Akshay Bhatia

Akshay Bhatia (born January 31, 2002)[1] is an American professional golfer.

Akshay Bhatia
Personal information
Born (2002-01-31) January 31, 2002
Northridge, California
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight130 lb (59 kg; 9.3 st)
Nationality United States
ResidenceWake Forest, North Carolina
Career
Turned professional2019
Professional wins1

Amateur career

Bhatia was born in Northridge, California and lives in Wake Forest, North Carolina.[2] He was runner-up at the 2018 U.S. Junior Amateur. He won two silver medals at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in the boy's individual and the mixed team with Lucy Li. He played on the Junior Presidents Cup team in 2017 and Junior Ryder Cup in 2018, with both teams winning.[2]

Bhatia made his PGA Tour debut at the 2019 Valspar Championship[3] on a sponsorship exemption; he did, however, miss the cut.

Bhatia made his Web.com Tour debut on April 18, 2019 at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Championship,[4] where he made the cut and finished T-42.

Professional career

Bhatia turned professional in September 2019 after competing in the 2019 Walker Cup, and made his professional debut at the Sanderson Farms Championship.[5]

On August 5, 2020, Bhatia won ST 11 @ Old South Golf, an event on the Swing Thought Tour, by three strokes.[6]

Amateur wins
  • 2016 AJGA - CJGT Junior at Yorba Linda, IZOD AJGA Championship
  • 2017 Davis Love III Junior Open, Junior PGA Championship, AJGA Junior at Ford's Colony
  • 2018 Junior Invitational at Sage Valley, Polo Golf Junior Classic, Boy's Junior PGA Championship, Rolex Tournament of Champions
  • 2019 Jones Cup Invitational, Dustin Johnson World Junior Championship

Source:[7]

U.S. national team appearances

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References
  1. "Five things you should know about Akshay Bhatia". PGA Tour. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
  2. "Akshay Bhatia profile". Team USA. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  3. "Amateur Bhatia excited to battle pros at Valspar Championship". Golf Channel. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
  4. Melton, Zephyr (April 17, 2019). "No. 1-ranked junior golfer Akshay Bhatia to make Web.com Tour debut in Alabama". PGA Tour.
  5. Beall, Joel (September 17, 2019). "As Akshay Bhatia makes his PGA Tour debut, how 10 other high school prodigies fared when turning pro". Golf Digest.
  6. "ST 11 @ Old South Golf". Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  7. "Akshay Bhatia". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
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