Philip Knowles

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: 2019
• Korn Ferry Tour: 2020

PGA Tour Canada Victories (1)

2021 Season

• Auburn University Club Invitational

Personal

• Lettered in three sports in high school: golf, baseball and soccer.
• Met his wife, Olivia, when she qualified for the boys golf team in high school; she went on to become a cheerleader at Clemson University from 2013-17.
• Sister-in-law, Mallory Cecil, won the 2009 individual singles national title at the NCAA Championships as a freshman for Duke University's tennis program.
• Has two brothers and three sisters.
• Favorite athletes are Tiger Woods, Tim Tebow, Roger Federer and Phil Mickelson.
• Favorite bands/musicians include: Needtobreathe, Beautiful Eulogy, Shane and Shane, Mumford and Sons and the Head and the Heart.

Special Interests

Career Highlights

2021 Season

Won the second tournament of the Forme Tour season then after missing four consecutive cuts secured the seventh-place position on the Points List with solid play in the final two events. Earned conditional 2022 Korn Ferry Tour membership.

• Auburn University Club Invitational: Was superb in Auburn in early July, shooting four rounds in the 60s and playing his final 40 holes without a bogey. Took a one-shot lead into the final round at the Auburn University Club after shooting a Friday 65. Made four birdies and had one hole to play in his final round, knowing he needed to make par at the last to win. Once safely on the par-4 18th green in two shots, calmly rolled in the birdie putt to capture a two-stroke triumph over Clay Feagler. The win moved him at the time to No. 1 on the Points List.

2020 Season

Played the inaugural LOCALiQ Series, appearing in three tournaments and making one cut. Finished the season 149th on the points list.

2019 Season

Had 11 Mackenzie Tour starts, making eight cuts and registering four top-25 finishes. Ended the season No. 53 on the Order of Merit to retain Mackenzie Tour status through the 2020 season.

• Mackenzie Tour-PGA TOUR Canada Q-School-USA EAST 1: Back-to-back 70s over his final 36 made him one of two University of North Florida golfers to earn status (Travis Trace the other)—fully-exempt for the season’s first half of the season. Finished T9 with two others

Amateur Highlights

• Played collegiately for four seasons at University of North Florida (2015-19), where he was a 2019 All-America Third Team selection and 2018 All-America Honorable Mention. Also named the 2019 Atlantic Sun Conference Player of the Year, and was a three-time All-Atlantic Sun First Team selection (2017, 2018, 2019).
• Won three tournaments as a collegian, with his victory at the 2017 Players Amateur earning him an exemption for the PGA TOUR's 2018 RBC Heritage.
• Was the MVP of the Bradenton Christian golf team all four years of high school.

Q SCHOOL GRADUATE

• Korn Ferry Tour: 2019
• PGA TOUR Canada: 2019