By Bert Leeson

Nick Dunlap Alabama Crimson Tide golfer turned Pro Talking golf June 2024.mp3

ALABAMA BIO

• Height:

  6-3

• Class:

  Sophomore

• Hometown:

  Huntsville, Ala.

• High School:

  Home Schooled

Career Accolades

• 2024 The American Express Champion (PGA TOUR)
• 2023 U.S. Amateur Champion
• 61^st Northeast Amateur
• 123^rd North & South Amateur
• 2023 Walker Cup Team
• 2023 World Amateur Team
• PING All-American Second Team (2023)
• PING Southeast All-District (2023)
• SEC Golfer of the Week (Sept. 27, 2023, Oct. 4, 2023)
• All-SEC First Team (2023)
• SEC All-Freshman (2023)
• SEC Academic Honor Roll (2023)
• SEC Freshman of the Week (Feb. 22, 2023, March 22, 2023)
• Alabama Career Tournament Victories: 2

2023-24

• Made the decision to forego remaining collegiate eligibility and accepted PGA TOUR membership on Jan. 25, 2024
• First amateur since 1991 to win on the PGA TOUR, becoming the 2024 The American Express Champion with a 29-under par 259 (64-65-60-70)
• With his win at The American Express, he became the first player to win the U.S. Junior Amateur, U.S. Amateur and a PGA TOUR event as an amateur
• Left UA as the program’s all-time leader in career overall stroke average and average vs. par, averaging 69.76 strokes per round and -1.51 average vs. par across his 15 career tournaments played at UA (45 total rounds)
• Concluded the fall 2023 season as the No. 1-ranked golfer in college golf and as the No. 1 amateur golfer in the world according to the Official World Amateur Golf Ranking
• Competed in three of the four events in the Tide’s fall campaign, finishing among the top eight individuals in each tournament
• Did not compete at the Steelwood Collegiate to rest after returning back to the United States from playing in multiple international events for Team USA
• Finished runner up at the Hamptons Intercollegiate, where his second-round score of 60 marked the lowest round recorded by a UA golfer in program history
• Won stroke play medalist honors at the SEC Match Play hosted by Jerry Pate to secure second career individual title with a 15-under par 198 (70-65-63) and tying for the second-lowest 54-hole total in program history
• Finished the fall campaign as the Crimson Tide’s top golfer, averaging 67.00 strokes per round and a -4.13 average vs. par
• All eight of his rounds played during the fall (across three tournaments) were par or lower with five rounds carded in the 60s and counted towards the team score
• Earned back-to-back SEC Golfer of the Week honors (Sept. 27 and Oct. 4)

2023 Summer Highlights

• Qualified for the 2023 U.S Open
• Won the 61^st Northeast Amateur title at the end of June
• Claimed the 123^rd North & South Amateur championship a week later

2022-23

• SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll
• Tabbed as a Third Team PING All-American and Southeast All-District following a stellar rookie campaign
• Concluded his freshman season ranked as the No. 16 in the nation, according to Golfweek individual player rankings
• Named a First Team All-SEC performer as well as an all-freshman team honoree
• Led Alabama in average strokes per round at 70.35, which ranks as the second lowest per-round single-season average in program history
• Additionally, his -0.95 average vs. par set a program record while his 17 rounds in the 60s also led the team
• Finished the year placing top-20 in 10 of team’s 12 events, which included a team-leading four finishes inside the top-10
• Of his 37 rounds on the year, 26 we par or better which tied for the second-most in a single season in school history
• Collected top-20 finishes in each of his first four collegiate events, highlighted by a third-place result at the season-opening Rod Myers Invitational (212, -4) in his college debut
• Finished tied for 11th overall at the 2023 NCAA Championships after carding a 72-hole total of 280 (74-68-66-72)
• Earned first medalist honors of career at the Linger Longer Invitational with a 10-under 206 (70-66-70) and led Alabama to its second team title of the season
• Named SEC Freshman of the Week twice this season (February 22, 2023 and March 22, 2023)
• Had 10 top-20 finishes across 12 tournaments this year
• One of three golfers to compete in the Tide’s lineup for every event of the year

Prep Highlights

• Ranked as the No. 1 junior golfer in the class of 2022, according to Golfweek
• Named the 2021 American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) Boys Golfer of the Year
• Alabama Golf Association 2022 First Team All-State performer
• 2021 Alabama Boys State Junior Player of the Year
• Earned the medalist honor at the 2021 U.S Junior Amateur Championship which was held in Pinehurst, N.C.
• With that win, he became the first-ever Alabama native to win the historic event and by doing so he earned an Amateur exemption to compete in the 2022 U.S. Open
• Won the 2022 U.S. Boys Junior Championship individual title
• Also claimed the title at the AJGA Polo Golf Junior Classic in 2022
• Out of his 11 events played in 2021, he tallied one victory, finished in the top on five occasions and recorded eight top-20 results
• Winner of the 2021 Dustin Johnson World Junior Championship in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
• Collected runner-up results in the 2021 Junior Players Championship and Boy’s Junior PGA Championship
• Also had second-place finishes at the Wyndham Invitational presented by Truist, The Dye Junior Invitational and the 2020 Notah Begay III Junior Golf National Championship
• Winner of the 73^rd Alabama Boys State Junior Championship of the Alabama Golf Association in July of 2018
• Set the course record at Highland Golf Club in Birmingham in June of 2016, he shot a 59 (-11) as he was going into his seventh-grade year of middle school

COURTESY PGA TOUR, MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT AND ALABAMA ATHLETICS