Miles Russell, 15, became the youngest player since at least 1983 ever to finish in the top 25 in a Korn Ferry Tour or PGA Tour event.
Russell, the reigning American Junior Golf Association Player of the Year, closed with a 5-under 66 on Sunday at the Lecom Suncoast Classic in Lakewood Ranch, Florida, finishing six shots behind winner. He became the youngest player since at least 1983 ever to finish in the top 25 in a Korn Ferry Tour or PGA Tour event.
An amateur playing on a sponsor's exemption, Russell won't pocket any money for the finish. But he did qualify for next week's Korn Ferry event, the Veritex Bank Championship in Texas, as a result of finishing in the top 25. Russell was outside that number entering Sunday, but he surged 28 spots up the leaderboard thanks to a final round that included seven birdies in a 10-hole stretch.
"You're always nervous," he said of the final round."So definitely the start of the round , but they kind of relaxed as we got kind of settled in and maybe a little bit more toward the end. But it was good.The closing 66 matched his low round of the event; he posted the same score Friday to make history on the PGA Tour's developmental circuit.
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