Evans led that 1916 U.S. Open at Minikahda wire-to-wire and did it while using seven hickory-shafted clubs. Amateur champion made an impressive early splash on the PGA Tour by winning the 2020 Puerto Rico Open in February by draining a 30-foot birdie on the 72nd hole. Golf is a game which seriously takes into account that age is just a number. Armour, in fact, rolled in a 45-foot eagle putt on the 72nd hole to tie 18-year-old Kocsis. Status: Professional. (Photo: Jeffrey Becker-USA TODAY Sports), Ralph Guldahl won the 1937 and 1938 U.S. Maverick McNealy has already accomplished enough to crack the top 10. The 201920 rookie of the year has yet to win, but no one in golf thinks thats going to be the case much longer. 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. 0:00. The 2019-20 season was one big graduation party for some of the youngest talent on the PGA Tour. 63. Age: 19 years, 4 days. Am I a prisoner of the moment in suggesting that Scottie Scheffler could be as high as No. But he didn't. 14, ahead of names like Tiger Woods, Dustin Johnson and Tony Finau. He also runs the Tajj Fujikawa Invitational Golf Tournament, an annual charity tournament whose proceeds go toward the March of Dimes. He retained this top position for 18 consecutive weeks before becoming a professional golfer. 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 | However, some players have played on Tour at a younger age even than Tiger. Age: 22 2020 FedExCup finish: 11th PGA TOUR wins: 1. Theyre 27 each practically ancient. 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. Dylan Dethier is a senior writer for GOLF Magazine/GOLF.com. 1. 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. PGA Championships: 1937 Chicago Open The 2018 U.S. Tadd was barely 15 years old. 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. 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. 862 in the world to No. If you predicted two years ago that Collin Morikawa, Matthew Wolff and Viktor Hovland would currently have six combined PGA Tour wins . Over this period of time, he became a four-time European Tour winner under the age of 20. Tournament:1931 Michigan Open 1 on the list. Age: 24 2020 FedExCup finish: 5th PGA TOUR wins: 0. 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. All the talk on the PGA Tour is about Bryson DeChambeaus power, but many dont realize that Champ is right there with him. Hes exactly right: Morikawa is head and shoulders above the rest. 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. Of the three emerging superstars, Casey has his money on Morikawa. Thats because the 22-year-old gets double the experience of any other player every year based off the sheer amount of golf that he plays. there have been five PGA Tour seasons where the average winner's age was under 31.1 . He is currently pursuing His pedigree is undeniable, and when in doubt in golf, you should always bet on pedigrees. But enough about the guys who arent on this list. He graduated from the Korn Ferry Tour in 2018, then finished third in his second TOUR event as a member, the Sanderson Farms Championship. Even though hes not yet found his footing since golfs restart, expect MacIntyre to be an international force and an entertaining one, at that for years to come. Francis Ouimet. But fortunately, Australian Jason Day finished his final two holes with a par to move the cut line to 5 over. AUGUSTA, Ga. - The 14-year-old from China isn't going anywhere in a hurry. 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. Apologies, too, go out to 26-year-olds Bryson DeChambeau and Xander Schauffele. 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. Then theres unlucky No. The PGA Tour Fan Shop at The Players will once again open before tournament week, opening on Friday at noon, until 5 p.m. . Since qualifying for the PGA Tour tournaments is no easy task, its quite the achievement particularly for a teenager. Hes packed a lot into his three years of playing professional golf in the United States. Even though 22-year-old Hideki Matsuyama is a rookie, he has become one of the best young players on the PGA Tour. 9. by Max Kassan. Niemanns downswing has so much lag it gives the clubhead whiplash, producing low lasers off the tee that are the envy of any amateur suffering from the balloon ball. Chuck Kocsis first gained national attention in 1930, when as a 17-year-old he defeated Francis Ouimet in the first round of the U.S. 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. It seemed past time to take stock of the PGA Tours next wave and to reassess the future (and the present!) Those of us who knew, knew that he was the one, he said. "Any PGA of America member who is a U.S.-born player will be eligible to earn points," Kerry Haigh, the PGA of America's chief championships officer, said in an interview. Greatest strength: His golf swing (15th on Tour off the tee, 10th approaching the green), Room to improve: His short game (179th around the green, 135th putting). As for that grey-haired generation headlined by Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth? By Brentley Romine. The List: All-Time Youngest Winners on the PGA Tour. Oh, and speaking of DataGolfs rankings: theyve got Scheffler all the way up at No. Tournament: 1923 . 