Austin Squires

JOINED TOUR

• PGA TOUR Latinoamérica: 2020
• PGA TOUR Canada: 2020
• Korn Ferry Tour: 2022

Personal

• Best memory in professional golf was winning the 2021 Bellefonte Open for his first professional win.
• Earliest golf memory is playing with his plastic clubs in the backyard.
• Shot a 59 outside of tournament play in June 2021, then shot a 60 with a missed 4-footer in September 2021.
• Carries two ball markers, one of which is Kentucky themed, the other of which is University of Cincinnati themed; he picks one at the beginning of each week, and if he putts well, he keeps using the same one.
• Loves Skyline Chili and says Graeter's Ice Cream is the greatest ice cream in the world.
• Dealt with hip and back injuries in the two years leading up to the 2021 Korn Ferry Tour Qualifying Tournament.
• Before his grandfather passed away, he played two rounds of golf in his lifetime; he made a hole-in-one in one of them.

Special Interests

• Movies, pickleball

CURRENT YEAR HIGHLIGHTS

• PGA TOUR Latinoamerica Qualifying Tournament USA 1: Opened with a 6-under 66 at Mission Inn Resort and Club in early November to take the first-round lead. Followed with middle rounds of 67-68 to hold both the 36- and 54-hole leads. Took a four-shot advantage into the final round, fired a second consecutive 68 to go wire to wire, defeating Walker Lee by five shots and earning exemptions into every PGA TOUR Latinoamérica tournament.

Career Highlights

2023 Season

• PGA TOUR Latinoamerica Qualifying Tournament USA 1: Opened with a 6-under 66 at Mission Inn Resort and Club in early November to take the first-round lead. Followed with middle rounds of 67-68 to hold both the 36- and 54-hole leads. Took a four-shot advantage into the final round, fired a second consecutive 68 to go wire to wire, defeating Walker Lee by five shots and earning exemptions into every PGA TOUR Latinoamérica tournament.

2022 Season

Played in eight PGA TOUR Canada events, making three cuts. Finished the year No. 88 on the Fortinet Cup standings.

2021 Season

Saw action in three PGA TOUR Latinoamerica events in the 2020 portion of the wraparound schedule, making one cut and posting a top-20 performance. Played in eight Forme Tour tournaments, making five cuts and posting one top-25. Finished the season 59th on the Points List.

2020 Season

Played the inaugural LOCALiQ Series, appearing in six tournaments and making two cuts. Finished the season tied for 134th on the points list.

• Mackenzie Tour-PGA TOUR Canada Q-School-USA East 2: Finished T13 at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Highland Oaks in mid-March in Dothan, Ala.. Entered a three-players-for-two-spots playoff with Stanton Schorr and David Tepe. After Schorr secured the first spot, the two remaining players battled on until the sixth playoff hole when he made par to beat Tepe and secure the final fully-exempt position for the Forme Tour season.
• PTLA Qualifying Tournament-Mission Inn: Played a solid four rounds Mission Inn and Club’s El Campeon Course in early January to finish T3 with Hunter Richardson, two shots out of the Jeremy Gandon-Toni Hakula playoff to determine the medalist. The finish allowed him to secure exempt status for the first half of the PGA TOUR Latinoamérica season.

Amateur Highlights

• Twice made it to the U.S. Amateur quarterfinals, losing to eventual champion Viktor Hovland in 2018, and falling to Cohen Trolio in 2019.
• Played collegiately at University of Cincinnati for four seasons (2015-19), with both of his individual victories coming at the Firestone Invitational; he eagled the 18th hole as a sophomore to win the event the first time. Also finished runner-up at the 2019 American Athletic Conference Championship.
• Was the 2017 American Athletic Conference Player of the Year, 2019 AAC Men's Golf Scholar-Athlete of the Year, a 2018 All-America Scholar, and a three-time All-AAC selection (2017, 2018, 2019).

Q SCHOOL GRADUATE

• PGA TOUR Latinoamérica: 2020
• PGA TOUR Canada: 2020
• Korn Ferry Tour: 2021
• PGA TOUR Latinoamérica: 2023