Curtis Luck

Curtis Luck
Personal information
Born (1996-08-09) 9 August 1996
Perth, Australia
Nationality  Australia
Career
Turned professional 2017
Current tour(s) PGA Tour
PGA Tour of Australasia
Former tour(s) Web.com Tour
Professional wins 1
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour of Australasia 1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament T46: 2017
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship DNP
PGA Championship DNP

Curtis Luck (born 9 August 1996)[1][2] is an Australian professional golfer from Cottesloe, Western Australia. In March 2017 he became the number one ranked amateur golfer in the world, heading the World Amateur Golf Ranking. He held that ranking before turning professional in April.

Golf career

Luck was runner-up at the 2014 Australian Amateur.[3] He also won the 2016 Western Australian Open on the PGA Tour of Australasia.[4]

Luck won the 2016 U.S. Amateur. He had previously planned to turn professional in October 2016, but decided to wait in order to retain his invitations in the 2017 Masters, U.S. Open and Open Championship.[5][6] He moved from seventh in the World Amateur Golf Ranking[7] to third with the win.[8]

Luck was awarded the Emerging Athlete of the Year at the 2016 Australian Institute of Sport Performance Awards.[9]

Luck later decided to turn professional at the 2017 Valero Texas Open, meaning he forfeited his U.S. Open and Open Championship exemptions.

Amateur wins (5)

Source:[10]

Professional wins (1)

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 1 May 2016 Nexus Risk TSA Group WA Open1 –19 (67-64-62-68=261) 2 strokes Australia Travis Smyth (a)

1 As an amateur

Results in major championships

Tournament 2017
Masters Tournament T46
U.S. Open
The Open Championship
PGA Championship
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied for place

Team appearances

Amateur

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Curtis Luck". GolfWA. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Get to Know Field for 116th U.S. Amateur Championship". USGA. 11 August 2016.
  3. ↑ Steinemann, Sean (21 August 2016). "Five Things to Know About U.S. Amateur Champion Curtis Luck". golf.com. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  4. ↑ Romine, Brentley (22 August 2016). "Curtis Luck's road to U.S. Amateur glory a memorable one for father and son". Golfweek. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  5. ↑ Herrington, Ryan (21 August 2016). "U.S. Amateur champ Curtis Luck reveals his secret weapon at Oakland Hills". Golf Digest. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "Australia's Curtis Luck wins U.S. Amateur with stirring 8-hole run". ESPN. Associated Press. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  7. ↑ Monarrez, Carlos (21 August 2016). "U.S. Amateur: Curtis Luck blows away Brad Dalke in afternoon to win". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  8. ↑ "The Winners: Week 33 (15 August - 21 August), 2016". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  9. ↑ "Chalmers claims two AIS awards to complete fairy tale year". Australian Sports Commission. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  10. ↑ "Curtis Luck". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
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