Drew Nesbitt

PGA TOUR Latinoamerica Victories (1)

• 2019 60 Abierto Mexicano de Golf

Special Interests

• Skiing, hockey, surfing, wakeboarding

CURRENT YEAR HIGHLIGHTS

• Mexico Open: Played well in defense of the title he won in 2019 but was unable to defend a year ago. Battled Alvaro Ortiz all day Sunday at Estrella del Mar, going 66-67 on the weekend to finish at 20-under and alone in second, three shots shy of Ortiz’s winning score.
• Shell Open: Had a consistent week at Trump National Doral’s Golden Palm Course as PGA TOUR Latinoamerica restarted its season after a nine-month layoff. Posted three consecutive 69s and a final-round 68 to T6 with Santiago Gomez. A late double bogey Sunday, at No. 17, kept him from a top-five finish.

Career Highlights

2021 Season

Saw action in two PGA TOUR Latinoamerica events in the 2020 portion of the wraparound schedule. Made the cut twice and posted one top-10.

2020 Season

• Mexico Open: Played well in defense of the title he won in 2019 but was unable to defend a year ago. Battled Alvaro Ortiz all day Sunday at Estrella del Mar, going 66-67 on the weekend to finish at 20-under and alone in second, three shots shy of Ortiz’s winning score.
• Shell Open: Had a consistent week at Trump National Doral’s Golden Palm Course as PGA TOUR Latinoamerica restarted its season after a nine-month layoff. Posted three consecutive 69s and a final-round 68 to T6 with Santiago Gomez. A late double bogey Sunday, at No. 17, kept him from a top-five finish.

2019 Season

Highlight of the year was his win in Mexico’s national open. Had one other top-10 among his nine starts, and he finished 17th on the Order of Merit. Made one additional Mackenzie Tour start and Monday-qualified into a PGA TOUR event, The Honda Classic (finished 83rd).

• Shell Championship: Enjoyed back-to-back 69s on the weekend at Trump National Doral’s Golden Palm Course to T10.
• 60 Abierto Mexicano de Golf: Entered the final round of Mexico’s national open five shots behind leaders Matt Ryan and Gustavo Silva. Birdies on three of his first six holes—and a front-nine 29—propelled him into contention, and he continued with a birdie on No. 10. Even a bogey on No. 12 only temporarily slowed him as he finished with a birdie on No. 15. Then for theatrics he drained a 35-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole to shoot an 8-under 62 and post at 17-under, a score nobody could touch. Despite having never finished inside the top 20 in an event, his first top-20 was a victory, thanks to the closing 62 preceded by a 64-69-68 start. Defeated Andreas Halvorsen and Silva by two shots.

2018 Season

Despite one of the more remarkable achievements in Tour history—shooting the circuit’s first 59—only made four cuts in six events and recording no top-10s. Best performance was a T22. Finished the year 118th on the Order of Merit.

• 65 JHSF Aberto do Brasil: Had one of the more unique tournaments in his career as he established PGA TOUR Latinoamerica history by recording the first 59 in Tour history. Opened the tournament with an 8-over 79 and was just trying to make the cut. Played eight holes Friday before officials suspended play due to darkness. Began his round eagle-eagle-bogey and was 3-under when play ended for the day. Immediately went out and eagled the 18th hole–his ninth hole of the round. Made a birdie at No. 1 and then aced the par-3 second hole for his fourth eagle of the round. That got him to 8-under for the round, moving to 9-under with a birdie at the par-5 third. After three consecutive pars, and knowing he needed at least one more birdie to make the cut, proceeded to birdie his final holes of the round–Nos. 7-9 to shoot the 12-under 59. Couldn't maintain the momentum into the final two rounds, shooting 73-70 on the weekend to T49. Previous-low 18-hole PGA TOUR Latinoamerica round was a 66, at the Molina Cañuelas Championship.