Finish: T20 And more recently in the Hangzhou International Championships at Moganshan Gowin Golf Club, the younster made an early mark as a professional. 1. 18 years, 6 months, 9 days: Chuck Kocsis (amateur), 1931 Michigan Open. 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. 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. Thomas is also only 1 of 6 players in PGA Tour history with 15 victories and 2 Majors before his 30th . 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. Amateur in the same year. 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. Morikawa won two holes later. 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. For the next two decades after his 1957 debut, Panasik never finished beyond the 42nd round in a major event. He took low amateur honors at the 1952 Masters and played on the Walker Cup teams in 1938, 49 and 57. Guan was the only amateur to advance to the weekend in 2013 Masters and received the silver cup. 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 . One wrong step derailed his pro career, though. His announcement was via Instagram caption on September 12, 2018. A major spike in Blacks playing the game is attributed to the Tiger Woods effect in the late 1990s. 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. 2023 Masters Tournament Dates, Schedule, Players in the Field, 24 Famous Golfers Who Were Photographed in the Nude, Golfer Pete Brown: First Black PGA Tour Winner, How to Play a Red, White and Blue Golf Tournament, 9th Hole at Augusta National: Carolina Cherry. Tournament:1931 Michigan Open 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. But youve got to tell him its not right. Zalatoris tied Dustin Johnson over 72 holes and led the field in Strokes Gained: Approach-the-Green. Aye, there were harsh words, MacIntyretold The Scotsman. Data Golf has him ranked as the 30th-best player in the world, ranked No. 1-ranked amateur in the world,according to Data Golf. 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?) For example, he got a one-shot penalty for slow play that could have ended his career prematurely. Jordan Spieth after winning the John Deere Classic at TPC Deere Run. But he didn't. Whats especially exciting is that Wolffs valleys are showing signs of rising. Sure, there are always exceptions, but they come along once every few years. 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. In his last seven starts, hes posted six top-6 finishes, including a victory. December 28, 2022 8:00 am ET. Hell start 2021 ranked 19th in the FedExCup and back on the upswing. Status: Amateur. 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. And he won his first PGA TOUR title in 2020. Still, it feels like a sure thing that Im will get back on the right track nobody is more devoted to staying dialed in. Tadd Fujikawa is an American pro golfer who qualified for the weekend during the 2006 US Open at Winged Foot. 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. 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. Furthermore, he also became the youngest player to make the cut on the PGA Tour in a non-major event. Tiger Woods Wonderful Gesture Made This Little Fans Day During Halloween. Greatest strength: Hes good at everything! But if the PGA Championship showed us anything its that Schefflers here to stay. 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. It read simply, SoIm gay. Moreover, the post came two days after World Suicide Prevention Day, ripping apart the stigma and shame associated with being gay and Asian. He has three top-4 finishes in his last eight starts. All Rights Reserved. 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 | His ball-striking has become the stuff of legend and social media fodder, and for good reason. The 2018 U.S. But tour player Ralph Guldahl was there, and so was Al Watrous. 38 player in the world, despite the fact that hes never made a PGA Tour cut. 63. 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. And a final tip of the cap goes to last weeks 36-hole leader Haotong Li, who turned 25 the Monday of PGA week. 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. Age:19 years, 4 days Tournament: 2019 3M Open Wait a minute a Korn Ferry Tour player made this list? In 2019, he played 35 tournaments and was the best rookie on the PGA Tour. Exemption Categories. He also is the first golfer since at least 1983 to begin a tournament with a quadruple bogey to go on to win. After what he described as the best ball-striking week of his life, Wolff must be feeling pretty good about his prospects. Hes exactly right: Morikawa is head and shoulders above the rest. Since qualifying for the PGA Tour tournaments is no easy task, it's quite the achievement - particularly for a teenager. He became the No. To determine whos in and whos out, I dived into results, stats, rankings and deep within myself. Rahm or Rory at Bay Hill. 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). 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. Adam Woodard. (Photo: Bruce Kluckhohn-USA TODAY Sports). 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. Spieth was 19 years, 11 months and 18 days old when he won the Deere in 2013. 