US golfer Nick Dunlap won The American Express tournament by one shot to become the first amateur to take home PGA glory in 33 years.
The victory makes Dunlap the first amateur to win on the PGA Tour since Phil Mickelson back in 1991.
“It’s everything that I dreamed of and just to have a chance on the last hole to win a PGA TOUR event is really special.
“It was a privilege to be here, to play in this event as an amateur, and I think I was the only amateur playing. For them to want me in the field that bad was really special to me, and to play like I did, maybe represent amateur golf a little bit while I was doing it and to also show people that amateur golf is really, really good. I don’t think it gets spotlighted enough because there’s a lot of really, really good players playing amateur golf. I will say that.”
The 20-year-old University of Alabama student sank a birdie putt at the par-five 16th to equal the lead of fellow US player Sam Burns at the Pete Dye Stadium Course in La Quinta, California.
Burns then stumbled on the day’s toughest hole, finding water off the tee at the par-three 17th.
At that time, Dunlap was on the green 35 feet from the hole.
He went on to make a routine par, while Burns came out with a double bogey.
The amateur took the lead with the par-four 18th remaining, while on the 18th green, South Africa’s Christiaan Bezuidenhout birdied to pull within one.
Dunlap pulled his tee shot into the right rough, but recovered with his approach to tap in for par and claim victory with a 72-hole record low winning score of 29 under 259.
He broke the benchmark of 28 under set by US golfer Patrick Reed in 2014.
Dunlap is the youngest amateur to win on the PGA Tour since 1910.
While he will not collect the 1.5million dollars (£1.18million) prize money, he has secured his PGA Tour card for two years.
Last year, Dunlap became the only player other than Tiger Woods to claim both titles of US Junior Amateur and US Amateur.
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| Pos. | Player | To Par | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Dunlap(a) (SC) | -29 | 64 | 65 | 60 | 70 | 259 |
| 2 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout(SC) | -28 | 63 | 67 | 65 | 65 | 260 |
| T3 | Kevin Yu(SC) | -27 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 63 | 261 |
| T3 | Xander Schauffele(SC) | -27 | 64 | 69 | 63 | 65 | 261 |
| T3 | Justin Thomas(SC) | -27 | 65 | 67 | 61 | 68 | 261 |
| T6 | Michael Kim(SC) | -25 | 65 | 63 | 70 | 65 | 263 |
| T6 | Adam Hadwin(SC) | -25 | 65 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 263 |
| T6 | Sam Burns(SC) | -25 | 66 | 61 | 65 | 71 | 263 |
| T9 | Keith Mitchell(SC) | -24 | 69 | 67 | 66 | 62 | 264 |
| T9 | Ben Griffin(SC) | -24 | 66 | 68 | 64 | 66 | 264 |
