Martin Trainer

Exempt status

• PGA TOUR: Tournament winner (thru 2020-21)

JOINED TOUR

• PGA TOUR Latinoamérica: 2014
• Korn Ferry Tour: 2017
• PGA TOUR: 2018

PGA TOUR Victories (1)

• 2019 Puerto Rico Open

Korn Ferry Tour Victories (2)

• 2018 El Bosque Mexico Championship by Innova, Price Cutter Charity Championship presented by Dr Pepper

PGA TOUR Latinoamerica Victories (1)

• 2016 Mazatlan Open

Additional Victories (1)

• 2016 Mazatlan Open

Personal

• His father is American and his mother French. He speaks French.
• Hobbies include studying sitcoms, bike riding, and hiking.
• Wants to one day create a golf-centric sitcom.
• His favorite professional teams San Francisco teams: the 49ers, Warriors and Giants.

Special Interests

Career Highlights

2019 Season

• Puerto Rico Open: In his 11th start on the PGA TOUR, overcame a two-stroke deficit beginning the final round of the Puerto Rico Open with a 5-under 67 to win by three strokes at 15-under 273. With the victory at Coco Beach Golf & Country Club, became the third rookie winner during the season, joining Cameron Champ (Sanderson Farms Championship) and Adam Long (Desert Classic). En route to the 15-under total, played the par-5 holes in 12-under, tied with Wyndham Clark for best in the field.

2018 Season

Finished the Korn Ferry Tour season with two wins, one additional top-10 and nine cuts made in 21 starts. Secured his PGA TOUR card for the 2018-19 season by finishing No. 4 on the Regular Season money list. Was 13th in the final priority-ranking order.

• KC Golf Classic: Held a share of the opening-round lead at the KC Golf Classic. Finished the week T27.
• Price Cutter Charity Championship presented by Dr Pepper: Became the first player to win twice in 2018 with a victory at the Price Cutter Charity Championship. Opened with a season-low 62 to take a one-stroke lead. Posted 68-65 and led by two after 54 holes. Birdied five holes in the middle of the final round to extend lead to four. Dropped two shots coming in and stood on the 18th tee tied with Henrik Norlander. Birdied the 72nd hole to secure the win and his PGA TOUR card.
• Utah Championship presented by Zions Bank: In just his third made cut since winning the El Bosque Mexico Championship, finished the Utah Championship at 19-under 265 to finish the week T9 and pick up the second top-10 of his career.
• El Bosque Mexico Championship by Innova: Carded rounds of 67-70-68-69–274 (-14) to pick up his first Korn Ferry Tour win at the El Bosque Mexico Championship by Innova. The win came in his eighth start on Tour and after winning a three-for-one playoff at a local qualifier for a sponsors exemption into the field. Became the fifth first-time winner of the 2018 season and earned status on Tour for the remainder of the year and 2019.

2016 Season

Finished the PGA TOUR Latinoamérica season ranked No. 7 on the Order of Merit with a record of one victory, one runner-up finish and two other top-10s in 17 starts.

• Aruba Cup: Was a member of the PGA TOUR Latinoamérica team that won the inaugural Aruba Cup 13-7 over the Mackenzie Tour halfway thru December. Was one of only three players on the winning team to go 3-0-0.
• Lexus Peru Open Presentado por Diners Club: His top finishes during the second half of the season were solo second at the Lexus Peru Open, where he shot 67-67 on the weekend to finish three strokes behind tournament winner Tyler McCumber in October, and T7 at the 111th VISA Open de Argentina in November.
• Mazatlan Open: Closed the first half of the PGA TOUR Latinoamérica season with a come from behind victory at the Mazatlán Open at Estrella del Mar Beach & Golf Resort. Entered the final round trailing by three, but carded a 7-under 65 to win by one over Leandro Marelli of Argentina. Finished at 15-under 273 to secure his first Tour win in 30 career starts.
• Casa de Campo Dominican Republic Open: In a performance that featured a second round of 8-under 64 that matched a course record he already owned at Teeth of the Dog GC, he finished T5 at the Casa de Campo DR Open in the Dominican Republic.

2015 Season

Had two top-10s, eight top-25s and 9 cuts made in 12 starts to finish the PGA TOUR Latinoamérica season ranked 42nd on the Order of Merit.

• Guatemala Stella Artois Open: For the second consecutive year finished T3 at the Guatemala Stella Artois Open at La Reunión Golf Resort. Shot 71-67-68 to finish the rain-shortened event five strokes behind winner, Danny Balin.
• 68 Avianca Colombia Open presentado por Arturo Calle: His other top-10 was T9 at the season opening Avianca Colombia Open in March.

2014 Season

Had two other top-25s and six cuts made in 11 starts to finish the season ranked 44th on the Order of Merit.

• Ecuador Open: His other top-10 was T9 at the Ecuador Open in September.
• Stella Artois Open: Made his PGA TOUR Latinoamérica debut after Monday qualifying for the Stella Artois Open at La Reunión Golf Resort in Guatemala, an event in which he finished T3. A birdie-birdie-birdie-birdie-eagle finish in round three helped him shoot 9-under 63 to set a new course record there.
• PTLA Qualifying Tournament-South America: Earned conditional status on PGA TOUR Latinoamérica with a T44 finish at the Lima, Peru Q-School in January.
• Sony Open in Hawaii: Monday qualified for the PGA TOUR's Sony Open in Hawaii, where he missed the cut by two shots in January. That was his second career start on the PGA TOUR, his first as a professional.
• TVC Americas Championship: Dominated the TVC Americas Championship, a Televisa organized event in Los Cabos, Mexico in June. Shot 69-67-69 to win by nine strokes at 205 (-14).

2013 Season

Turned professional in July.