Philip Knowles

Exempt status

• Korn Ferry Tour: Finishers 76-100 on Regular Season points list and additional Qualifying Tournament finishers (thru 2020)

Personal

• Lettered in three sports in high school: golf, baseball and soccer.
• Wife, Olivia, was a cheerleader at Clemson from 2013-17.
• Sister-in-law, Mallory Cecil, won the 2009 NCAA singles playing for Duke University.
• 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

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

• Was the MVP of the Bradenton Christian golf team all four years of high school.
• Earned 2017-18 NCAA All-American honorable mention status.
• Was named the 2018 University of North Florida Male Athlete of the Year and was a first-team All-Atlantic Sun Conference selection in 2017 and 2018.
• Won three tournaments as a collegian.
• His win at the 2017 Players Amateur in South Carolina earned him a start in the PGA TOUR’s RBC Heritage in 2018.