Akshay Bhatia

Exempt status

• Korn Ferry Tour: Tournament Winner (thru 2023)

JOINED TOUR

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

Korn Ferry Tour Victories (1)

2022 Season

• The Bahamas Great Exuma Classic at Sandals Emerald Bay

National Teams

• 2019 Walker Cup

Personal

• His older sister started playing golf before him, which led him to want to play.
• Loves Korean barbecue.

Special Interests

• Cars

Career Highlights

2022 Season

Won the season-opening event (The Bahamas Great Exuma Classic at Sandals Emerald Bay) but struggled with injury for much of the regular season and only recorded three more top-25s as he finished No. 30 on the Korn Ferry Tour Regular Season Points List, leaving him five spots behind the last PGA TOUR card available via The 25. Missed all three cuts in the Korn Ferry Tour Finals, totaling 13 missed cuts and two withdrawals in the 23 starts following his season-opening win.

• The Bahamas Great Exuma Classic at Sandals Emerald Bay: Fired a bogey-free 7-under 65 in the final round, capped with a dazzling approach from 158 yards which hit the pin and stopped inches from the cup for a tap-in birdie on the 72nd hole, thus sealing his first career Korn Ferry Tour win in his first start as a member. He became the third-youngest player and third teenager in history to win on the Korn Ferry Tour, doing so at 19 years, 11 months, and 19 days old, only ranking behind Sungjae Im (19 years 9 months, 17 days at the 2018 The Bahamas Great Exuma Classic at Sandals Emerald Bay) and Jason Day (19 years, 7 months, 26 days at the 2007 Legend Financial Classic). Totaled a 14-under 274 for a two-stroke margin of victory.

2021 Season

Played the inaugural LOCALiQ Series, appearing in one tournament and making one cut. Finished the season tied for 86th on the points list.

• Safeway Open: Competing on a sponsor exemption at the Safeway Open, earned his first career top-10 on the PGA TOUR, finishing T9. Earned a spot in the Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship with the top-10.

2020 Season

• Mackenzie Tour-PGA TOUR Canada Q-School-USA East 1: Finished T28 with three others at Mission Inn Resort and Club’s El Campeon Course in Florida in early March to earn conditional status for the Forme Tour season.

2019 Season

• Valspar Championship: Made his PGA TOUR debut at the Valspar Championship as a 17-year-old (MC).

Amateur Highlights

• Won 10 junior titles and ascended into the top five of the World Amateur Golf Ranking prior to turning professional. His last amateur win came at the 2019 Dustin Johnson World Junior Championship in March in Myrtle Beach, coasting past Luke Clanton by six shots.
• Represented the U.S. in the 2019 Walker Cup at Royal Liverpool GC in England. Recorded a 2-1-0 record in the U.S. victory.
• Won the 2019 Jones Cup, an amateur tournament whose past champions include Corey Conners (2014), Justin Thomas (2012), and Patrick Reed (2010).
• 2018 AJGA Rolex Player of the Year.

Q SCHOOL GRADUATE

• PGA TOUR Canada: 2020