Peter Uihlein, Jordan Spieth and Patrick Cantlay Update

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Published: July 1, 2013

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Three young players who decided to test the waters of professional golf are having mixed results in 2013.

Peter Uihlein was born and raised around golf. His father is the CEO of Acushnet Company, which owns Titleist and FootJoy among its brands.

Uihlein attended Oklahoma State, and while there won the 2010 U.S. Amateur Championship at Chambers Bay on his 21st birthday. He became the No. 1 ranked amateur in the world and was 4-0 in the 2009 Walker Cup matches.

He was a first-team All-American in 2011 and won the prestigious Ben Hogan Award given to the best collegiate golfer in the nation.

He unsuccessfully tried to earn a tour card at both the European and PGA Tours’ Q-Schools at the end of 2011. He decided to take his golf clubs to Europe and became a member of the Challenge Tour.

In 15 Challenge Tour events in 2012, he made 13 cuts and earned €61,000. 



In May 2013, he won a jointly sanctioned Challenge Tour and European Tour event—the Madeira Islands Open in Portugal. The win gave him a full exemption on the European Tour, and he is now ranked No. 42 in the Race to Dubai and No. 121 on the Official World Golf Rankings.

He finished tied for 12th in the BMW PGA Championship and tied for 10th in the BMW International. Just last week, he finished tied for 32nd in the Irish Open.

Peter Uihlein is moving up the international rankings, and we will soon be seeing him full time on the PGA Tour.

Jordan Spieth left the University of Texas last fall to pursue his dream of victory on the PGA Tour.

His first taste of the tour came at the 2010 Byron Nelson Championship while he was still just 16-years-old. He finished tied for 16th in that event and knew that he had the game to compete with the big boys.

Spieth was a standout performer at the University of Texas. He won three events, helped his team win the NCAA D...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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