Manav Shah

PGA TOUR Latinoamérica Victories (1)

2021-22 Temporada

• Quito Open

Special Interests

• Exercise, basketball, stock market

CURRENT YEAR HIGHLIGHTS

• Bupa Tour Championship: Was solid all week at PGA Riviera Maya, starting the tournament with a 2-under 70 and matching that score on the final day. That led to a T2 with Andres Gallegos, two shots behind winner Jesus Montenegro.
• Quito Open: Began the final round tied for the lead at Quito Tennis and GC. Reached the 14th tee still tied with playing partners Mitchell Meissner and Joel Thelen. Made birdies on Nos. 14 and 15, a 26-foot bomb on the 14th, to distance himself then added one more birdie, at the par-5 17th, to capture his first PGA TOUR Latinoamerica title by two strokes.

Career Highlights

2022 Season

Broke through and won for the first time and turned in one additional top-10 in his six made cuts during his 11-event PGA TOUR Latinoamerica season. Finished his season ranked No. 8 in the Totalplay Cup standings to earn 2023 conditional Korn Ferry Tour membership.

• Bupa Tour Championship: Was solid all week at PGA Riviera Maya, starting the tournament with a 2-under 70 and matching that score on the final day. That led to a T2 with Andres Gallegos, two shots behind winner Jesus Montenegro.
• Quito Open: Began the final round tied for the lead at Quito Tennis and GC. Reached the 14th tee still tied with playing partners Mitchell Meissner and Joel Thelen. Made birdies on Nos. 14 and 15, a 26-foot bomb on the 14th, to distance himself then added one more birdie, at the par-5 17th, to capture his first PGA TOUR Latinoamerica title by two strokes.

2021 Season

Played in seven of the eight PGA TOUR Latinoamérica tournaments, making four cuts and securing two top-25s. Closed the season 55th on the Points List.

2020 Season

Played in two LOCALiQ Series tournaments, missing the cut in both.

2019 Season

Made the cut in nine of 14 events while carding a trio of top-25 finishes. Finished No. 56 on the Order of Merit.

• Bupa Match Play: Lost in the first round at Playa Paraiso GC, falling to Ryan Baca, 4 and 3.
• 88 Abierto OSDE del Centro presentado por FiberCorp-Telecom: Weekend scores of 68-69 led to T7 at Cordoba GC in late-April, tying with five others.
• PTLA Qualifying Tournament-Argentina: Rallied on the final day with a 5-under 67 to finish sixth at Canuelas GC in Argentina, good for fully-exempt status for the first half of the season's schedule.

2018 Season

Just missed earning PGA TOUR conditional status at the Qualifying Tournament in California. Made his PGA TOUR debut, at the John Deere Classic (missed the cut).

2017 Season

Played in 11 PGA TOUR Canada tournaments, making the cut in six of them. Finished the year 71st on the Order of Merit. Also made his Korn Ferry Tour debut, missing the cut in Louisiana.

2016 Season

Saw action in 12 PGA TOUR Canada tournaments, making seven cuts and finishing 22nd on the final Order of Merit. Counted three top-10s on his resume.

• Freedom 55 Financial Championship: Finished eighth at the season-ending tournament, with rounds of 63-66 on the weekend.
• Staal Foundation Open presented by Tbaytel: Posted a final-round 64 to go with three rounds of par or better to notch a T4 finish.
• Freedom 55 Financial Open: Opened with a pair of even-par rounds and then finished 67-69 to post a T8 at Point Grey G&CC.

Amateur Highlights

• Earned second-team All-Pac 12 Conference honors as a sophomore.
• Began his college career at the University of San Diego in 2010 before transferring to UCLA. Among his Bruin teammates were Corey Shaun, Jonathan Garrick, Jake Knapp and Lorens Chan, all professional golfers on PGA TOUR-affiliated Tours.