Jordan Niebrugge

Jordan Niebrugge
— Golfer —
Personal information
Born	(1993-08-04) August 4, 1993 Bridgeton, Missouri
Height	6 ft 04 in (1.93 m)
Weight	185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st)
Nationality	United States
Residence	Mequon, Wisconsin
Career
College	Oklahoma State University
Turned professional	2016
Professional wins	1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	CUT: 2014
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	T6: 2015
PGA Championship	DNP

Jordan Niebrugge (born August 4, 1993) is an American professional golfer.

Niebrugge was born just outside St. Louis in Bridgeton, Missouri. At a young age, parents Rod and Judy Niebrugge moved Jordan and his older sister Alyssa to Mequon, Wisconsin.^[1]

Niebrugge attended and played collegiate golf at Oklahoma State University ^[1] from 2012 to 2016.

In the summer of 2013, Niebrugge won the Wisconsin Match Play Championship,^[2] then produced an amateur winning streak that consisted of victories at the U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship,^[3] Wisconsin State Amateur,^[4] and Western Amateur.^[5] Previous victories at the Wisconsin State Open and the WIAA High School Championship places Niebrugge and PGA Tour golfer Mark Wilson as the only golfers to win all four events of the "Wisconsin Slam".^[6]

Niebrugge was selected to play for the USA 2013 Walker Cup and 2015 Walker Cup teams where he posted wins in both singles matches. He was also chosen to represent USA in the 2013 Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship. Along with teammate Scottie Scheffler, the two combined to win the men's competition for Team USA as well as the overall combined team competition. He also tied for the overall individual lead.^[7]

For his 2013 accomplishments, Niebrugge was named to the 2013 Global Golf Post All-Amateur 1st Team ^[8] and was an honorable mention Collegiate All-American in 2013 for his play at Oklahoma State.^[1]

With his win at the U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship, Niebrugge received an invitation to compete at the 2014 Masters Tournament in April 2014, where he played the first two rounds at +11 and missed the cut.^[9]

In 2015, Niebrugge finished tied for medalist honors at the Hillside qualifier^[10] which resulted in an invitation to the 2015 Open Championship at St Andrews, where he went on to win the silver medal for being low amateur and tied for 6th overall.^[11] Completing the tournament at 11-under-par with an overall 277 also earned him the lowest score by an amateur in the history of The Open Championship.^[12]

College career

Niebrugge attended Oklahoma State University–Stillwater. As a freshman (2012–13), he was named Honorable Mention All-American by Ping^[13] and Golfweek Magazine.^[14] He was also chosen as a Ping All-Region selection and was named first-team All-Big 12.

2012–13 (Freshman)

• Finished T2 at The Prestige at PGA West^[15]
• Finished 2nd at the Morris Williams Intercollegiate^[16]
• Finished T5 at the Linger Longer Invitational^[17]

2013–14 (Sophomore)

• Won the Amer Ari Invitational^[18]
• Finished T9 at Big 12 Championship at Whispering Pines Golf Club
• Runner-up at the NCAA Columbia Regional at The Club at Old Hawthorne^[19]
• Was part of the OSU team that finished as the runner-up at NCAA Championships at Prairie Dunes in Hutchinson, Kansas. ^[20]

2014–15 (Junior)

• Won the NCAA New Haven Regional^[21]
• Finished 3rd at The Royal Oaks Intercollegiate^[22]
• Finished T5 at the Big 12 Championship
• Finished T7 at The Prestige and The Hyat

2015–16 (Senior)

• Finished T4 at Erin Hills Invitational
• Finished 5th at John Hayt Collegiate Invitational

Amateur wins

• 2010 W Duncan MacMillan Classic
• 2013 Wisconsin Match Play Championship, U.S. Amateur Public Links, Wisconsin State Amateur, Western Amateur
• 2014 The Amer Ari Invitational
• 2015 NCAA New Haven Regional

Source:^[23]

Professional tournament wins

• 2011 Wisconsin State Open (as an amateur)

Results in major championships

LA = Low amateur
DNP = Did not play
CUT = Missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

• Walker Cup: 2013 (winners), 2015
• The Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship: 2013 (winners)

References