Turk Pettit (born November 16, 1998) is an American

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who plays on the

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. He won the 2021 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship. Pettit picked up his first professional win at the 2021 Birck Boilermaker Classic on the

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Early life and amateur career

Pettit played collegiate golf at

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. Pettit won the 2021 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship at the Grayhawk Golf Club in

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. In 2021, Pettit was also named a first-team All-American by the Collegiate Golf Coaches Association.

Professional career

On his third start on the

, Pettit won the 2021 Birck Boilermaker Classic. In 2022, Petit joined

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, and later resigned his membership of the

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. Following the start of the first

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event, the PGA Tour announced that all current and former members who participated in LIV events would be indefinitely suspended from all tours operated by the tour.

Amateur wins

*2018 Irish Creek Intercollegiate *2021 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship

Professional wins (1)

Forme Tour wins (1)

References

External links

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Profile on Clemson's official athletic site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pettit, Turk American male golfers LIV Golf players Clemson Tigers men's golfers Golfers from North Carolina 1998 births Living people