This rookie pro says these players are the next up-and-comers to watch

In case you haven’t observed, the long run is already right here on the PGA Tour.

Due to the up to date PGA Tour University program that rewards the highest collegiate gamers with PGA Tour and Korn Ferry Tour standing, we’re already seeing the subsequent technology on the large stage.

In the previous few weeks, you’ve already seen final 12 months’s prime school participant, Texas Tech’s Ludvig Abergmake 4 begins on the PGA Tour as knowledgeable and even end T4 final week on the John Deere Basic.

Two different gamers, Ricky Castillo and Adrien Dumont De Chassart, each earned Korn Ferry standing instantly after school and won in their very first starts.

So is there anybody else we should always see coming?

Castillo, who performed for the stacked, nationwide champion Florida Gators, caught along with his guys.

“It’s laborious to not go along with Fred [Biondi] and Yuxin [Lin]truthfully,” Castillo instructed GOLF’s Subpar co-hosts Colt Knost and Drew Stoltz on this week’s episode. “Yuxin was simply itching to get out and play skilled golf and, clearly, Fred’s completed unimaginable issues in school golf and deserves to be the place he’s.”

He may be going along with his teammates, nevertheless it’s not laborious to see why. Biondi was No. 2 on the PGA Tour U rankings, simply behind Aberg, after capping his school profession with a win on the Division I NCAA Championships in Might.

Lin had himself a powerful closing season in Gainsville, racking up a run of five-straight top-10s in the midst of the 12 months, together with a win on the Southern Highlands Collegiate. In his first professional begin on the Korn Ferry Tour, he completed T15 on the Compliance Options Championship.

“As soon as they get extra comfy on the market and sort of get just a little extra used to it, I believe they’re going to go on the market and dominate, similar to the remainder of us have been doing,” Castillo stated. “It’s simply golf realistically. It’s not any completely different than school golf. It’s simply all by yourself.”

Jack Hirsh

Golf.com Editor

Jack Hirsh is an assistant editor at GOLF. A Pennsylvania native, Jack is a 2020 graduate of Penn State College, incomes levels in broadcast journalism and political science. He was captain of his highschool golf workforce and nonetheless *tries* to stay aggressive in native amateurs. Earlier than becoming a member of GOLF, Jack spent two years working at a TV station in Bend, Oregon, primarily as Multimedia Journalist/reporter, but in addition producing, anchoring and even presenting the climate. He might be reached at jack.hirsh@golf.com.