to some of the countrys most agile athletes and hardest working sportsmen of our time. Furthermore, he also became the youngest player to make the cut on the PGA Tour in a non-major event. It can be a tough transition when so much success comes at a young age. Data Golf has him ranked as the 30th-best player in the world, ranked No. And this year his success contributed to a good cause. 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. section: | slug: future-golf-stars-10-young-players-flying-under-the-radar-you-should-get-to-know-as-2021-approaches | sport: golf | route: article_single.us | You play your way onto the PGA TOUR the hard way, cobbling together a schedule with a series of top-10 finishes and sponsor exemptions. Tournament: 2022 Wyndham Championship Age: 23 2020 FedExCup finish: 6th PGA TOUR wins: 3. next year. He famously skipped graduation because he made the cut at the 2019 U.S. Open. After playing with Brooks Koepka in the 2018 NORTHERN TRUST, Wise decided he needed to bulk up in order to better handle approach shots from thick rough. But youve got to tell him its not right. The PGA Tour has joined the Leadership Circle of the National Council . Theres also no shame in being behind these next four players. The Chilean continues to fulfill the promise he showed as the Worlds No. The World Golf Hall of Fame is located at World Golf Village near St. Augustine, Florida, in the United States, and it is unusual among sports halls of fame in that a single site honors both men and women. Kim, from South Korea, won twice during his first two full seasons on the PGA Tour with victories at the 2016 Wyndham Championship (he shot 60 in the second round) and 2017 Players Championship. SportsLine's proprietary model, built by DFS pro Mike McClure, has been red-hot since the PGA Tour resumed in June of 2020. Jon Rahm: How a Tiger Woods tip inspired my PGA Tour winning spree, 'I'll keep fighting!' After this victory, Matteo qualified for the 2009 Open Championship, and finished in 13th place. Monday Q Info (@acaseofthegolf1) October 30, 2019, Speaking to the Royal Gazette,Leseuer said: When I started golf, I had no clue I was going to be able to get on the PGA Tour. Before joining He also won his first PGA Tour event at the 2010 Byron Nelson Championship. Making his . McNealy actually has a lower world ranking than a couple golfers who didnt quite crack this list, but theres good reason to get him into the 10 spot, as hes already shown an ability to contend in his rookie year on the big Tour. Room to improve: His iron play has gone cold in recent weeks. They continually sent us scouring the record books to put their accomplishments in context. Matthew Wolff led the U.S. Open going into the final round, bidding to be the youngest champion since Francis Ouimet. By the end of that year, he had topped the World Amateur Golf Rankings. 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). January 3, 2021 at 8:30 PM. Everyone (or almost everyone) knows the Matthew Wolffs, Scottie Schefflers and Collin Morikawas of the world. 2023 Arnold Palmer Invitational tee times: Round 1 groupings for Thursday, 2023 Arnold Palmer Invitational: How to watch, TV schedule, streaming, tee times, Absolutely horrendous: Xander Schauffele explains Bay Hills juicy rough, Meet the new GOLF Top 100 Teachers of America, Is a 7-wood, 3-hybrid or 3-iron most suitable for your game? We havent even used the bold font yet. Theres two of him. But if the PGA Championship showed us anything its that Schefflers here to stay. 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. Opens as well as the 1939 Masters. At 15, Bermuda native Kenny Leseur is the first player since @cole_hammer6765 (2015 @usopengolf ) to make their @PGATOUR debut at the age of 15 years or younger. Stricker's win at Hualalai, which came in his 48th start on PGA TOUR Champions, improved his winning percentage to 25.0%, the highest of any player in Champions Tour history with 10 or more wins. 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. Since qualifying for the PGA Tour tournaments is no easy task, it's quite the achievement - particularly for a teenager. But where does he sit in the list of youngest PGA Tour players? 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. Tyrons early success came with an endorsement by Callaway and Target Stores valued at $1 million. In 1916, he would become the first amateur to win the U.S. Open and U.S. He led the 1936 Masters after 54 holes. Wait a minute a Korn Ferry Tour player made this list? Still, there are just four current players on the PGA Tour who are Black two, Harold Varner . 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. He never again won a PGA Tour title. He was the European Tours rookie of the year in 2019 and earlier this month captured his first title on the Old World circuit. Is Roberty MacIntyre the best young left-hander in golf? He would earn a total of 14 PGA Tour victories in his golfing career. 2021 World Golf Rankings: No. Tadd Fujikawa is an American pro golfer who qualified for the weekend during the 2006 US Open at Winged Foot. 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. Those of us who knew, knew that he was the one, he said. And the big star was reigning British Open champion Tommy Armour. Thats under 25, not 25-and-under, which eliminates a few key names. The tallest player to ever win a PGA Tour event is Phil Blackmar at 6-foot-7. Hes added distance with swing coach Jeff Smith. Copyright 2023 PGA TOUR, Inc. All rights reserved. He finished second in Strokes Gained: Approach last season, behind only Justin Thomas. The talk is far better than the game, but the work has begun to change that. He created history by making the cut at the 2013 Masters at the age of 14. PGA Championships: 2009 Wyndham Championship True Story: Ben Hogan Suggested Eliminating Puttin 2015 Women's World Golf Rankings: No. Age: 15 years, 8 months, 20 days By Brentley Romine. Dont sleep on Scottie! We could just tell.. An auto accident nearly ended his career in 1945, but Kocsis recovered and kept winning. Morikawa won two holes later. Still looks impossibly young (he was not alive for Tiger Woods' first Masters win), but his game will fit nicely on the Korn Ferry Tour (or PGA Tour?) He became the youngest player to make the cut in PGA Tour history and play in the Masters Tournament. Listen below and subscribe to The First Cut Golf podcast where we explain what's happening on the course so you can win off of it. 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