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. (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. Tadd Fujikawa is the first male professional golfer to come out as gay. About: In just his fourth start after turning pro, Wolff scored a thrilling victory at TPC Twin Cities thanks to a 26-foot eagle putt on the tournaments final hole. Age: 24 2020 FedExCup finish: 5th PGA TOUR wins: 0. To be exact, Guan was 14 years, 5 months, and 18 days when he achieved this feat in 2013 as an amateur. He finished 12th in Strokes Gained: Approach-the-Green last season. Oh, and speaking of DataGolfs rankings: theyve got Scheffler all the way up at No. (Photo: Jeffrey Becker-USA TODAY Sports), Ralph Guldahl won the 1937 and 1938 U.S. True Story: Ben Hogan Suggested Eliminating Puttin 2015 Women's World Golf Rankings: No. Want the sharpest DFS advice, picks and data-driven golf analysis? Chick Evans, golfer, shown in 1920. Evans led that 1916 U.S. Open at Minikahda wire-to-wire and did it while using seven hickory-shafted clubs. PGA Championships: 2009 Wyndham Championship But on the ultra-competitive PGA Tour, every single player needs to . Iron play is the strength of his game. Age: 24 2020 FedExCup finish: 150th PGA TOUR wins: 1. And he won the Michigan Open two more times later on, but those later two victories are not counted as official tour wins. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Dont sleep on Scottie! There was a 36 hole Qualifier held for the Bermuda Open.Kenny Leseur shot 73 in 2nd round in 30 mph winds, it was best round by 2 and he will play in Bermuda Open..Kenny Leseur is 15 and will become 2nd youngest ever to play in PGA Tour event. Interestingly, even Tiger Woods had made his debut at the age of 19 as an amateur and caught the attention of the entire world. Finish: T16 Iron play has often been the differentiator for the games best players and Morikawa is proving to be no exception. His pedigree is undeniable, and when in doubt in golf, you should always bet on pedigrees. Spieth was just shy of his 20th birthday when he won the 2013 John Deere Classic in a three-way playoff. Masters: Wanna play Augusta National? The only reason hes slipped all the way to No. Age: 23 2020 FedExCup finish: 6th PGA TOUR wins: 3. Notably, Guan was born after Woods had already gotten his first Masters. Status: Professional. PGA TOUR Stats, bio, video, photos, results, and career highlights If you predicted two years ago that Collin Morikawa, Matthew Wolff and Viktor Hovland would currently have six combined PGA Tour wins . He used his earnings from the final two events of 2020 to raise money for a life-saving treatment needed by his infant cousin. Sam Greenwood/Getty Primary Tour: PGA Tour Nationality: Northern Irish Majors won in last year: 0 Total wins in last year: 5 Why he's ranked: McIlroy won four majors in 3.5 years but hasn't lifted the trophy in one since 2014. First, he showed that he feels comfortable being himself on a big stage during a second-round spat with Kyle Stanley after the American didnt yell Fore on a wayward tee shot that ended up striking his caddies mother. Copyright 2023 PGA TOUR, Inc. All rights reserved. He was the 36-hole leader at the Safeway Open and led after the Vivint Houston Opens third round. 1:52. Gene Sarazen hits the first ball to open the 1985 Masters Golf Championship at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga., on April 11, 1985. Born: January 8, 1991 And the big star was reigning British Open champion Tommy Armour. And this year his success contributed to a good cause. Its time to rank the 10 best mens golfers under the age of 25. 2. It seems like he was at Texas A&M yesterday, but alas hes 25 as of June 15. They, Football is one of the most popular sports in America with millions of people flocking to see both professional and. Joohyung Kim lifts his trophy after winning the Wyndham Championship golf tournament. In other words, the peaks have always been there, back to his college days. Armour, in fact, rolled in a 45-foot eagle putt on the 72nd hole to tie 18-year-old Kocsis. Tournament: 1910 Western Open 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 famously skipped graduation because he made the cut at the 2019 U.S. Open. The Williamstown, Mass. 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. Age: 16 years, 9 months, 7 days After winning The Honda Classic and finishing third at the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard, the PGA TOURs Steady Eddie was the FedExCup leader when the season stopped because of coronavirus. Born: April 29, 1993, Louisville, Kentucky 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. Guan faced and overcame numerous obstacles and pressures during his Masters debut. First, a shoutout to Rikuya Hoshino, the world No. Winning on PGA Tour Canada and capturing a pair of top-five finishes, the 23-year-old was granted a spot in the final stage of Korn Ferry Tour Q-School where he went onto earn eight guaranteed starts. 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. The Chilean continues to fulfill the promise he showed as the Worlds No. Long considered to be the youngest winner in PGA Tour history, that record was supplanted when a PGA Tour researcher recently discovered the 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. Apologies, too, go out to 26-year-olds Bryson DeChambeau and Xander Schauffele. 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. Age:18 years, 6 months, 9 days The 2019-'20 season was one big graduation party for some of the youngest talent on the PGA Tour. 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. 