Player Profiles

Maxwell Moldovan breaks out on professional circuit for first win

The decorated amateur secured his first victory as a professional after winning the Brazil Open with style!

Masters Marker Michael McDermott is the most dominant GAP player of this century

The five-time GAP Player of the Year is now the marker for the Masters and played a Saturday round with Tom Kim

Meet the five amateurs playing in the 2025 Masters Tournament

Who will follow in the footsteps of Sam Bennett and Neal Shipley and earn low amateur honors at Augusta?

Hiroshi Tai to become the first Singaporean to play in the Masters Tournament

Tai will also follow in the footsteps of his former teammate and roommate Christo Lamprecht to tee it up at Augusta National

U.S. Am runner up Noah Kent looks to replicate success of Neal Shipley at Augusta

Shipley was the 2023 U.S. Am runner up and became the 2024 Masters Tournament low amateur. Can Kent do the same?

2024 U.S. Amateur champion Jose Ballester hopes to join Spain’s Masters legacy

Mentored by Sergio. Raised by Olympians. Now José Luis Ballester is ready for Augusta

A look back at Neal Shipley's memorable week at the 88th Masters

With the Masters Tournament coming up, we took a look back at the week Neal Shipley had as low amateur in 2024

From the Cayman Islands to Magnolia Lane: Justin Hastings’ Road to Augusta

From skipping class to watch The Masters on TV to competing in the event. Hastings has come a long way

With a Masters invite in hand and Kinloch glory behind him, Evan Beck eyes success

From U.S. Junior runner-up to Mid-Am champion, Beck hopes to add to his resume at Augusta National

Carla Bernat Escuder Player Profile: A Champion's Rise from Castellón to Augusta

The Spanish golfer, who is coached by Sergio Garcia's father, recorded the biggest win of her young career at the ANWA

Tiger Woods at Stanford: Setting a standard that still holds today

Before he became a legend, Tiger Woods rewrote college golf history at Stanford with 11 wins in just two seasons

Before they turned pro: Min Woo Lee

The 2016 U.S. Junior Amateur champion and olympian from Australia is now a PGA Tour winner

Before they turned pro: Logan McAllister

The former Oklahoma standout earned his first Korn Ferry Tour win at the Astara Chile Classic

Before they turned pro: Recent Stanford grad Karl Vilips

Vilips won after four starts on the Korn Ferry Tour and four starts on the PGA Tour

As Luke Clanton earns his PGA Tour card, here is how he rose the amateur golf ranks

Clanton made his mark on pro golf last summer, making the cut in six of seven PGA Tour events and recording two top-five finishes

Before they turned pro: Aldrich Potgieter

The 2022 British Amateur champion and PGA Tour rookie finished in solo second place at the Mexico Open after losing in a playoff

Before they turned pro: Isaiah Salinda

Salinda won his first Korn Ferry Tour event, and now has recorded his first top five finish on the PGA Tour

Before they turned pro: Ludvig Aberg

After finishing his amateur career as the top amateur in the world, Aberg is now a two-time PGA Tour winner

Kartik Singh competes amongst golf’s elite at International Series India

15-year-old Kartik Singh is the best-ranked Indian in the amateur world and he is playing this week on the Asian Tour

Meet the nine players on the U.S. National Development Roster

Jackson Koivun, Anna Davis, Gianna Clemente, and six others make up the U.S. Elite Amateur roster

Why I quit my $100,000 Career to chase the Golf dream

Michael Leonard, the founder of Wicked Smart Golf, left a comfortable career to follow his passion for Golf

On his 49th birthday, let's revisit Tiger Woods six USGA amateur wins

Woods won three straight U.S. Junior Amateur's and three straight U.S. Amateur's from 1991-1996

How Randy Haag was able to complete one of the top amateur seasons of 2024

The 2024 Super Senior Player of the Year won ten total times this season and was a key player in the Concession Cup

Will 17-Year-Old Blades Brown become the next big thing on the PGA Tour?

Brown recently surprised the golf world by announcing he will be skipping college and turning professional

Before they turned pro: Ryggs Johnston

Johnston was a standout at Arizona State and now just two tournaments into his pro career, he is a winner

Before they turned pro: Maverick McNealy

The former Stanford standout and number one ranked amateur in the world picked up his first professional win at the RSM Classic

Before they turned pro: Austin Eckroat

Eckroat was a standout at Oklahoma State and is now a two-time winner on the PGA Tour

Tennessee champion golfer Aaron Ingalls ready to take on his greatest challenge

Ingalls had surgery on Oct. 11 to remove a brain tumor, but is confident he will take this head on just like golf

Player profile: Adela Cernousek

The Texas A&M senior who won the 2024 NCAA Women's individual title, is making waves at LPGA Q-Series

Who is Florida standout and top ten amateur in the world Ian Gilligan?

Gilligan, a cancer survivor, has an incredible story as he has risen to the top of the Amateur Golf world

FINALLY! Former top ranked amateur Braden Thornberry earns PGA Tour card

It has been a long journey for Thornberry since he turned pro seven years ago, but he finally has his PGA Tour card

A Quick Nine with Trans-Miss Mid-Am winner Chris Devlin

The Irishman who just shot 20-under talks about his relationship with Graeme McDowell, his collegiate career, and future plans

U.S. Mid-Amateur: Meet the Quarterfinalists

Bobby Massa made a run at the U.S. Amateur, and will look to get the job done at Kinloch Golf Club this week

Player Profile: Seán Keeling - a rising star of Irish golf

The 17-year-old made the cut at the Irish Open at Royal County Down as he soaks in his first pro event

U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur: Meet the Quarterfinalists

The top seeded Jacqueline Setas is still in the field, along with two time champion Julia Potter-Bobb

Louis Brown’s U.S. Senior Amateur win aided by eyes of The “Hawk”

Brown won the final match 4 and 3 over Dan Sullivan and his caddie, Demetrio Hawk Nucara, played a vital role

Dave Bunker looking to become first international to win U.S. Senior Amateur

The Canadian Bunker took down No. 1 seed John Kemp from England in the round of 16 to become one of the quarterfinalists

John Kemp, Stephen Creed proudly carrying England’s banner at U.S. Senior Amateur

Kemp and Creed both made the cut this week, while Kemp enters match play as co-medalist with Roger Newsom

U.S. Senior Am: 2023 champion White using his success to teach beyond the classroom

Todd White, a high school teacher in South Carolina, defeated Jody Fanagan in the 2023 final match 4&3

U.S. Amateur: Meet the finalists

It will be Iowa and Arizona State in the final, as Noah Kent and Jose Luis Ballester have punched their tickets to the final match

U.S. Amateur: Meet the Final Four

Luis Masaveu, Jose Luis Ballester, Noah Kent and Jackson Buchanan are the four golfers left in Minnesota

U.S. Amateur: Meet the Quarterfinalists

36-year-old Bobby Massa is the lone mid-amateur left while Luis Masaveu is lone single digit seed left in the field