Turk Pettit

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Turk Pettit
Personal information
Born (1998-11-16) November 16, 1998 (age 26)
Height6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight185 lb (84 kg)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Residence Sugar Grove, North Carolina, U.S.
Career
College Clemson University
Turned professional2021
Current tour(s) Asian Tour
Former tour(s) Korn Ferry Tour
Forme Tour
LIV Golf
Professional wins2

Turk Pettit (born November 16, 1998) is an American professional golfer who plays on the Asian Tour. He won the 2021 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship. Pettit picked up his first professional win at the 2021 Birck Boilermaker Classic on the Forme Tour.

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Early life and amateur career

Pettit played collegiate golf at Clemson University. [1] Pettit won the 2021 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship at the Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona. [2] In 2021, Pettit was also named a first-team All-American by the Collegiate Golf Coaches Association. [3]

Professional career

On his third start on the Forme Tour, Pettit won the 2021 Birck Boilermaker Classic. [4] In 2022, Petit joined LIV Golf, [5] and later resigned his membership of the Korn Ferry Tour. Following the start of the first LIV Golf Invitational Series event, the PGA Tour announced that all current and former members who participated in LIV events would be indefinitely suspended from all tours operated by the tour. [6] Pettit's suspension expired on October 17, 2023, and he entered the 2024 PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament. He advanced past the first round with a score of 9-under par. If he regains his PGA Tour card, he would be the first former LIV Golf player to regain playing privileges on the PGA Tour. [7]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (2)

Forme Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1Jul 31, 2021 Birck Boilermaker Classic−15 (66-71-69-67=273)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Joseph Harrison

Other wins (1)

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References

  1. ↑ Bourret, Tim (October 5, 2020). "Turk Pettit – Men's Golf Spotlight". Clemson Tigers Athletics.
  2. ↑ Woodward, Adam (May 31, 2021). "Clemson senior Turk Pettit wins men's individual national title at 2021 NCAA Championship". Golfweek.
  3. ↑ Lentz, Zach (June 4, 2021). "Pettit Named First-Team All-American". Sports Illustrated.
  4. ↑ "Pettit Wins First Professional Tournament". Clemson Tigers Athletics. July 31, 2021.
  5. ↑ Rapaport, Dan (June 1, 2022). "From DJ's landmark leap on down, analyzing the 42 players in the inaugural LIV Golf field". Golf Digest.
  6. ↑ Schwarb, John (June 9, 2022). "PGA Tour Suspends Current and Former Players Now Competing in LIV Golf". Sports Illustrated.
  7. ↑ Beall, Joel (November 3, 2023). "Why this LIV golfer could be the first player to return to the PGA Tour". Golf Digest. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
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