Vilips PGA TOUR bound

Karl Vilips is headed for the PGA TOUR in 2025.

Rookie Australian skilled Karl Vilips has certified for the PGA TOUR in 2025 after ending nineteenth on the Korn Ferry Tour moneylist following the season-ending Tour Championship. 

Featured within the September version of Inside Golf, the 22-year-old Vilips posted high 15 finishes in every of his first 4 Korn Ferry Tour begins, culminating in a victory on the Utah Championship in simply his sixth match as knowledgeable. 

Previous to taking part in on the Korn Ferry Tour in 2024, Vilips spent 4 years at Stanford College in California, the place he lived with teammate, shut buddy and younger gun Michael Thorbjornsen, the American taking part in 17 occasions in making a direct impression on the PGA TOUR this yr. 

Vilips grew up in Melbourne earlier than the household moved to Perth. He attended the Saddlebrook Preparatory College north of Tampa, Florida, then later loved a embellished junior profession, recording wins on the 2017 Southern Beginner Championship and on the 2018 Summer time Youth Olympics. 

He would research and play golf at Stanford from 2021 to 2024, turning skilled in June.  

The highest 30 from the Korn Ferry Tour earned PGA TOUR playing cards for 2025.