Ollie Schniederjans

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Ollie Schniederjans
Ollie Schniederjans on the AJGA.png
Schniederjans in 2018
Personal information
Full nameOliver Frank Schniederjans
Born (1993-06-15) June 15, 1993 (age 31)
Dallas, Texas
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight168 lb (76 kg; 12.0 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Residence Powder Springs, Georgia
Career
College Georgia Tech
Turned professional2015
Current tour(s) Korn Ferry Tour
Former tour(s) PGA Tour
Professional wins1
Highest ranking 77 (February 4, 2018) [1]
(as of August 11, 2024)
Number of wins by tour
Korn Ferry Tour1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship T59: 2018
U.S. Open T42: 2015
The Open Championship T12: 2015
Achievements and awards
Mark H. McCormack Medal 2014

Oliver Frank Schniederjans (born June 15, 1993) is an American professional golfer. He was a three-time NCAA All-American at Georgia Tech. He is a former number one ranked amateur golfer in the world.

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Amateur career

Schniederjans was born in Dallas, Texas, to Oliver and Linda Schniederjans. He lived briefly in North Andover, Massachusetts, and grew up in Powder Springs, Georgia. [2] He graduated in 2010 from Harrison High School in Kennesaw, Georgia, and played college golf at Georgia Tech.

As a junior, Schniederjans won five of six events leading up to the NCAA Division I Championship, where he finished runner-up after a three-hole playoff. [3] He won the 2014 Mark H. McCormack Medal after reaching number one in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, a position he held for 41 consecutive weeks. [4] A two-time Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Player of the Year, Schniederjans was named first-team All-American following his junior and senior seasons and played for the U.S. Palmer Cup team in 2014 and 2015. [5]

He played his first PGA Tour event at the 2015 Valspar Championship, missing the cut. As the McCormack winner, he earned exemptions into the 2015 U.S. Open and the 2015 Open Championship, [4] after which he turned professional. [6] He made his professional debut at the 2015 RBC Canadian Open. [7]

Amateur wins

Source: [8]

Professional wins (1)

Web.com Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
1Jun 26, 2016 Air Capital Classic −17 (68-67-61-67=263)Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Collin Morikawa (a), Flag of the United States.svg J. J. Spaun

Web.com Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2016 Servientrega Championship Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brad Fritsch Lost to par on first extra hole
22016 Air Capital Classic Flag of the United States.svg Collin Morikawa (a), Flag of the United States.svg J. J. Spaun Won with birdie on second extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament2015201620172018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open T42CUT
The Open Championship T12
PGA Championship T59
Tournament2019
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament20182019
The Players Championship T75T16

"T" indicates a tie for a place

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

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References

  1. ↑ "Week 5 2018 Ending 4 Feb 2018" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved October 29, 2019.
  2. ↑ Lanier, David (April 9, 2015). "Golfer with Keene ties climbs to top of world amateur rankings". The Keene Sentinel . Retrieved June 20, 2015.
  3. ↑ Lavner, Ryan (June 1, 2015). "Schniederjans: Trials and tribulations of No. 1 amateur". Golf Channel . Retrieved June 20, 2015.
  4. 1 2 Stein, Cassie (August 28, 2014). "Schniederjans, M. Lee win McCormack medals". Golfweek . Retrieved June 20, 2015.
  5. ↑ Harness, Matt (June 5, 2015). "Future golf stars follow Arnold Palmer's lead at Palmer Cup". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved June 20, 2015.
  6. ↑ Sugiura, Ken (June 3, 2015). "Schniederjans named All-American". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution . Retrieved June 20, 2015.
  7. ↑ Lavner, Ryan (July 20, 2015). "Schniederjans ends amateur career with 67 at St. Andrews".
  8. ↑ "Oliver Schniederjans". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved June 24, 2015.
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