George Kneiser

JOINED TOUR

• PGA TOUR Latinoamérica: 2022
• PGA TOUR Canada: 2022

Personal

• Started playing golf competitively as a sophomore in high school.
• Played football, basketball, baseball and tennis growing up.
• Earliest golf memory was making a hole-in-one within the first 10 rounds of golf he every played, using a 3-wood from 157 yards.
• Superstition on the course is to leave his left pocket empty, with all tees and coins in his right pocket only.

Special Interests

• Bow hunting, fishing

CURRENT YEAR HIGHLIGHTS

• PGA TOUR Canada Q-School USA East 2: Made it into a five-players-for-two-spots playoff for the final exempt PGA TOUR Canada positions. After finishing 7-under at the end of regulation, earned full first-half-season exemptions with fellow Wisconsin native Thomas Longbella.
• PGA TOUR Latinoamerica Qualifying Tournament USA 1: Finished T14 at the rain-shortened event at Mission Inn Resort and Club to earn conditional PGA TOUR Latinoamérica status.

Career Highlights

2022 Season

• PGA TOUR Canada Q-School USA East 2: Made it into a five-players-for-two-spots playoff for the final exempt PGA TOUR Canada positions. After finishing 7-under at the end of regulation, earned full first-half-season exemptions with fellow Wisconsin native Thomas Longbella.
• PGA TOUR Latinoamerica Qualifying Tournament USA 1: Finished T14 at the rain-shortened event at Mission Inn Resort and Club to earn conditional PGA TOUR Latinoamérica status.

2021 Season

Played in two Korn Ferry Tour tournaments during that circuit’s super season. Missed the cut in both appearances.

Amateur Highlights

• Was the 2019 Horizon League individual champion and was also an HL all-conference second-team pick.

Q SCHOOL GRADUATE

• PGA TOUR Latinoamérica: 2022
• PGA TOUR Canada: 2022