TRUCKEE, Calif. — Nick Dunlap won the Barracuda Championship by two points on Sunday, becoming the first player in PGA Tour history to win as both an amateur and professional in the same year.
In January, at the American Express in La Quinta, Dunlap, then a 20-year-old sophomore at the University of Alabama, became just the eighth amateur to win a TOUR event and the first in 33 years. A few days later, he turned professional.
On Sunday at Tahoe Mountain Club in the only PGA Tour tournament using the Modified Stableford scoring system, Dunlap took the lead with a 55-foot eagle putt on the par-5 15th hole.
A double eagle is worth 8 points, an eagle is worth 5 points, a birdie is worth 2 points, a bogey is worth 1 point, and a double bogey is worth 3 points.
Dunlap added a birdie on the par-4 17th hole, cutting a dogleg with a 304-yard drive and then chipping a shot to 3 feet.
Dunlap, who entered the day nine points behind leader Mac Meissner, earned 19 points with a bogey-free round and finished with a 49. He birdied six of the first 12 holes on the tree-lined Old Greenwood Course.
Vince Whaley made a 17-foot birdie putt on the par-4 18th hole to move into second place with nine points.
Patrick Fishburne scored 46 points with a 10-foot birdie on the 18th hole and finished the round with 12 points.
Meissner was in fourth place with a 44, five points behind after finishing the round with a bogey.
Taylor Pendrith and Patrick Rogers tied for fifth with 43.
With two games remaining in the regular season, Dunlap has jumped from 95th to 63rd. The top 70 players advance to the playoffs.
First published: July 21, 2024 at 9:39 PM