| T11 | Ryo Hisatsune(SC) | -23 | 65 | 67 | 68 | 65 | 265 |
| T11 | Alexander Björk(SC) | -23 | 64 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 265 |
| T11 | J.T. Poston(SC) | -23 | 67 | 65 | 64 | 69 | 265 |
| T14 | Bronson Burgoon(SC) | -22 | 66 | 69 | 64 | 67 | 266 |
| T14 | Chan Kim(SC) | -22 | 64 | 67 | 68 | 67 | 266 |
| T14 | Jimmy Stanger(SC) | -22 | 65 | 66 | 66 | 69 | 266 |
| T17 | Greyson Sigg(SC) | -21 | 70 | 69 | 63 | 65 | 267 |
| T17 | Tom Hoge(SC) | -21 | 69 | 68 | 65 | 65 | 267 |
| T17 | Carson Young(SC) | -21 | 70 | 64 | 68 | 65 | 267 |
| T17 | Scottie Scheffler(SC) | -21 | 67 | 66 | 69 | 65 | 267 |
| T21 | Alex Smalley(SC) | -20 | 66 | 69 | 66 | 67 | 268 |
| T21 | Min Woo Lee(SC) | -20 | 65 | 66 | 70 | 67 | 268 |
| T21 | Davis Thompson(SC) | -20 | 67 | 67 | 66 | 68 | 268 |
| T21 | Eric Cole(SC) | -20 | 66 | 64 | 66 | 72 | 268 |
| T25 | Erik van Rooyen(SC) | -19 | 66 | 67 | 69 | 67 | 269 |
| T25 | Tony Finau(SC) | -19 | 68 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 269 |
| T25 | Alex Noren(SC) | -19 | 62 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 269 |
| T25 | Zach Johnson(SC) | -19 | 62 | 69 | 68 | 70 | 269 |
| T25 | Sungjae Im(SC) | -19 | 66 | 67 | 65 | 71 | 269 |
| T25 | K.H. Lee(SC) | -19 | 65 | 64 | 74 | 66 | 269 |
| T25 | Chandler Phillips(SC) | -19 | 70 | 70 | 63 | 66 | 269 |
| T25 | Austin Eckroat(SC) | -19 | 69 | 65 | 69 | 66 | 269 |
| T25 | Si Woo Kim(SC) | -19 | 64 | 66 | 66 | 73 | 269 |
| T34 | Tyler Duncan(SC) | -18 | 67 | 69 | 65 | 69 | 270 |
| T34 | Vince Whaley(SC) | -18 | 67 | 68 | 66 | 69 | 270 |
| T34 | Joe Highsmith(SC) | -18 | 66 | 69 | 65 | 70 | 270 |
| T34 | Will Zalatoris(SC) | -18 | 68 | 69 | 65 | 68 | 270 |
| T34 | Jason Day(SC) | -18 | 68 | 66 | 68 | 68 | 270 |
| T39 | Matthieu Pavon(SC) | -17 | 67 | 66 | 68 | 70 | 271 |
| T39 | Paul Barjon(SC) | -17 | 70 | 64 | 67 | 70 | 271 |
| T39 | Wyndham Clark(SC) | -17 | 70 | 64 | 68 | 69 | 271 |
| T39 | Justin Lower(SC) | -17 | 64 | 68 | 68 | 71 | 271 |
| T39 | Harrison Endycott(SC) | -17 | 70 | 68 | 62 | 71 | 271 |
| T39 | Daniel Berger(SC) | -17 | 68 | 68 | 67 | 68 | 271 |
| T39 | Jacob Bridgeman(SC) | -17 | 67 | 69 | 67 | 68 | 271 |
| T39 | Lanto Griffin(SC) | -17 | 73 | 65 | 65 | 68 | 271 |
| T47 | Mark Hubbard(SC) | -16 | 70 | 66 | 66 | 70 | 272 |
| T47 | Chris Kirk(SC) | -16 | 68 | 64 | 67 | 73 | 272 |
| T47 | Beau Hossler(SC) | -16 | 69 | 70 | 64 | 69 | 272 |
| T47 | Andrew Putnam(SC) | -16 | 66 | 68 | 69 | 69 | 272 |
| T47 | Ben Kohles(SC) | -16 | 66 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 272 |
| T52 | Erik Barnes(SC) | -15 | 68 | 65 | 68 | 72 | 273 |
| T52 | Stephan Jaeger(SC) | -15 | 69 | 65 | 67 | 72 | 273 |
| T52 | Chez Reavie(SC) | -15 | 66 | 70 | 66 | 71 | 273 |
