Australian golf sensation Karl Vilips is following in Scottie Scheffler’s footsteps, named the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour’s rookie of the yr.
After solely turning skilled in July, Vilips posted back-to-back top-25s in his first two Korn Ferry Tour begins, adopted by a runner-up end at an invitational event in Chicago.
The 23-year-old Stanford College graduate then broke by means of with a maiden Korn Ferry Tour victory in solely his fourth begin on the Utah Championship in August.
The win has earned Vilips his PGA Tour card for 2025 and continued his seemingly inevitable rise to stardom.
He boasts a rare beginner report and US school CV.
Karl Vilips gained a number of junior titles as a toddler, together with two US Children World Championships on the ages of seven and 9. (AAP: Household handout)
As a junior prodigy, the Melbourne-born expertise joined the legendary Bobby Jones because the youngest winner of the lads’s Southern Beginner at 15.
He was a five-time AJGA All-American, gained the US Children Golf World Championship at ages seven and 9 and the Callaway World Junior at 10 and 12.
Vilips completed his collegiate profession ranked quantity 5 in Stanford historical past in profession scoring common (71.04), trailing solely Tiger Woods (70.96), Michael Thorbjornsen (70.40), Patrick Rodgers (70.31) and college report holder Maverick McNealy (70.12).
Coached for the previous 4 years by esteemed mentor Colin Swatton, who guided fellow Australian Jason Day to world primary, Vilips has rocketed from 4,507th within the rankings to 239th since June.
His Korn Ferry Rookie of the 12 months award comes 5 years after now-world primary Scheffler gained the gong.
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