Brett White

JOINED TOUR

• PGA TOUR Latinoamérica: 2017

Personal

• Only uses wooden tees.
• Is right-handed, but plays left-handed.
• Is involved in the Encephalitis Society. Is also involved in epilepsy work, as his girlfriend has epilepsy.
• In the middle of 2017, spent three weeks in the hospital with viral encephalitis. Did not play the game for an entire year, until the summer of 2018. Following his hospital stay, he was confined to a wheelchair and had to undergo 10 weeks of physical therapy to learn to walk again. Won the Nevada Open two years after his original diagnosis.
• In high school, was a three-time hockey all-state recipient and a two-time all-state golf selection.
• Named the 2016 Mid-American Conference Golf Sportsman of the Year.
• Was a two-time Academic All-American, in 2015 and 2016.
• In a practice round at the Buick Open, at age seven, served as John Daly's caddie for a hole.
• Watched Tiger Woods win the 2006 PGA Championship at Medinah GC in Illinois. Snuck into the grandstands on the 18th hole.

Special Interests

• Fishing, hiking

CURRENT YEAR HIGHLIGHTS

• PTLA Qualifying Tournament-Weston Hills CC: Finished T29 at Weston Hills CC’s Tour Course to secure a conditional exemption for the first half of the PGA TOUR Latinoamérica season.

Career Highlights

2020 Season

• PTLA Qualifying Tournament-Weston Hills CC: Finished T29 at Weston Hills CC’s Tour Course to secure a conditional exemption for the first half of the PGA TOUR Latinoamérica season.

2019 Season

• 2019 Nevada Open Championship: Secured the win after birdieing four out of the last five holes at CasaBlanca GC in Mesquite to defeat Brandon Bauman by two shots.

2017 Season

• PTLA Qualifying Tournament-Colombia: Earned exempt status for the first half of the PGA TOUR Latinoamérica season by finishing tie for third at the Colombia Q-School in January.

Q SCHOOL GRADUATE

• PGA TOUR Latinoamérica: 2020