David Puig

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David Puig
Personal information
Full nameDavid Puig Currius
Born (2001-12-07) 7 December 2001 (age 22)
La Garriga, Spain
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
Career
College Arizona State University
Turned professional2022
Current tour(s) Asian Tour
LIV Golf
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
Asian Tour2
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open T39: 2023
The Open Championship DNP
Achievements and awards
Catalan Player of the Year2021

David Puig Currius (born 7 December 2001) is a Spanish professional golfer. He cut short his college career to join LIV Golf in 2022.

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Amateur career

Puig had a successful junior career and played for Spain in the Junior Golf World Cup in Japan, where he won silver in 2018 and bronze in 2019. He represented Europe in the 2018 Junior Ryder Cup. Puig finished third at the 2021 European Amateur, behind Christoffer Bring and Ludvig Åberg. [1]

In 2019, Puig enrolled at Arizona State University and started playing college golf with the Arizona State Sun Devils men's golf team. [2] Playing in just his fifth collegiate stroke play tournament, he won the 2021 Southwestern Invitational by a record nine-strokes, and then defended his title in 2022. [3] [4]

Puig also played in the Arnold Palmer Cup in 2020 and 2021, finishing both events with an individual result of 3–1. [2] He was awarded Catalan Player of the Year in 2021 by the Catalan Association of Golf Journalists.[ citation needed ]

In 2022, Puig's Sun Devils team advanced to the final match at the NCAA Championship. He was invited to the inaugural tournament of the LIV Golf Invitational Series at Centurion Club, along with fellow amateur Ratchanon Chantananuwat. [5]

Professional career

Puig turned professional in September 2022. He joined LIV Golf, making his first appearance as a professional in the LIV Golf Invitational Chicago, having previously played in two events as an amateur. [6] He also joined the Asian Tour. In his first event on the tour, the inaugural International Series Morocco at Royal Golf Dar Es Salam, he held the third round lead before ultimately finishing solo third two strokes behind Jazz Janewattananond. [7]

Puig became a member of the Torque GC team for the 2023 LIV Golf League, alongside Joaquín Niemann, Sebastián Muñoz, and Mito Pereira. He was the youngest player on the 2023 LIV Golf roster. Torque won the team events in Orlando, [8] Washington, [9] Andalusia [10] and Greenbrier. [11] In October 2023, he recorded his first win as a professional, at the International Series Singapore tournament on the Asian Tour, where he led wire-to-wire and won by five strokes. [12]

Amateur wins

Source: [13]

Professional wins (2)

Asian Tour wins (2)

Legend
International Series (1)
Other Asian Tour (1)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
18 Oct 2023 International Series Singapore −19 (64-66-66-73=269)5 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg Eom Jae-woong
218 Feb 2024 IRS Prima Malaysian Open −23 (66-71-62-62=261)2 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg Wang Jeung-hun

Asian Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2024 International Series Macau Flag of the United States.svg John Catlin Lost to birdie on second extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament2023
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open T39
The Open Championship
  Did not play

"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

Source: [13]

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