Dylan Frittelli

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Dylan Frittelli
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Personal information
Full nameDylan Ashley Frittelli
Born (1990-06-05) 5 June 1990 (age 34)
Johannesburg, South Africa
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight81 kg (179 lb; 12.8 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Career
College University of Texas
Turned professional2012
Current tour(s) PGA Tour
European Tour
Sunshine Tour
Former tour(s) Challenge Tour
Professional wins7
Highest ranking 44 (25 February 2018) [1]
(as of 24 November 2024)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour1
European Tour3
Asian Tour1
Sunshine Tour1
Challenge Tour2
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament T5: 2020
PGA Championship T31: 2018
U.S. Open T46: 2021
The Open Championship 5th: 2021
Achievements and awards
Sunshine Tour
Rookie of the Year
2013
European Tour
Graduate of the Year
2017

Dylan Ashley Frittelli (born 5 June 1990) is a South African professional golfer. He currently plays on the PGA Tour where he won the John Deere Classic in 2019. He previously played on the European Tour where he won twice in 2017, the Lyoness Open and the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open.

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Frittelli at the 2017 Shenzhen International DylanFrittelliShenzhen22apr2017.jpg
Frittelli at the 2017 Shenzhen International

Amateur career

Frittelli won the 2007 Callaway Junior World Golf Championships for boys aged 15 to 17. [2]

Frittelli played college golf at the University of Texas, where he won the decisive match to lead his team to victory at the 2012 NCAA Championship. [3] He represented South Africa in the Eisenhower Trophy in 2008 and 2010.

Professional career

Frittelli turned professional after the 2012 NCAA Championship and played on the European Tour via sponsors exemptions for the rest of the year. He started 2013 with a second-place finish in the Telkom PGA Championship behind Jaco van Zyl. He played most of the year on the Challenge Tour, winning his first tour event at the Kärnten Golf Open in June. [4]

Frittelli's performances in early 2013 lifted him into the world top-300 but he then had two years of poor performances, dropping to 926 in the world rankings. He showed a return to form when losing a playoff for the Australian PGA Championship in late 2015. [5] 2016 was a successful year with second place in the Golden Pilsener Zimbabwe Open, a tie for second in the Tayto Northern Ireland Open and then a second win on the Challenge Tour in the Rolex Trophy. He finished 8th in the Race to Oman rankings to earn a place on the 2017 European Tour.

In 2017 a tie for second place in the Eye of Africa PGA Championship and a playoff defeat in the Volvo China Open lifted Frittelli into the world top-100 for the first time. In June he won his first European Tour event, the Lyoness Open. At the end of the season he was runner-up in the Turkish Airlines Open and tied for 4th in the end-of-season DP World Tour Championship, Dubai, both Rolex Series events. He finished 19th in the Race to Dubai.

Frittelli won the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open in December 2017 beating Arjun Atwal at the first hole of a playoff.

In 2018, Frittelli played some PGA Tour events because of sponsor's exemptions and his world ranking. [6] He earned enough points to qualify for the Web.com Tour Finals. [7] At the Web.com Tour Finals, he secured his PGA Tour card for the 2018–19 season.

Fritelli won the John Deere Classic in July 2019 by shooting 21-under par. [8] It was his maiden PGA Tour victory and qualified him for the 2019 Open Championship in Northern Ireland.

After finishing 172nd on the 2023 FedEx Cup rankings and losing his playing rights on the PGA Tour, Frittelli gained entry to the 2024 European Tour, through a new exemption category (for players in positions 126-200 on the PGA Tour rankings the year before) and won the 2024 Bahrain Championship, his first European Tour victory in six years. [9]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (7)

PGA Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
114 Jul 2019 John Deere Classic −21 (66-68-65-64=263)2 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Russell Henley

European Tour wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
111 Jun 2017 Lyoness Open −12 (70-71-68-67=276)1 stroke Flag of England.svg David Horsey, Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Korhonen,
Flag of South Africa.svg Jbe' Kruger
23 Dec 2017
(2018 season)
AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open 1−16 (67-66-68-67=268)Playoff Flag of India.svg Arjun Atwal
34 Feb 2024 Bahrain Championship −13 (67-68-69-71=275)2 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Zander Lombard, Flag of Sweden.svg Jesper Svensson

1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the Sunshine Tour

European Tour playoff record (1–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2015 Australian PGA Championship Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nathan Holman, Flag of the United States.svg Harold Varner III Holman won with par on first extra hole
2 2017 Volvo China Open Flag of France.svg Alexander Lévy Lost to birdie on first extra hole
3 2017 AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open Flag of India.svg Arjun Atwal Won with birdie on first extra hole

Asian Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
13 Dec 2017 AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open 1−16 (67-66-68-67=268)Playoff Flag of India.svg Arjun Atwal

1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour and the Sunshine Tour

Asian Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2017 AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open Flag of India.svg Arjun Atwal Won with birdie on first extra hole

Sunshine Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
13 Dec 2017 AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open 1−16 (67-66-68-67=268)Playoff Flag of India.svg Arjun Atwal

1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour and the Asian Tour

Sunshine Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2017 Eye of Africa PGA Championship Flag of South Africa.svg Makhetha Mazibuko, Flag of South Africa.svg Erik van Rooyen van Rooyen won with birdie on first extra hole
2 2017 AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open Flag of India.svg Arjun Atwal Won with birdie on first extra hole

Challenge Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runners-up
130 Jun 2013 Kärnten Golf Open −17 (67-64-65-71=267)3 strokes Flag of Italy.svg Filippo Bergamaschi, Flag of the Netherlands.svg Daan Huizing
220 Aug 2016 Rolex Trophy −20 (71-65-66-66=268)2 strokes Flag of Spain.svg Pep Anglès, Flag of New Zealand.svg Ryan Fox

Big Easy Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
110 Apr 2013 Roodepoort CC−12 (65-67=132)3 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Callie Swart

Results in major championships

Dylan Fritelli and Greg Frittelli -Australian PGA Championship 2015 Dylan Fritelli and Greg Frittelli -Australian PGA Championship 2015.jpeg
Dylan Fritelli and Greg Frittelli -Australian PGA Championship 2015

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament20172018
Masters Tournament CUT
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship CUTCUT
PGA Championship T63T31
Tournament2019202020212022
Masters Tournament T5CUT
PGA Championship CUTT33CUT
U.S. Open T46
The Open Championship T32NT5T28
  Top 10
  Did not play

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

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament202120222023
The Players Championship T22T50CUT

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament2018201920202021
Championship T55
Match Play T36NT1R16
Invitational
Champions NT1NT1

1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Top 10
  Did not play

"T" = tied
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
NT = No tournament

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

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