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How the top-five PGA Tour University graduates fared in their PGA Tour and Korn Ferry Tour debuts

Three of the five players made the cut in their professional debuts, with one top-10 finish.

PGA Tour University was designed to streamline the process for college players to advance to the professional level, and two weeks ago the inaugural class was announced.

This week the five players who earned Korn Ferry Tour membership through the end of the regular season made their professional debuts, with three players competing in the Korn Ferry Tour’s BMW Charity Pro-Am and two at the PGA Tour’s Palmetto Championship. Next week the 10 players who earned Forme Tour membership will begin their pro careers at the L&J Golf Championship.

Here’s how each of the five players fared in their professional debuts.

John Pak

The 2021 Haskins Award winner from Florida State missed the cut at the Palmetto Championship, firing rounds of 79-71 to finish at 8 over.

Davis Thompson

Thompson had the performance of the week in South Carolina. The SEC Player of the Year from Georgia finished T-35 at the Palmetto after a strong week of 71-69-71-70.

Austin Eckroat 

Eckroat disagrees with the above statement. The Oklahoma State product earned a top-10 finish at the BMW Charity Pro-Am at 18 under thanks to just seven bogeys over the four sub-70 rounds.

Chun An Yu 

Yu, a three-time winner at Arizona State, also made the cut at the BMW, finishing T-20 after a consistent week of 66-66-69-69 to finish at 15 under.

Garett Reband 

Reband wasn’t as successful, missing the BMW cut by six strokes. That said, the Oklahoma Sooner improved on his first-round 73 with a Friday 70 to get back to even par.

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Ben Shipp edges Garett Reband in South Beach International Amateur playoff

In the end, Ben Shipp put himself exactly where he needed to be coming down the stretch at the South Beach International Amateur.

In the end, Ben Shipp put himself exactly where he needed to be coming down the stretch at the South Beach International Amateur.

Despite entering the final round at Miami Beach Golf Club four shots off the pace, Shipp, a senior at North Carolina State, inched his way into contention and when the leaders stumbled down the stretch, found himself in a playoff for the title.

After two extra holes with Oklahoma senior Garett Reband, who had the lead or a share of it all week, Shipp earned his first title since the Puerto Rico Classic at the beginning of last spring’s college golf season.

South Beach International Amateur: Leaderboard

Shipp was only within reach of the leaders because of a third-round 67 at Miami Beach Golf Club. He played the front nine on Sunday in 2 over before turning and reeling off birdie, bogey, then eagle at Nos. 10-12. By the time Shipp made his next birdie, at No. 15, he had a share of the lead at 2 under. Reband made double at No. 15.

Both Reband and Shipp made birdie at No. 16 – a drivable par 4 – while Karl Vilips, the Australian teen who also was in contention, lost his share of the lead with a bogey.

Reband ultimately left the door open for Shipp with a bogey on No. 18. Shipp prevailed after two extra holes.

Ben Shipp watches his putt on the final playoff hole at Miami Beach Golf Club. (Photo submitted)

Shipp hails from Duluth, Georgia, and was runner-up in his last start of the fall college season, the Bank of Tennessee Collegiate. He advanced through the first two rounds of match play at this summer’s North & South Amateur, played at Pinehurst Nos. 2.

Reband ultimately finished second in Miami with Vilips in solo third at 1 under.

A pair of Englishmen finished fourth and fifth: Jake Bolton was even par and Benjamin Jones posted one of the best rounds of the day, 4-under 67, to finish at 1 over.

Patrick Welch, a sophomore teammate of Reband’s at Oklahoma, also had a closing 67 that put him in a share of sixth at 3 over along with German Jannik De Bruyn.

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Karl Vilips catches Garett Reband with one round to go at South Beach International Am

It took three days, but on the even of the final round at the South Beach International Amateur, Karl Vilips has caught up with Garett Reband.

It took three days, but on the eve of the final round at the South Beach International Amateur, Karl Vilips has caught up with Garett Reband, who had so far managed to stay ahead of the pack in Miami.

The more than 200 players who started the week were initially split between Miami Beach Golf Club and Normandy Shores Golf Club for the first 36 holes. After the cut fell on Friday, the second half of the event is playing out solely at Miami Beach.

On Saturday, Vilips had a 4-under 67 there that included six birdies as well as two bogeys. It moved him to 5 under total, where Reband, an Oklahoma senior, also sits. Reband’s card was similar, but with one fewer birdie.

