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Amateur golfer wins PGA trophy for the first time in 33 years

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Nick Dunlap (USA), a 20-year-old college golfer, is roaring after making a 1.7m par putt that confirmed his victory in the 18th hole of the final 4th round of the PGA Tour American Express on the 22nd.  Dunlap became the first amateur player to reach the top of the PGA Tour in 33 years.  La Quinta = AP Newsis

Dunlap, a college student who rewrote golf history, swept the U.S. amateur competitions, including winning the US Junior-US Amateur. He reached the top of the PGA and surpassed Woods' record.


Nick Dunlap (USA), a 20-year-old college golfer, is roaring after making a 1.7m par putt that confirmed his victory in the 18th hole of the final 4th round of the PGA Tour American Express on the 22nd. Dunlap became the first amateur player to reach the top of the PGA Tour in 33 years. 


At the age of 12, I hit a ‘dream score of 59’ in a local golf tournament. When he was in middle school, he once won money by playing golf with a professional player on the PGA Tour. At the age of 15, I carried the caddy bag of a player competing in the Korn Ferry (Part 2) Tour in the heat reaching 40 degrees Celsius.


Nick Dunlap, who was exceptional from a young age, became the first amateur player to reach the top of the PGA Tour in 33 years. Dunlap, a sophomore at the University of Alabama, hit 2 under par 70 in the 4th round of the American Express held at the Pitt Dye Stadium Course (par 72) in La Quinta, California, on the 22nd. Dunlap, who recorded a final total of 29 under par 259 strokes, won by one stroke over Christian Bejawidenhout (South Africa).


Dunlap became the first amateur player to top the PGA Tour in 33 years since Phil Mickelson (USA), winner of the 1991 Tucson Open. Dunlap, who turned 20 years and 29 days old on this day, won the title at the second youngest age in PGA Tour history. The youngest winner in history is Jordan Spieth (USA) at the age of 19 years, 11 months, and 17 days at the 2013 John Deere Classic.


Dunlap, perhaps the strongest, won the 2021 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship and the 2023 U.S. Amateur Championship. Previously, the only player to win both competitions was the ‘Emperor of Golf’ Tiger Woods (USA). In addition, Dunlap rewrote his golf history by winning the Amateur PGA Tour, which even Woods could not do.


Dunlap, who started the final round with a 3-stroke lead, lost the lead to Sam Burns (USA) with a double bogey on the 7th hole (par 4), but rose to a tie for the lead with a birdie on the 16th hole (par 4). Burns, who won five times on the PGA Tour, fell out of the championship race by dropping his tee shot at the 17th hole (par 3) into the water. Dunlap, who started the 18th hole (par 4) with a one-shot lead, saved par despite a mistake with his tee shot and maintained his victory. “It’s really cool to have this experience as an amateur,” Dunlap said. I played the game with the mindset that the result was already predetermined. “He was determined to give it his all, whether he hit 75 or 65,” he said, shedding tears.


Dunlap was not a professional player, so the prize money of $1.512 million (about 2 billion won) went to Bejawidenhout, who took second place. As the winner, Dunlap earned a card to play on the PGA Tour for two years until 2025. In the world rankings announced after this tournament, Dunlap was ranked 68th, jumping over 4,000 places from 4,129th last week. He has the highest world ranking among amateur players. 카지노사이트

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