American professional golfer
Caleb Surratt (born 2004) is an American professional golfer .
Early life and family
Surratt hails from Indian Trail, North Carolina , a suburb of Charlotte . His father, Brent, was a professional long drive player.[1]
Amateur career
In 2021, Surratt won the Terra Cotta Invitational , Junior PGA Championship, Bobby Chapman Invitational and Western Junior . He was ranked as the No. 2 player in the country by Junior Golf Scoreboard, and named Rolex Junior First Team All-American. He was a member of the U.S. team for the 2021 Junior Ryder Cup , which was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic .[2]
In 2022, Surratt earned an exemption into the PGA Tour 's Butterfield Bermuda Championship by coming in first in the Elite Amateur Cup, and made the cut after a second round of 64.[3] He lost the final of the U.S. Junior Amateur at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort 3 and 2 to Ding Wenyi of China. By July, Data Golf ranked him as the top amateur in the world.[1]
Surratt joined the Tennessee Volunteers men's golf team at the University of Tennessee in the fall of 2022. He was named SEC Freshman of the Year and First Team All-American after he won the 2023 SEC Championship individual title, as the first freshman since Justin Thomas in 2012.[2]
He represented the United States at the 2023 Arnold Palmer Cup and the 2023 Walker Cup , where he won three of his four matches at the Old Course at St Andrews to help Team USA to a 141 ⁄2 –111 ⁄2 victory over Great Britain and Ireland.[4] [5]
Professional career
On January 30, 2024, LIV Golf announced that Surratt had turned professional and joined Legion XIII captained by Jon Rahm . He made his professional debut for LIV Golf on February 2, 2024 at LIV Golf Mayakoba where his Legion VIII team won the team title.[6] [7]
Amateur wins
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U.S. national team appearances
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References
^ a b Hall, Mike (January 16, 2024). "16 Things You Didn't Know About Caleb Surratt" . Golf Monthly . Retrieved January 19, 2024 .
^ a b c "Men's Golf Roster: Caleb Surratt" . University of Tennessee Athletics. Retrieved January 19, 2024 .
^ Herrington, Ryan (October 30, 2022). "Amateur Caleb Surratt's scores for his final three rounds in Bermuda are almost too nutty to believe" . Golf Digest . Retrieved January 19, 2024 .
^ "Caleb Surratt" . Arnold Palmer Cup. Retrieved January 19, 2024 .
^ Jourdan, Cameron (August 20, 2023). "Meet the 10 members of the 2023 United States Walker Cup team" . Golfweek . Retrieved January 19, 2024 .
^ "Legion XIII unveiled as LIV Golf's first expansion team" . LIV Golf. January 30, 2024. Retrieved January 30, 2024 .
^ Schlabach, Mark (January 30, 2024). "Hatton jumps to LIV Golf, teams up with Rahm" . ESPN . Retrieved January 30, 2024 .
^ a b "Caleb Surratt" . World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved January 24, 2024 .
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