Christopher Petefish

Exempt status

• Korn Ferry Tour: Finishers 4-5 on 2021 Forme Tour Order of Merit or 2020-21 PGA TOUR Latinoamerica Order of Merit / Finishers 76-100 in 2020-21 Regular Season Standings / Additional Qualifying Tournament Finishers (thru 2022)

JOINED TOUR

• PGA TOUR Canada: 2018
• Korn Ferry Tour: 2022

Personal

• Owns and travels in an RV.
• Left-handed individual playing right-handed.
• Some of his favorite golf memories are playing in the PURE Insurance Championship at Pebble Beach as a high schooler. Many years earlier at the same event when he was 10 years old, Esteban Toledo asked him to come out in the fairway and hit an iron shot into the 18th green during a practice round.
• Is a huge Arizona Cardinals fan.
• Played Second Stage of the 2021 Korn Ferry Tour Qualifying Tournament in California after he pulled a muscle in his neck two weeks prior at First Stage. He flew to California unable to swing a golf club, but saw a local physical therapist every morning before each round and hit 10-15 balls before teeing off. He finished T8 and qualified for Final Stage, thus securing Korn Ferry Tour status.

Special Interests

• Being outdoors

Career Highlights

2021 Season

Played in eight Forme Tour tournaments, making five cuts and securing two top-25s. Closed the season 54th on the Points List.

2020 Season

Played the inaugural LOCALiQ Series, appearing in six tournaments, making five cuts and posting one top-10. Finished the season 48th on the points list.

• The Championship at Echelon Golf Club (LOCALiQ Series): Held the first-round lead after opening at Echelon GC with a 65. Followed with a 71-68 finish over the final 36 holes to T7 with six others, four shots behind winner Bryson Nimmer.

2019 Season

Had five Mackenzie Tour starts, making all five cuts and registering two top-25 finishes, including a top 10. Ended the season No. 58 on the Order of Merit to retain Mackenzie Tour status through the 2020 season.

• ATB Financial Classic: Shot an opening-round 64 at Country Hills GC and broke par in each of the next three rounds, finishing with a 67, to T5—his first-career top-10 Mackenzie Tour finish.
• CoBank Colorado Open: Shot rounds of 66-71-66-68 at Green Valley Ranch in late-July to T4 with Chandler Blanchet, Tom Whitney and Ryan McCormick. The finish was worth $7,625.

Amateur Highlights

• Played collegiately for four seasons at Georgia Tech (2014-18), with the highlight being an individual victory his senior season. He was also a two-time All-America Scholar and a 2018 All-Atlantic Coast Conference selection.
• Helped Georgia Tech capture the team title at the 2018 ACC Championship. His teammates included Andy Ogletree, who went on to become the 2019 U.S. Amateur champion.

Q SCHOOL GRADUATE

• PGA TOUR Canada: 2018
• Korn Ferry Tour: 2021