Joe Highsmith

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Joe Highsmith
Personal information
Born (2000-04-19) April 19, 2000 (age 24)
Lakewood, Washington, U.S.
Height5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight150 lb (68 kg)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
ResidenceLakewood, Washington, U.S.
Career
College Pepperdine University
Turned professional2022
Current tour(s) PGA Tour
Former tour(s) Korn Ferry Tour
PGA Tour Canada
Professional wins1
Highest ranking 59 (March 2, 2025) [1]
(as of April 6, 2025)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament CUT: 2025
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open CUT: 2021
The Open Championship DNP
Achievements and awards
West Coast Conference
Freshman of the Year		2019

Joe Highsmith (born April 19, 2000) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He won the 2025 Cognizant Classic. [2]

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Amateur career

In 2017, Highsmith won the Washington State Amateur Championship and was a member of the victorious Junior Presidents Cup U.S. team. In 2019, he won the Sahalee Players Championship. [3]

Highsmith played college golf at Pepperdine University between 2018 and 2022, where he was West Coast Conference Freshman of the Year and a two-time All-American. He majored in communication studies and graduated with the golf program's fifth-best scoring average (71.45). [4]

Professional career

Highsmith turned professional in 2022 and joined the PGA Tour Canada, where he was runner-up at the 2022 ATB Classic. In 2023, he joined the Korn Ferry Tour, where his best results were tie for 3rd at the Korn Ferry Tour Championship and a runner-up finish at the Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship, which helped him graduate to the PGA Tour. [5]

In his rookie PGA Tour season, he recorded a 5th place at the 2024 World Wide Technology Championship, before securing his first professional win at the 2025 Cognizant Classic with the lowest final 36-hole score in the tournament's history. Highsmith was the first golfer since 2016 to win a tournament after making the cut on the number. [6]

Amateur wins

Source: [3]

Professional wins (1)

PGA Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runners-up
1Mar 2, 2025 Cognizant Classic 65-72-64-64=265−192 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Jacob Bridgeman, Flag of the United States.svg J. J. Spaun

Results in major championships

Tournament20212022202320242025
Masters Tournament CUT
PGA Championship
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament2025
The Players Championship T20

"T" = tied

U.S. national team appearances

Source: [3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Week 9 2025 Ending 2 Mar 2025" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved March 30, 2025.
  2. ↑ Heverin, Dane (March 3, 2025). "Unlikely star pulls off bonkers $2.6m PGA comeback as rival drowns hopes in horror meltdown". Fox Sports. Retrieved March 9, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 "Joe Highsmith". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved March 9, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Roster: Joe Highsmith". Pepperdine University. Retrieved March 9, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Joe Highsmith". Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved March 9, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Highsmith's epic comeback secures thrilling win". BBC Sport. March 3, 2025. Retrieved March 9, 2025.
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