Justin Suh

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Justin Suh
Personal information
Born (1997-06-12) June 12, 1997 (age 26)
San Jose, California
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight165 lb (75 kg; 11.8 st)
Sporting nationality United States
ResidenceLas Vegas, Nevada
Career
CollegeUniversity of Southern California
Turned professional2019
Current tour(s)PGA Tour
Former tour(s)Korn Ferry Tour
PGA Tour Latinoamérica
Professional wins1
Highest ranking64 (November 5, 2023)[1]
(as of March 24, 2024)
Number of wins by tour
Korn Ferry Tour1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipT26: 2023
U.S. OpenT27: 2023
The Open ChampionshipDNP
Achievements and awards
Pac-12 Player of the Year2018
Korn Ferry Tour
Finals points list winner
2022
Korn Ferry Tour
Player of the Year
2022

Justin Suh (/ˈsʌ/; born June 12, 1997) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He was number one in the World Amateur Golf Ranking between October 2018 and April 2019.[2] He

Career[edit]

Suh represented the United States at the 2018 Eisenhower Trophy where he won the silver medal together with Cole Hammer and Collin Morikawa.[3]

He attended Evergreen Valley High School in San Jose before playing college golf at University of Southern California where he was Pac-12 Player of the Year in 2018.[4]

Suh turned professional after graduating with a degree in business administration in 2019. He played briefly on the PGA Tour Latinoamérica before joining the Korn Ferry Tour. In 2022, he posted eight top-10 finishes and 14 in the top-25 this in his first 22 starts, including a runner-up finish at the Utah Championship.[5]

Suh won the 2022 Korn Ferry Tour Championship and ranked number one in the season-long points race, earning full status for the 2022–23 PGA Tour. He also earned exemption into the 2023 Players Championship and the 2023 U.S. Open, the first year this was on the line at the Korn Ferry Tour Finals.[6] Suh was voted Korn Ferry Tour Player of the Year.[7]

Amateur wins[edit]

  • 2013 AJGA Junior at Ruby Hill
  • 2014 Santa Clara County Championship, Northern California Junior
  • 2017 Annual Western Intercollegiate, Trinity Forest Invitational, Saint Mary's Invitational
  • 2018 Amer Ari Invitational, Southern Highlands Collegiate, Pac-12 Championships, Northeast Amateur, Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate
  • 2019 Southwestern Invitational

Source:[8]

Professional wins (1)[edit]

Korn Ferry Tour wins (1)[edit]

Legend
Finals events (1)
Other Korn Ferry Tour (0)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 Sep 4, 2022 Korn Ferry Tour Championship −21 (66-69-64-68=267) 2 strokes United States Austin Eckroat

Results in major championships[edit]

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament 2016 2017 2018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship
PGA Championship
Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship T26
U.S. Open CUT T27
The Open Championship NT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Results in The Players Championship[edit]

Tournament 2023 2024
The Players Championship T6 CUT
  Top 10

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships[edit]

Tournament 2023
Match Play T31

"T" = Tied

U.S. national team appearances[edit]

Amateur

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Week 44 2023 Ending 5 Nov 2023" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
  2. ^ "Suh stands on top of the world". World Amateur Golf Ranking. October 17, 2018. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
  3. ^ "Denmark Edges Out USA To Win First Eisenhower Trophy" (PDF). IGF. September 5, 2022.
  4. ^ "USC Men's Golf Roster:Justin Suh". University of Southern California Athletics. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
  5. ^ Shedloski, Dave (August 25, 2022). "With PGA Tour card in hand, Justin Suh is catching up to Class of 2019 standouts". Golf Digest. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
  6. ^ Kelly, Todd (September 4, 2022). "Justin Suh wins 2022 Korn Ferry Tour Championship but also earns exemptions into Players, U.S. Open in 2023". Golfweek. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
  7. ^ "Justin Suh, S.H. Kim win 2022 Korn Ferry Tour Player Awards". PGA Tour. November 16, 2022.
  8. ^ "Justin Suh Player Profile". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved September 5, 2022.

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