| T52 | Patrick Cantlay(SC) | -15 | 64 | 66 | 67 | 76 | 273 |
| T56 | Max Greyserman(SC) | -14 | 67 | 68 | 66 | 73 | 274 |
| T56 | Yuxin Lin(SC) | -14 | 70 | 64 | 68 | 72 | 274 |
| T56 | Chesson Hadley(SC) | -14 | 65 | 66 | 71 | 72 | 274 |
| T56 | Ben Martin(SC) | -14 | 68 | 64 | 67 | 75 | 274 |
| T56 | Matt NeSmith(SC) | -14 | 67 | 66 | 70 | 71 | 274 |
| 61 | Taylor Montgomery(SC) | -13 | 68 | 69 | 65 | 73 | 275 |
| T62 | Zac Blair(SC) | -12 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 75 | 276 |
| T62 | Camilo Villegas(SC) | -12 | 69 | 68 | 65 | 74 | 276 |
| T62 | Sam Ryder(SC) | -12 | 69 | 66 | 67 | 74 | 276 |
| T65 | Nico Echavarria(SC) | -11 | 67 | 70 | 65 | 75 | 277 |
| T65 | Sam Stevens(SC) | -11 | 70 | 65 | 68 | 74 | 277 |
| 67 | Will Gordon(SC) | -9 | 67 | 69 | 65 | 78 | 279 |
| CUT | Justin Suh | -12 | 71 | 67 | 66 | - | 204 |
| CUT | Akshay Bhatia | -12 | 70 | 67 | 67 | - | 204 |
| CUT | Jhonattan Vegas | -12 | 68 | 70 | 66 | - | 204 |
| CUT | Norman Xiong | -12 | 73 | 66 | 65 | - | 204 |
| CUT | Kevin Streelman | -12 | 67 | 67 | 70 | - | 204 |
| CUT | Shane Lowry | -12 | 67 | 67 | 70 | - | 204 |
| CUT | Matt Wallace | -12 | 67 | 72 | 65 | - | 204 |
| CUT | Troy Merritt | -12 | 70 | 64 | 70 | - | 204 |
| CUT | David Skinns | -12 | 69 | 67 | 68 | - | 204 |
| CUT | Nicholas Lindheim | -12 | 73 | 66 | 65 | - | 204 |
| CUT | Aaron Baddeley | -11 | 74 | 66 | 65 | - | 205 |
| CUT | Robby Shelton | -11 | 68 | 74 | 63 | - | 205 |
| CUT | Adam Schenk | -11 | 70 | 67 | 68 | - | 205 |
| CUT | Billy Horschel | -11 | 72 | 68 | 65 | - | 205 |
| CUT | Brandon Wu | -11 | 69 | 68 | 68 | - | 205 |
| CUT | Nate Lashley | -11 | 72 | 67 | 66 | - | 205 |
| CUT | Matt Kuchar | -11 | 73 | 67 | 65 | - | 205 |
| CUT | Nick Taylor | -11 | 68 | 67 | 70 | - | 205 |
| CUT | Tom Kim | -11 | 69 | 71 | 65 | - | 205 |
| CUT | Kevin Dougherty | -11 | 66 | 71 | 68 | - | 205 |
| CUT | Scott Stallings | -11 | 64 | 68 | 73 | - | 205 |
| CUT | Lee Hodges | -11 | 71 | 67 | 67 | - | 205 |
| CUT | Adrien Dumont de Chassart | -11 | 68 | 71 | 66 | - | 205 |
| CUT | Ben Silverman | -11 | 68 | 67 | 70 | - | 205 |
| CUT | Hayden Springer | -11 | 64 | 70 | 71 | - | 205 |
| CUT | Blaine Hale, Jr. | -11 | 71 | 70 | 64 | - | 205 |
| CUT | Rico Hoey | -11 | 63 | 70 | 72 | - | 205 |
| CUT | Parker Coody | -11 | 68 | 68 | 69 | - | 205 |
| CUT | Doug Ghim | -10 | 68 | 69 | 69 | - | 206 |
| CUT | Aaron Rai | -10 | 69 | 71 | 66 | - | 206 |
| CUT | Ryan Palmer | -10 | 68 | 69 | 69 | - | 206 |
| CUT | Patrick Fishburn | -10 | 69 | 72 | 65 | - | 206 |
| CUT | Cam Davis | -10 | 68 | 65 | 73 | - | 206 |
| CUT | Ryan McCormick | -10 | 74 | 68 | 64 | - | 206 |
| CUT | Taiga Semikawa | -9 | 68 | 71 | 68 | - | 207 |
| CUT | Hayden Buckley | -9 | 72 | 66 | 69 | - | 207 |
| CUT | Callum Tarren | -9 | 71 | 70 | 66 | - | 207 |
