Vince Whaley

Exempt status

• PGA TOUR: Top 50 from 2020-21 Korn Ferry Tour (thru 2021-22)

JOINED TOUR

• Korn Ferry Tour: 2019
• PGA TOUR: 2020

Personal

• Born in Lexington, Kentucky but moved to West Palm Beach, Florida at age 4. Then moved to McKinney, Texas where he grew up. Played the Texas golf circuit alongside Jordan Spieth and childhood friend Scottie Scheffler.
• Neither of his parents play golf. He was introduced to the game when his parents sent him to a golf camp during the summer.
• Has always been interested in the stock market and financial management.
• Despite being short in high school, loved playing basketball. Never played on a high school team, but considered basketball his true love.

Special Interests

Career Highlights

2021 Season

Collected five top-25s in 27 starts and finished the season No. 140 in the FedExCup standings. Best result of the season came at the Barracuda Championship (T9).

• Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship: Held a share of the 54-hole lead after consecutive 6-under 65s in the second and third rounds, but shot a 1-over 72 in the final round and fell to T4 at the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship. The finish was enough to retain his PGA TOUR card.

2019 Season

Earned PGA TOUR membership by finishing No. 25 on the Korn Ferry Tour Regular Season points list and entered the 2019-20 season 36th in the final priority ranking. Compiled three top-10 results and made 16 cuts in 24 starts on the Korn Ferry Tour, including a runner-up finish at The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at The Abaco Club in just his second career Korn Ferry Tour appearance.

• Lincoln Land Championship presented by LRS: Held a share of the 54-hole lead before settling for a T3 finish at 14-under at the Lincoln Land Championship presented by LRS, his third top-10 finish of his rookie season.
• LECOM Suncoast Classic: Earned his second top-10 finish of the year with a T7 finish at the LECOM Suncoast Classic.
• The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at The Abaco Club: In just his second career Korn Ferry Tour start, posted 6-under 282 to finish runner-up, one stroke shy of winner Rafael Campos.