Brian Carlson

JOINED TOUR

• Mackenzie Tour - Canada: 2019

Personal

• Has a twin sister, Sarah, who is a nuclear medicine technologist.
• Enjoys spending time in his hometown because he has been on the road since he was 18, playing golf collegiately and professionally.
• Completed a minor in oil painting at Purdue.
• Was a competitive skier on the Mount Snow freestyle team and was an instructor for a few years.

Special Interests

• Skiing

Career Highlights

2019 Season

Played in all 12 Mackenzie Tour events, making seven cuts and registering two top-10 finishes, including a runner-up outing. Finished the season No. 16 on the Order of Merit to earn an exemption into the second stage of Korn Ferry Tour Q-School and retain Mackenzie Tour status through 2020.

• Canada Life Championship: Matched the Highland CC course record with a second-round 60, making nine birdies in his opening 13 holes, to enter the third round with a one-stroke lead. Finished the event in a tie for sixth alongside Blake Sattler and Jeremy Paul at 12-under.
• Canada Life Open: Matched the best score of the tournament Thursday with an opening-round, bogey-free 63. Continued his solid play into Sunday, shooting 66 at Point Grey G&CC, thanks to a 12-foot eagle make on the final hole to place T2 with James Allenby, two shots behind winner Jake Knapp.
• Mackenzie Tour-PGA TOUR Canada Q-School-USA EAST 2: Finishing T14, won a three-players-for-one playoff at the Dye’s Valley Course at TPC Sawgrass. Earned a full exemption through the first half of the Mackenzie Tour season.

Amateur Highlights

• Won the New England Junior Championship in both 2012 and 2013.
• Named to the All-Big 10 Conference second team in 2016.

Q SCHOOL GRADUATE

• Mackenzie Tour - Canada: 2019