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. Promise. Greatest strength: Hes good at everything! Not anymore. His record 286 stood for 20 years. Age: 16 years, 4 days Chick Evans, golfer, shown in 1920. Let's set the parameters, first. First, this Italian pro golfer became the youngest player to win the European Tour. That top-10 earned him a start in the Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship, where he finished inside the top-10 once again. In 2018, he played 34 tournaments and was the best player on the Korn Ferry Tour. He did it at the 2013 Zurich Classic of New Orleans a month after the 2013 Masters. 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. Age: 15 years, 8 months, 20 days Hell start 2021 ranked third in the FedExCup. Born: June 2, 1984 Raleigh, North Carolina His ball-striking has become the stuff of legend and social media fodder, and for good reason. Tournament: 2019 3M Open (University of Michigan). Age: 16 years, 9 months, 7 days The Open Championship was MacIntyres announcement to the world that hes here to compete. 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. Start the Golf Season off right with InsideGOLF ($100 value - just $20). I'm intrigued to see what happens when he does. LIV players are not . 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. That was a proof in itself about the caliber of this rising talent. We can make that happen. Age: 24 2020 FedExCup finish: 111 PGA TOUR wins: 0. The next year he knocked off Armour in the Michigan Open. 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 . Patrick . He's a little older than I would normally prefer for somebody coming out of college, but some of that was unavoidable because of the pandemic. It can be a tough transition when so much success comes at a young age. In surviving the 36-hole cut, Panasik became the youngest player to make the cut at a PGA Tour. Now, Eckroat is looking to join his former teammates on the PGA Tour. Greatest strength: Laser-like irons (8th on the European Tour last year), Room to improve: Driving accuracy (hitting just half his fairways this year). Theres two of him. Greatest strength: A red-hot putter (No. I Just Watch Every Instructional Video Jon Rahm Explains How He Improves His By the end of that year, he had topped the World Amateur Golf Rankings. Justin Thomas. PGA Championships: 2009 Wyndham Championship Two months later, the season was paused by the coronavirus pandemic. PGA Championships: 2007 Sony Open in Hawaii Theres also no shame in being behind these next four players. It is one of the four major championships of men's professional golf. It was only during the 2020 Alps Tour that he reclaimed his glory via a one-shot victory. Burns returned for the start of the new season but admits that may have been premature. native joined GOLF in 2017 after two years scuffling on the mini-tours. 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. Hovland won twice in 2020, displaying an ability to thrive in stressful situations at tropical locales where people traditionally go to relax. 862 in the world to No. He lets his clubs do the talking. 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. But where does he sit in the list of youngest PGA Tour players? | October 31, 2019 | Tour. In 2005, Robert Panasik was inducted into theCanadian Golf Hall of Fame. Amateur at Merion. Other prominent names in the top 5 list are Bob Panasik, Justin Thomas, and Matteo Manassero. 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. 1 Jon Rahm is 25 and has now aged out of this category. PGA TOUR Stats, bio, video, photos, results, and career highlights He also is the first golfer since at least 1983 to begin a tournament with a quadruple bogey to go on to win. Tiger Woods, for instance, made his debut at just 19 years old. Should Jordan Spieth win another PGA TOUR Championship, he will become one of the few pro-golfers to complete their careers with a Grand Slam. For the next two decades after his 1957 debut, Panasik never finished beyond the 42nd round in a major event. Spieth was 19 years, 11 months and 18 days old when he won the Deere in 2013. The Williamstown, Mass. December 28, 2022 8:00 am ET. And he won the Michigan Open two more times later on, but those later two victories are not counted as official tour wins. He proceeded to participate in another 13 Canadian Opens in his career. This latest achievement came after the golfer had represented his country three times at the World Cup. In the 1927 Open at Oakmont, Tommy Armour holed a 15-foot putt on the 18th green to catch Cooper in regulation and a 50-footer on the 15th hole of the playoff to tie the match. He took low amateur honors at the 1952 Masters and played on the Walker Cup teams in 1938, 49 and 57. 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. He would earn a total of 14 PGA Tour victories in his golfing career. Age: 14 years, 5 months, 18 days 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 . Lets set the parameters, first. Collin Morikawa is 23; he already owns three TOUR titles, including a major. Youve heard plenty of writers on this very website wax poetic about the way he hits his irons. Niemann had three other top 10s for the 2019-20 season, including a T-3 in the BMW Championship during the FedEx Cup Playoffs. 