Davis Thompson

Exempt status

• Korn Ferry Tour: Qualifying Tournament Finishers 11-40 and Ties (thru 2022)

JOINED TOUR

• Korn Ferry Tour: 2022

National Teams

• 2021 Walker Cup
• 2020 Arnold Palmer Cup

Personal

• Helped Lee-Scott Academy (Auburn, Alabama) win the 2016 boys basketball state title as a junior.
• Faith in Jesus Christ is very important to him; he always prays before his opening tee shot.
• Favorite golf memory is attending a practice round at the 2011 Masters Tournament and wondering what it would be like to play in it.
• His father, Todd, lettered for the Georgia men's golf team from 1985-88 and was a captain for the 1987 and 1988 teams.
• Loves Double Stuffed Oreos.
• Huge fan of the Batman movies.

Special Interests

• Movies

CURRENT YEAR HIGHLIGHTS

• Huntsville Championship: Recorded his first top-10 on the Korn Ferry Tour as one of three players who broke par in all four rounds (68-67-69-68), totaling an 8-under 272 for T6 at the Huntsville Championship.

Career Highlights

2022 Season

• Huntsville Championship: Recorded his first top-10 on the Korn Ferry Tour as one of three players who broke par in all four rounds (68-67-69-68), totaling an 8-under 272 for T6 at the Huntsville Championship.

2021 Season

• Rocket Mortgage Classic: Shot a bogey-free 9-under 63 to hold a two-stroke lead after the first round of the Rocket Mortgage Classic before finishing T58 in his seventh career PGA TOUR start and third as a professional.

Amateur Highlights

• Former No. 1 player in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, achieving the top ranking in November 2020 and March 2021.
• Stroke play medalist at the 2019 Western Amateur.
• Won the 2020 Jones Cup after finishing as the runner-up to Akshay Bhatia in a playoff at the 2019 Jones Cup. Past winners of the Jones Cup include Corey Conners (2014), Justin Thomas (2012), and Patrick Reed (2010). Thompson also finished T2 at the 2021 Jones Cup.
• Finished No. 2 in the inaugural PGA TOUR University Class of 2021.
• Played collegiately for four seasons at University of Georgia (2017-21), with his top honors being a pair of All-America First Team laurels (2019-20, 2020-21) and 2020-21 Southeastern Conference Player of the Year recognition.
• Won four individual titles at Georgia, including NCAA Regionals in 2019 and 2021.
• Tied a 34-year-old school record for low 18-hole score with a 9-under 63 at the 2018 Linger Longer Invitational in the spring of his freshman season.
• Helped Lee-Scott Academy (Auburn, Alabama) win six consecutive team state titles (2012-17), and captured individual state titles in 2013 and 2015.

Q SCHOOL GRADUATE

• Korn Ferry Tour: 2021