| CUT | Davis Riley | -9 | 72 | 70 | 65 | - | 207 |
| CUT | Matti Schmid | -9 | 69 | 67 | 71 | - | 207 |
| CUT | Martin Laird | -9 | 69 | 70 | 68 | - | 207 |
| CUT | Thomas Detry | -8 | 70 | 66 | 72 | - | 208 |
| CUT | Garrick Higgo | -8 | 69 | 69 | 70 | - | 208 |
| CUT | Mac Meissner | -8 | 65 | 68 | 75 | - | 208 |
| CUT | Harry Hall | -8 | 75 | 68 | 65 | - | 208 |
| CUT | Chad Ramey | -8 | 72 | 65 | 71 | - | 208 |
| CUT | Alejandro Tosti | -8 | 66 | 72 | 70 | - | 208 |
| CUT | Peter Malnati | -8 | 71 | 66 | 71 | - | 208 |
| CUT | S.H. Kim | -8 | 68 | 71 | 69 | - | 208 |
| CUT | James Hahn | -8 | 69 | 71 | 68 | - | 208 |
| CUT | Joel Dahmen | -7 | 68 | 69 | 72 | - | 209 |
| CUT | Tom Whitney | -7 | 66 | 70 | 73 | - | 209 |
| CUT | Trace Crowe | -7 | 70 | 72 | 67 | - | 209 |
| CUT | Josh Teater | -7 | 68 | 70 | 71 | - | 209 |
| CUT | Jason Dufner | -7 | 69 | 73 | 67 | - | 209 |
| CUT | Maverick McNealy | -6 | 73 | 66 | 71 | - | 210 |
| CUT | Brandt Snedeker | -6 | 75 | 65 | 70 | - | 210 |
| CUT | Michael Block | -6 | 72 | 71 | 67 | - | 210 |
| CUT | Carl Yuan | -6 | 68 | 71 | 71 | - | 210 |
| CUT | John Pak | -6 | 69 | 68 | 73 | - | 210 |
| CUT | David Lingmerth | -5 | 70 | 72 | 69 | - | 211 |
| CUT | Robert MacIntyre | -5 | 71 | 69 | 71 | - | 211 |
| CUT | Chris Gotterup | -5 | 77 | 68 | 66 | - | 211 |
| CUT | Grayson Murray | -5 | 70 | 69 | 72 | - | 211 |
| CUT | Scott Gutschewski | -5 | 71 | 69 | 71 | - | 211 |
| CUT | Cameron Champ | -5 | 74 | 72 | 65 | - | 211 |
| CUT | Dylan Wu | -4 | 69 | 70 | 73 | - | 212 |
| CUT | Joseph Bramlett | -4 | 69 | 73 | 70 | - | 212 |
| CUT | Taylor Pendrith | -4 | 71 | 72 | 69 | - | 212 |
| CUT | David Lipsky | -4 | 70 | 70 | 72 | - | 212 |
| CUT | Charley Hoffman | -4 | 69 | 66 | 77 | - | 212 |
| CUT | Bill Haas | -4 | 68 | 73 | 71 | - | 212 |
| CUT | Sami Valimaki | -4 | 74 | 69 | 69 | - | 212 |
| CUT | Patton Kizzire | -3 | 71 | 74 | 68 | - | 213 |
| CUT | J.B. Holmes | -3 | 73 | 69 | 71 | - | 213 |
| CUT | Roger Sloan | -3 | 76 | 68 | 69 | - | 213 |
| CUT | Adam Long | -3 | 70 | 72 | 71 | - | 213 |
| CUT | Pierceson Coody | -3 | 71 | 75 | 67 | - | 213 |
| CUT | Ben Taylor | -2 | 70 | 71 | 73 | - | 214 |
| CUT | Rickie Fowler | -2 | 70 | 68 | 76 | - | 214 |
| CUT | Raul Pereda | -1 | 72 | 73 | 70 | - | 215 |
| CUT | Andrew Novak | Par | 72 | 72 | 72 | - | 216 |
| CUT | Andrew Landry | Par | 71 | 73 | 72 | - | 216 |
| CUT | Kevin Kisner | +1 | 74 | 75 | 68 | - | 217 |
| CUT | Jake Knapp | +2 | 71 | 73 | 74 | - | 218 |
| CUT | Ryan Moore | +4 | 70 | 76 | 74 | - | 220 |
| CUT | Ryan Brehm | +8 | 76 | 68 | 80 | - | 224 |
| CUT | Tyson Alexander | +8 | 78 | 72 | 74 | - | 224 |
| W/D | Tyler McCumber | - | 70 | 68 | - | - | 138 |
| W/D | Wilson Furr | - | 66 | 77 | - | - | 143 |