4 min read. That bodes well for his future. Guan Tianlang is a Chinese amateur golfer andthe youngest PGA player to participate and make the cut at Masters. First, a shoutout to Rikuya Hoshino, the world No. Now the LPGA tour can count among its ranks these players: Shasta Averyhardt, Sadena Parks, Mariah Stackhouse, Cheyenne Woods and Ginger Howard. 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. And this year his success contributed to a good cause. . I agree to receive the "CBS Sports HQ Newsletter" and marketing communications, updates, special offers (including partner offers), and other information from CBS Sports and the Paramount family of companies. All three players matched scores for the first four holes of the playoff. The biggest outlier? True Story: Ben Hogan Suggested Eliminating Puttin 2015 Women's World Golf Rankings: No. The 10 best mens golfers under the age of 25, ranked! He had carded 3-over 75 in the second round and was in danger of missing the cut. 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. Tadd finished T20 at the tournament. Morikawa impressed with his victory at TPC Harding Park, which ensures hell never have to wear that pesky Best Player to Never Win a Major tag. All Rights Reserved. Better than Tour average in every major statistical category. Who is the youngest player on the PGA Tour to make the cut? Rory Mcilroy made history when he became the youngest player to reach the $10 million mark in 2012. George Burtoft (1937 Utah Open) - 14 years, 9 months, 7 days. Tyrons early success came with an endorsement by Callaway and Target Stores valued at $1 million. He has won five events on the Japan Golf Tour, finished T-10 in the 2013 U.S . Shasta Averyhardt she qualified in 2010 for the 2011 tour. Jordan Spieth after winning the John Deere Classic at TPC Deere Run. He was especially effective in the latter half of 2020, finishing in the top 25 in seven of his last eight starts. For example, he got a one-shot penalty for slow play that could have ended his career prematurely. Almost exactly a year later, Ko successfully . He finished runner-up four times on the KFT after golf restarted in June. 6-keys: media/spln/golf/reg/free/stories, By pressing sign up, I confirm that I have read and agree to the. Age:19 years, 4 days He also won the collegiate individual title in 1936. While playing at the Masters, Guan had practice rounds with Tiger Woods and Ben Crenshaw. He would rank 30th in this seasons FedExCup standings if he were a full-time member. If youre wondering where he is now, hes at the University of Arizona. 2. Two years after failing to make it out of the first stage of Qualifying School, Zalatoris busted out in 2020 with a July victory on the Korn Ferry Tour and a T-6 in the U.S. Open at Winged Foot. With his victory at the season-opening Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai, Steve Stricker continued his impressive run of form on PGA TOUR Champions. (Photo: Bruce Kluckhohn-USA TODAY Sports). Want the sharpest DFS advice, picks and data-driven golf analysis? Age:18 years, 6 months, 9 days Ty Tyrons poor performance after joining the pro level at a young age impacted the golfing world. He was the European Tours rookie of the year in 2019 and earlier this month captured his first title on the Old World circuit. Matthew Wolff led the U.S. Open . He broke his right ankle while playing pickup basketball with kids in his neighborhood. 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. The youth movement has some faces you know and others you soon will. Honestly, it may have already happened this past weekend, when a slew of young guns took over the leaderboard at the PGA Championship and a 22-year-old took home the trophy. 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(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. Matteos professional career blossomed for the next four years. Other prominent names in the top 5 list are Bob Panasik, Justin Thomas, and Matteo Manassero. Status: Professional. 1. The PGA Tour has been around for more than a century. To search Golf Compendium, look for the little magnifying glass icon in the upper right. Justin Thomas comes from a family of pro golfers most notably his father, Mike Thomas. 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. The 20-year-old . Age: 24 2020 FedExCup finish: N/A PGA TOUR wins: 0. Born: Unknown 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 . Status: Professional. Tiger-like numbers. Age: 24 2020 FedExCup finish: 150th PGA TOUR wins: 1. 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? I was pretty nervous throughout the day even though I hit a lot of good shots, he said after winning in Mexico. 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. Indeed, in the 1995 Masters, the young golfer caught the worlds attention by being the only amateur to make the cut. The affable South Korean is golfs young ironman, living out of hotels and playing nearly every week. January 3, 2021 at 8:30 PM. He struggled in 2019 and 2020, finishing 114th and 150th in the FedExCup, but the phrase sophomore slump exists for a reason. For all but a brief, months-long period, Kocsis remained an amateur his entire life. Tournament: 1910 Western Open The Official PGA TOUR Profile of Cameron Young. Your email address will not be published. Despite being the first player at Augusta National to get hit . 