Benjamin Shipp

Exempt status

• Korn Ferry Tour: Additional Qualifying Tournament Finalist (thru 2023)

JOINED TOUR

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

National Teams

• 2021 Palmer Cup

Personal

• Was diagnosed with Tourette's syndrome when he was 15.
• Uncle is actor John Wesley Shipp, who starred in "The Flash" in the 1980s and again from 2014-21.

Special Interests

Career Highlights

2022 Season

Saw action in nine events, making the cut four times. Closed the year No. 66 on the Fortinet Cup standings.

• Prince Edward Island Open presented by IMP Solutions: Posted a final-round 68 at Dundarave GC in early July to T9 with Cooper Dossey, Charles Huntzinger, Brad Reeves and Harrison Ott.
• PGA TOUR Canada Q-School USA East 1: Held the 18- and 36-hole leads at The Club at Weston Hills in mid-February and entered the final round in Florida four strokes behind leader Alex Herrmann. Fired a final-round, 2-under 70 that left him T3 with James Hervol and Ethan Cairns to earn PGA TOUR Canada status for the first half of the season.

2021 Season

Played in eight Forme Tour tournaments, making three cuts and posting one top-25. Finished the season 95th on the Points List.

Amateur Highlights

• Won five tournaments at North Carolina State, including two during his senior season. First came at the Schenkel Invitational in March 2021 in his home state of Georgia. Opened a six-shot lead with a round to play in Statesboro and coasted to a whopping 11-stroke victory over Christopher Gotterup and Maximiliian Steinlechner. Later that month, in Awendaw, South Carolina, shot a pair of 67s over his final 36 holes to overtake Andrew Kozan and win by a shot.
• Won the 2020 GCAA Amateur Series held at Raleigh’s Lonnie Poole GC in North Carolina. Held a four-shot lead with 18 holes to play. Bettered Maximilian Steinlechner and Nicholas Lyerly by a shot despite shooting a final-round 75.
• Captured the 2019 South Beach International Amateur at Miami Beach GC and Normandy Shores GC. Finished regulation tied with Oklahoma’s Garett Reband after trailing by Reband by four shots through 54 holes. Went on to defeat Reband in a playoff.
• Won the 2018 Wolfpack Intercollegiate, shooting a final-round 64 to overtake UNC-Greensboro’s Jonathan Brightwell to win by two strokes.
• In high school, was the Georgia High School Golf Coaches Association 2A Player of the Year in consecutive seasons, beginning in 2015. Was a four-time all-state selection.
• Was a two-time All-ACC first-team selection.
• Earned a spot on the 2021 U.S. Palmer Cup team.

Q SCHOOL GRADUATE

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