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. Its been that way for years. Four active players on the PGA Tour have at least 20 victories . A final pre-amble: This no space for participation trophies, but its worth acknowledging the first couple golfers outside this vaunted list. 8. Theres two of him. Here are 10 young guns in their 20s completely capable of getting the job done at this week's PGA Championship. The Open Championship was MacIntyres announcement to the world that hes here to compete. He broke his right ankle while playing pickup basketball with kids in his neighborhood. 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. Don Dunkelberger is the youngest player ever on the PGA Tour. However, as 2021 creeps up on us, we should look beyond the obvious young studs at some lesser-known names that could make noise next year and beyond. Dylan Dethier is a senior writer for GOLF Magazine/GOLF.com. If you're wondering where he is now, he's at . After all, did you see the number 19 above this paragraph? Amey Kulkarni is a Golf writer at EssentiallySports. Former Georgia Bulldog Keith Mitchell recently mentioned Thompson on the "No Laying Up" podcast as somebody who is a professional golfer currently playing amateur golf. It's time to rank the 10 best men's golfers under the age of 25. He left as a PGA Tour winner, in the FedEx Cup playoffs and as the second-youngest winner on Tour since World War II. Room to improve: His iron play has gone cold in recent weeks. . (University of Michigan). Harry Cooper. 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. SportsLine's proprietary model, built by DFS pro Mike McClure, has been red-hot since the PGA Tour resumed in June of 2020. Ty Tyron is an American professional golfer whose career started at 16. Stay with us to learn about eight of the youngest PGA players in the history of golf. That top-10 earned him a start in the Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship, where he finished inside the top-10 once again. Greatest strength: Irons (8th on Tour in strokes gained approach), Room to improve: Putting (160th on Tour this season). The PGA Tour board on Tuesday night ratified a radical new approach for the 2024 schedule, Golfweek has confirmed. PGA Championships: 1937 Chicago Open Born: 19 April 1993, Negrar, Italy This is the first time in the history of the world golf rankings that the top five players are all under 30. . With another $20m purse up for grabs, the field for this week's Arnold Palmer Invitational . While the Honda Classic wasn't short on drama last week at PGA National, the longtime event was lacking headline talent, with only three top-20 players in the field.That won't be the case this . He would rank 30th in this seasons FedExCup standings if he were a full-time member. Hell start 2021 ranked third in the FedExCup. And Matthew Wolff, whos still just 21, was a contender in two of this years majors. Leseur is just 15 years old and is the first player to make his debut at this age since the former World No. Hes currently the top Scot in the world rankings at No. It prompted the PGA Tour to raise its minimum age of entry to 18. All three players matched scores for the first four holes of the playoff. Tiger Woods was impressed by how he had inspired young talent to join the game, and achieve so much so early on. 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 . Let's set the parameters, first. The WGCs were successful but never wildly so. Age: 24 2020 FedExCup finish: 111 PGA TOUR wins: 0. Help us know in the comments below. 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. Tournament:1923 Galveston Open We havent even used the bold font yet. His most recent victory came at the Wells Championship in May of 2021. For all but a brief, months-long period, Kocsis remained an amateur his entire life. Hard luck followed Cooper even after his death. 1 amateur Cole Hammer teed it up in the 2015 US Open. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Status: Professional. Remember him? Before joining 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. Status: Professional. Black women who've played Tour golf - past and present. DIVE DEEPER. . The next year he knocked off Armour in the Michigan Open. 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. Lets get to who did make the cut! Burns returned for the start of the new season but admits that may have been premature. I felt like I had a really solid rookie season, the understated Scheffler said. In the last 12 years, 10 players in their 20s have captured the Major Championship. Tiger Woods, for instance, made his debut at just 19 years old. Tadd finished T20 at the tournament. The first 4 players, including ties, in the 2022 PGA Championship; Individual winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation for the season-ending Tour Championship, from the 2022 . But hey, rules are rules, and this isnt a Top-11 list. Morikawa got the best of Thomas at the Workday Charity Open, however, overcoming a three-shot deficit with three holes remaining. 11 on Tour) and an unflappable demeanor, Room to improve: A middling irons game (No. Dunkelberger was only 11 years old when he played in the 1937 Chicago Open. Since 2014, members or graduates of the Team Canada Young Pro Squad have produced 50 professional tournament wins worldwide. 