South Beach International Amateur: Leaderboard

Vilips is an 18-year-old Australia native who has signed with Stanford for next season. It has been a big year for the teenager, who made match play at the Western Amateur over the summer, reached the quarterfinals at the U.S. Amateur, was in the top 10 at the Asia-Pacific Amateur (where a Masters invitation is on the line), and most recently competed for the Internationals at the Junior Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne near his childhood home.

He is the top-ranked player in Golfweek’s Junior Rankings.

Reband has had several top-10 finishes over the past few months and most recently was fifth at the Sun Bowl All-America Classic.

There’s a five-shot gap between Vilips and Reband and the next-closest player. Ben Shipp, a senior at North Carolina State, also had a 4-under 67 in the third round and moved into solo third. Englishman Jake Bolton is even and in solo fourth.

The field has faced tough weather conditions all week and a strong wind continued to blow during Saturday’s third round. The forecast calls for strong storms over Miami on Sunday, prompting tee times to be moved up to the morning. Players will compete in foursomes and tee times will begin at Nos. 1 and 10 at 7:30 a.m. ET.

Garett Reband maintains South Beach International Amateur lead as cut falls

By the time Round 2 was over and the cut had fallen at the South Beach International Amateur on Friday, not much had changed at the top.

By the time the second round was over and the 36-hole cut had fallen at the South Beach International Amateur on Friday, not much had changed at the top of the leaderboard. Oklahoma senior Garett Reband converted the first-round clubhouse lead into the second-round outright lead.

Reband is 3 under through two rounds in Miami. He backed up an opening 2-under 68 on the Normandy Shores Golf Course with a 1-under 71 on Miami Beach Golf Club. He leads another Garrett, Texas Tech freshman Garrett Martin, by a single shot. Germany’s Jannik De Bruyn is also in a tie for second at 2 under total.

Weather conditions improved somewhat on Friday after a wet opening round. Wind continued to blow in Miami making for tricky scoring conditions.

South Beach International Amateur: Leaderboard

Karl Vilips, the No. 1-ranked player in the Golfweek Junior Rankings, had one of the best rounds of the day to climb into solo fourth. Vilips logged a 2-under 68 at Normandy Shores that included four birdies. He is 1 under for the tournament.

“Played well today, had two three-putts, which were my two bogeys. So far, first two rounds feel like I really have my swing under control,” Vilips said in a video posted on his “Karl Vilips’ Team Page” Twitter account.

The cut fell at 8 over, which allowed for the top 61 players and ties to score a weekend tee time. Players who made the cut right on the number include Georgia Southern senior Brett Barron, reigning Terra Cotta Amateur champion Alex Vogelsong and North Carolina-Wilmington’s Agustin Segundo Oliva Pinto, who won the individual title at the Golfweek Program Challenge in the fall.

Garett Reband takes clubhouse lead on difficult day at South Beach International Am

The South Beach International Amateur field numbers more than 200 players. A few of them weren’t able to finish Thursday’s opening round.

The South Beach International Amateur field numbers more than 200 players. A few of them weren’t able to make it around the Miami Beach Golf Club before it got dark Thursday in the event’s opening round. Difficult conditions threw up something of a road-block on the first day of the 72-hole event that brings together the top college and amateur players in the country to end the year.

With rain falling steadily in the Miami area, few players managed to get it under par on Thursday. Oklahoma senior Garett Reband brought in a 2-under 68 on the Normandy Shores Course for the clubhouse lead. Ben Shipp, a senior at North Carolina State, was 2 under through nine holes on Miami Beach Golf Club.

Reband’s round was fairly uneventful, with two birdies in his first three holes and two more in his closing five holes. He sprinkled in two bogeys, too. Reband is ranked No. 13 in the Golfweek/Sagarin College Rankings after a senior season in which he finished in the top 10 in all four fall starts. The highlight of his summer amateur play included a runner-up finish at the Sunnehanna Amateur.

South Beach International Amateur: Leaderboard

Two men got it to 1 under on Thursday. Frenchman Abrial Lucas finished his round on Normandy Shores with a 1-under 69 and Christian Salzer, another North Carolina State senior, was 1 under through nine holes at Miami Beach Club.

Julien Sale, who is also from France and a senior at Arkansas State, was among a large tie for fifth at even par that also included Texas Tech’s Andy Lopez and Englishman Joseph Pagdin, a high school senior committed to play for Florida next year.

Karl Vilips, who is the consensus No. 1 player across three junior golf rankings – and who last week competed on the International team at the Junior Presidents Cup in Australia – was part of a tie for 15th after his 1-over 72 at Miami Beach.

Pierceson Coody, who won this event last year as a freshman at Texas, is not in the field

The first round will resume at 7 a.m. on Friday morning before the second round gets underway.

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