Clay Feagler

Exempt status

• Korn Ferry Tour: Qualifying Tournament Finishers 11-40 and Ties (thru 2022)

JOINED TOUR

• PGA TOUR Canada: 2021
• Korn Ferry Tour: 2022

Personal

• Grandfather John Feagler is a retired oncologist. When practicing, he performed bone marrow transplants.
• His dad, Troy, and his grandfather John were instrumental in getting him started in golf.
• Best golf memory is getting a hole-in-one on the opening hole of a junior tournament he was competing in at Birch Hills GC in Brea, California, when he was age 11.
• Says he welcomes pressure situations and enjoys competition.
• Is a big believer in sportsmanship in all sports, especially in golf.
• After capturing medalist honors at the 2021 PGA TOUR Canada Qualifying Tournament, said, “I am learning to believe in my game. My takeaway? Why not me? I can do this.”

Special Interests

• Huge fan of all sports

CURRENT YEAR HIGHLIGHTS

• The Bahamas Great Exuma Classic at Sandals Emerald Bay: Played in the final group in the final round, but shot a 1-over 73 and finished with an 8-under 280 for a T8 in his Korn Ferry Tour debut at The Bahamas Great Exuma Classic at Sandals Emerald Bay.

Career Highlights

2022 Season

• The Bahamas Great Exuma Classic at Sandals Emerald Bay: Played in the final group in the final round, but shot a 1-over 73 and finished with an 8-under 280 for a T8 in his Korn Ferry Tour debut at The Bahamas Great Exuma Classic at Sandals Emerald Bay.

2021 Season

Weeks after winning the national championship with his Pepperdine Wave teammates, joined the Forme Tour and posted back-to-back top-fives. Missed only three cuts in eight starts to finish ninth on the final Points List to earn conditional 2022 Korn Ferry Tour membership.

• Auburn University Club Invitational: Played another solid tournament but again came up short, finishing alone in second. Opened and closed with a pair of 65s at the Auburn University Club in early July and put pressure on eventual winner Philip Knowles by posting his 21-under score while Knowles was still on the course. Watched as Knowles took a one-shot lead to his 72nd hole, where made birdie to win by two shots.
• L&J Golf Championship at Jennings Mill Country Club: Made his professional debut a solid performance, shooting four under-par rounds at Jennings Mill CC, including a 69-67 finish to end the Forme Tour inaugural tournament at 13-under, good for a T5 with Carter Jenkins, Alex Smalley and Peyton White.
• Mackenzie Tour-PGA TOUR Canada Q-School-USA West 2: Rolled in an 18-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole at The Wigwam’s Gold Course in early April, a putt that earned him a spot in a playoff with fellow amateur Blake Wagoner. On the first extra hole, the par-5 first, he was on the green in two shots and routinely two-putted from 20 feet for birdie to win the tournament when Wagoner was unable to match him. The victory earned him a full exemption for the entire 2021 Mackenzie Tour season

Amateur Highlights

• At Pepperdine, was a three-time All-West Coast Conference first-team selection and a two-time GCAA/Ping All-West Region honoree.
• In his final match as a collegian, at the 2021 NCAA Championship, won his match against Oklahoma’s Ben Lorenz, two-putting from 35 feet on the 18th hole at Grayhawk GC. The match victory clinched the national title for Pepperdine a year after the Waves, the No. 1-ranked team in the country in 2020, weren’t able to compete for a title because of the pandemic.
• His four wins at Pepperdine tied a school record jointly held by Sahith Theegala, Kevin Marsh, and Jim Johnson.
• Two-time medalist at the West Coast Conference Championship (2018, 2021), two of his four career college titles to go with his win at the 2018 weather-shortened Prestige at PGA West (defeated Norman Xiong by a stroke) and the 2018 Royal Oaks Intercollegiate (shared with Viktor Hovland and Matthew Wolff).
• At the 2017 Royal Oaks Intercollegiate, made holes-in-one in consecutive tournament rounds. First came in the second round, on the 192-yard fourth hole at Royal Oaks CC, his 4-iron dropping in the hole. The following day, in the final round of the 54-hole tournament, hit a 7-iron from 179 yards on No. 8. Same result. A unique part of his accomplishment came with all his teammates watching as the team plays each hole at once against their opponents.
• Was a four-time All-Orange County and All-South Coast League first-team selection. Was also the 2015 Orange County Register Player of the Year.
• In high school, was the 2015 and 2016 South Coast League champion. Was a 2015 CIF Southern Section Regional individual champion and regional champion. His high school team won three South Coast League titles.

Q SCHOOL GRADUATE

• PGA TOUR Canada: 2021