Brian Carlson

JOINED TOUR

• PGA 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

2021 Season

Made seven of eight cuts in the inaugural Forme Tour season and used three top-10s to close the year 15th on the Points List.

• Forme Open at TPC River's Bend: Was only 2-under after 18 holes but posted scores of 65-64-67 over his final three rounds to T5 with Patrick Flavin and Keller Harper.
• Birck Boilermaker Classic: Began the final day at the Birck Boilermaker Complex in late-July tied for 25th. Began slowly, with five consecutive pars before he reeled off four straight birdies to end his opening nine. Played the final nine in 3-under to shoot a 7-under 65 to T3 with Tee-K Kelly, Charles Huntzinger and Zach Cabra.
• Bolingbrook Golf Club Invitational: Had four under-par rounds at Bolingbrook GC in July to T10 with seven others.

2020 Season

Played the inaugural LOCALiQ Series, appearing in eight tournaments, making six cuts and posting two top-10s. Finished the season 23rd on the points list.

• Classic at The Club at Weston Hills (LOCALiQ Series): Put up three sub-70 rounds at The Club at Weston Hills. Shot a final-round 66 that left him at 12-under and in a T3 with MJ Maguire, Camilo Aguado and Brendon Doyle at The Club at Weston Hills.
• The Championship at Echelon Golf Club (LOCALiQ Series): Posted three rounds in the 60s at Echelon GC, including a final-round 66 that moved him into a T7 with six others.

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

• PGA TOUR Canada: 2019