Davis Thompson

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Davis Thompson
Personal information
Born (1999-06-05) June 5, 1999 (age 25)
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight195 lb (88 kg; 13.9 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Residence St. Simons Island, Georgia, U.S.
Career
College University of Georgia
Turned professional2021
Current tour(s) PGA Tour
Former tour(s) Korn Ferry Tour
Professional wins2
Highest ranking 38 (July 7, 2024) [1]
(as of July 14, 2024)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour1
Korn Ferry Tour1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship CUT: 2023
U.S. Open T9: 2024
The Open Championship T66: 2024
Achievements and awards
SEC Player of the Year2021

Davis Thompson (born June 5, 1999) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He won the 2022 Rex Hospital Open and was number one in the World Amateur Golf Ranking in 2020 and 2021. [2] Thompson earned his first PGA Tour win at the John Deere Classic on July 7, 2024, earning an invitation to play in the 2024 Open Championship, and the 2025 Masters Tournament in the process. [3]

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Amateur career

Thompson was born in Atlanta, Georgia, but later moved to Auburn, Alabama and attended the Lee-Scott Academy, which he helped win six consecutive team state titles (2012–2017). He captured the individual state title in 2013 and 2015. [2]

He played collegiately at the University of Georgia for four seasons between 2017 and 2021, where he earned All-America First Team laurels his final two years, and was the 2021 Southeastern Conference Player of the Year. He won four individual titles at Georgia, including the NCAA Regionals in 2019 and 2021. [2]

Thompson won the 2020 Jones Cup Invitational, and was runner-up at the event in 2019 and 2020. He was the stroke play medalist at the 2019 Western Amateur. [4]

He played in the 2020 Arnold Palmer Cup and the 2021 Walker Cup. [5]

Thompson reached number one in the World Amateur Golf Ranking in November 2020 and March 2021, and finished number two in the inaugural PGA Tour University Class of 2021. [2]

Professional career

Thompson turned professional after his graduation in 2021 and joined the Korn Ferry Tour.

He shot a bogey-free 9-under 63 to hold a two-stroke lead after the first round of the Rocket Mortgage Classic before finishing T58 in his seventh career PGA Tour start and third as a professional. [6]

Thompson earned his card for the 2022–23 PGA Tour as he finished the 2022 Korn Ferry Tour season 16th on the points list, recording four top-10s, including a win at the Rex Hospital Open on his 23rd birthday. [2]

In 2023, he was runner-up at The American Express, one stroke behind Jon Rahm, after his putt on the penultimate hole struck the pin nearly dead-center and ricochet a foot and a half past. [7] [8]

Thompson won his first career PGA Tour event at the 2024 John Deere Classic. Thompson's 28-under-par for the tournament was the lowest 72-hole score in the tournament’s history, surpassing Michael Kim's 27-under-par at the 2018 edition. [3]

Amateur wins

Source: [4]

Professional wins (2)

PGA Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
1Jul 7, 2024 John Deere Classic −28 (63-67-62-64=256)4 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Luke Clanton (a), Flag of the Republic of China.svg Pan Cheng-tsung,
Flag of the United States.svg Michael Thorbjornsen

Korn Ferry Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
1Jun 5, 2022 Rex Hospital Open −17 (64-66-68-69=267)1 stroke Flag of Sweden.svg Vincent Norrman, Flag of the United States.svg Andrew Yun

Results in major championships

Tournament20202021202220232024
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship CUT
U.S. Open CUTCUTT9
The Open Championship NTT66
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied for place
NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament20232024
The Players Championship 68CUT

CUT = missed the halfway cut

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament2023
Match Play T31

"T" = Tied

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

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References

  1. ↑ "Week 27 2024 Ending 7 Jul 2024" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved July 8, 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Davis Thompson – Profile". PGA Tour. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Davis Thompson wins John Deere Classic with lowest score in tournament history". Associated Press News. July 7, 2024. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
  4. 1 2 "Davis Thompson". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
  5. ↑ "US Walker Cup team announced". Golf Australia. March 2, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Thompson takes early lead at Rocket Mortgage Classic". Golf Australia. July 21, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
  7. ↑ Coffin, Jay (January 22, 2023). "'What if' game will haunt Davis Thompson after brutal birdie miss off flagstick costs him at the Amex". Golf Digest. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
  8. ↑ Piastowski, Nick (January 22, 2023). "How new rule and questionable decision shocked American Express: 'I am speechless'". Golf Magazine. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
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