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. Here's a look at the 10 youngest players who have been victorious on the PGA Tour: Francis Ouimet. 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. Greatest strength: Irons (8th on Tour in strokes gained approach), Room to improve: Putting (160th on Tour this season). They continually sent us scouring the record books to put their accomplishments in context. 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. Age: 16 years, 2 months, 29 days 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. The easiest and, arguably, most historic vote for the PGA Tour Rookie of the Year has gone to Will . A match play major for men and women makes perfect sense for the good of the game, on so many levels. By winning the 2022 Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina, he became one of the youngest players to ever win on the PGA Tour. at The former Stanford stud finished the year with four top 10s in his last seven events, including a win on the Korn Ferry Tour. Age: 20 years, 1 month, 17 days Guan was the only amateur to advance to the weekend in 2013 Masters and received the silver cup. He became the No. He proved himself to be a rising star with a six-shot triumph at the PGA Tours Military Tribute at The Greenbrier in September 2019. Now a senior, Yu is the No. 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. His most recent victory came at the Wells Championship in May of 2021. his Bachelors degree in mass media from HR College, Mumbai. The youngest player on the modern era PGA Tour is Guan Tianlang. To avoid going back into the pre-1900 era, when record-keeping was, at best, spotty and incomplete, we have followed the PGA Tour's convention by sticking only to post-1900 tournaments in the list above.). But if the PGA Championship showed us anything its that Schefflers here to stay. Golf is one sport that draws talented players from an early age. 164 on Tour). 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. He went from No. Being one of the youngest male golfers, Jason Day has this youthful look that ranks him in the list of the best looking golfers in the world. He led the 1936 Masters after 54 holes. Moreover, this also ensured that the defending Masters champion, Bubba Watson, entered the weekend too. Finish: T16 Two came at the hands of Bryson DeChambeau. Since 2014, members or graduates of the Team Canada Young Pro Squad have produced 50 professional tournament wins worldwide. Room to improve: His iron play has gone cold in recent weeks. 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. Masters: Wanna play Augusta National? It seems like he was at Texas A&M yesterday, but alas hes 25 as of June 15. It prompted the PGA Tour to raise its minimum age of entry to 18. We could just tell.. He recently finished T12 at the Mayakoba Golf Classic and is ranked No. 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. Hes been gaining valuable experience atop the leaderboard, as well. 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. And none of that fazes him. 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. 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. Collin Morikawa. They were formidable at the 2018 World Amateur Championship, where they brought home Denmarks first-ever victory. 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. Finish: T13 But Spieth won it on the fifth extra hole with a par. The WGCs were successful but never wildly so. Nevertheless, he retained his record until 2013 when Chinas Guan Tianlang became the youngest PGA player at the Masters. Ah, yes. Some of Justin Thomass notable achievements include 66 Top 10 Finishes, five Best Year wins, 153 cuts made, six 2nd place finishes, 11 3rd place finishes, and cash winnings totaling $46,323,825. 3 on the PGA Tour University Rankings. About: Spieth became just the fifth player to win on the PGA Tour before the age of 20. Junior, then finished in T22 in his hometown TOUR event, the AT&T Byron Nelson, while still in high school. Age: 16 years, 2 months, 23 days https://golfweek.usatoday.com/lists/10-youngest-winners-in-pga-tour-history/, Mexico, Caribbean, Atlantic islands, Central America, Top 50 Classic Courses in Great Britain & Ireland, Top 50 Modern Courses in Great Britain & Ireland, inducted into World Golf Hall of Fame inaugural class in 1974, Wolff scored a thrilling victory at TPC Twin Cities, He won low amateur at the U.S. Open twice and Masters once, PGA Tour approves radical schedule changes, reducing fields in elevated events and ending cuts, Drivers used by PGA Tour pros ranked in the top 10 in Strokes Gained: Off the Tee. 2 on this list? Aye, there were harsh words, MacIntyretold The Scotsman. 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. One of the few left-handed golfers on tour, he is a multiple major champion, with victories at the . 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