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They were formidable at the 2018 World Amateur Championship, where they brought home Denmarks first-ever victory. Tournament: 2022 Wyndham Championship A couple of McNealys best career results a T8 at the Rocket Mortgage Classic and a 7th-place finish at the Barracuda Championship underscore what the golf world has expected for years now: McNealy is here to stay. Other prominent names in the top 5 list are Bob Panasik, Justin Thomas, and Matteo Manassero. I'm intrigued to see what happens when he does. Highest Winning Scores Ever in The Masters Tournament, Eric Brown: Scottish Golfer Was Ryder Cup Hero, Champions Tour Senior Gold Rush Golf Tournament. 1 on the list. However,, The Super Bowl is one of the most watched sporting events in America each year. 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. Today, Tadd Fujikawa plays at the Brunswick Country Club. Zalatoris finished T6 at Winged Foot and the world was introduced to his accurate iron play. The Hall of Fame Museum Building was designed by the specialist museum architecture firm E. Verner Johnson . Week two in Florida and the PGA Tour has arrived in Orlando to stage the fourth 'Elite' event of 2023. Okay, were officially in the PGA Tour winner section of this list. He did it at the 2013 Zurich Classic of New Orleans a month after the 2013 Masters. Thats under 25, not 25-and-under, which eliminates a few key names. 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. 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. Brandon Wu. Amateur at Merion. World No. Despite being the first player at Augusta National to get hit . That would be Nicolai Hjgaard, Rasmus brother, who was actually heralded as the better player for a while. Those of us who knew, knew that he was the one, he said. He has won five events on the Japan Golf Tour, finished T-10 in the 2013 U.S . Born: July 27, 1993, Dallas, Texas He was the Korn Ferry Tours Player of the Year in 2018. Every young golferg goal is to get on the tour, but at 15 its really astonishing.. Tiger Woods is no longer the youngest PGA player on record. We'll just tell you about the golfers who've gone au naturel on camera. Hence, this made sure that the 14-year-old Chinese amateur golfer went into the weekend. 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. 1, Top 50 at Estelle Lawson Page: Amateur Golfer, Champion. Age: 16 years, 9 months, 24 days. Tournament: 1923 . Only Jon Rahm had a better scoring average as a freshman at Arizona State than Yu back when he was a freshman in 2017. They continually sent us scouring the record books to put their accomplishments in context. (Photo: Nell Redmond/USA TODAY Sports). (AP Photo). 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. Age: 15 years, 8 months, 20 days Moreover, this also ensured that the defending Masters champion, Bubba Watson, entered the weekend too. 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. In 1916, he would become the first amateur to win the U.S. Open and U.S. His last triumph was in the 2013 BMW PGA Championship, where he defeated Simon Khan on the fourth playoff hole. He didnt take it well at all.. Two weeks ago 29-year-old Willie Mack III out of Flint, Mi., and Bethune Cookman University, shot a sizzling Theyve permanently altered our perception of whats possible for the crop of prospects coming out of college each year. In 2005, Robert Panasik was inducted into theCanadian Golf Hall of Fame. 9. by Max Kassan. 131, who is a multi-time winner on the Japan Tour. 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. Hovland won twice in 2020, displaying an ability to thrive in stressful situations at tropical locales where people traditionally go to relax. Status: Professional. 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. Nevertheless, he retained his record until 2013 when Chinas Guan Tianlang became the youngest PGA player at the Masters. An amateur for his entire golf career, Evans won the Western Open at Beverly Country Club in Chicago as a 20-year-old. Some 18 months after they turned pro, all three are in the top 15 in the Official World Golf Ranking. His other accomplishments include nine U.S. Top 100 Courses in the U.S.: GOLFs all-new 2022-23 ranking is here! First, this Italian pro golfer became the youngest player to win the European Tour. Unlike other amateur golfers that turn professional after attending college, Ty Tyron became a pro while still an 11th grader at Dr. Phillips High School in Orlando. 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. And Scottie Scheffler was so impressive he captured rookie of the year honors without a victory. 164 (and Data . 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. But where does he sit in the list of youngest PGA Tour players? 11:34 am ET. 3 on the PGA Tour University Rankings. The PGA Tour has been around for more than a century. Francis Ouimet. Click that icon and type in your search term. He recently finished T12 at the Mayakoba Golf Classic and is ranked No. He graduated from the Korn Ferry Tour in 2018, then finished third in his second TOUR event as a member, the Sanderson Farms Championship. Rising golf stars under 25: Viktor Hovland leads young players poised to continue climbing PGA Tour ranks . 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. The former Stanford stud finished the year with four top 10s in his last seven events, including a win on the Korn Ferry Tour. 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. Born: July 27, 1993, Dallas, Texas. PGA Tour vice president Andy Pazder opened the organization's first administrative . 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