| David Ford | |||||
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| Personal information | |||||
| Born | September 14, 2002 Peachtree Corners, Georgia | ||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||
| Sporting nationality |  United States | ||||
| Residence | Chapel Hill, North Carolina | ||||
| Career | |||||
| College | University of North Carolina | ||||
| Status | Amateur | ||||
| Achievements and awards | |||||
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David Ford (born September 14, 2002) is an American amateur golfer. [1] In 2023, he won the Walker Cup, Arnold Palmer Cup and Eisenhower Trophy with the U.S. teams. [2]
Ford had success as a junior golfer and in 2020 won the Junior Players Championship and the Rolex Tournament of Champions, where he shot a 10-under 62. In 2021, he won the AJGA Wyndham Cup with a perfect 4–0–0 record, and tied for second in stroke play at the Western Amateur. He earned medalist honors at the U.S. Amateur Four-Ball with Kelly Chinn, scoring a 16-under 127. [3]
Ford enrolled at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2021 as the No. 1 player in the Rolex AJGA and Golfweek junior rankings. Playing with the North Carolina Tar Heels men's golf team, he was named 2022 ACC Freshman of the Year, and 2023 ACC Player of the Year. [3]
He won the 2022 Southern Amateur and 2023 Jones Cup Invitational, where he birdied the final hole to win by one stroke over Caleb Surratt. He made his first PGA Tour start at the 2023 Barbasol Championship, where he made the cut. [4]
Ford shot an eight-under par 64 to lead the U.S. team with Nick Dunlap and Gordon Sargent to victory in the 2023 Eisenhower Trophy, the World Amateur Team Championship, in Abu Dhabi. [5]
Ford is a triplet and his siblings are Maxwell and Abigail. Maxwell is also an accomplished golfer. Only David plays left-handed, and Maxwell is three inches taller. [1] Their father Patrick played golf at Georgia State. [3]
Source: [2]
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