Amateur golfer Nick Dunlap wins PGA Tour event but is not eligible for £1.2million prize money | H1Q1O94 | 2024-01-23 16:08:01
Amateur golfer Nick Dunlap wins PGA Tour event but is not eligible for £1.2million prize money | H1Q1O94 | 2024-01-23 16:08:01
Nick Dunlap turned the first novice to win a PGA Tour event since Phil Mickelson in 1991, although the distinguished school participant will miss out on the £1.2million winner's cheque.
Dunlap held his nerve on the ultimate gap at The American Categorical, with the 20-year-old making an important par putt to safe a one-shot victory over Christian Bezuidenhout.
The College of Alabama sophomore was within the subject as a sponsor's invite however now has a two-year exemption on the tour as well as entry to The Masters, US PGA Championship and Players Championship.
Nevertheless, the American won't be eligible for the £1.2m prize money on account of his newbie status, with runner-up Bezuidenhout getting the first-placed prize as an alternative.
'I in all probability had a thousand totally different situations in my head of how at this time was going to go, and it went nothing like I expected. I feel that was the cool part about it. That's golf,' Dunlap mirrored after his win.
'Nothing like I've ever felt. It was so cool to be out right here and experience this as an newbie.
'Whether or not I had made that or missed that final putt, in the event you would have informed me Wednesday night time I might have a putt to win this golf event, I wouldn't consider you.'
The American had already attracted a sizeable following prior to his breakthrough win because of his stellar novice school career.
Final summer time Dunlap turned the one participant aside from Tiger Woods to win both the US Junior Novice and US Novice, whereas additionally being a part of a profitable US Walker Cup group at St Andrews.
Hypothesis will now mount as as to if the 20-year-old will flip professional, however Dunlap remained tight-lipped on that risk within the aftermath of his victory.
'I do not know, I actually don't,' Dunlap stated. 'It's actually cool to have that chance within the first place.
'Beginning the week, should you would have stated, "Hey, in five days you're going to have a PGA Tour card, or a chance for two years," I might have looked at you sideways.
'But that's one thing that it doesn't just affect me. It impacts lots of people — coach back there, and my teammates — and it's a conversation I have to have with a lot of people before I make that decision.'
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