Miles Russell is skipping a big amateur event at Pinehurst this week in order to play in Detroit. Of course, it’s for good reason. The 15-year-old golfer will compete in his first PGA Tour event.
at a Korn Ferry Tour event in Sarasota, earning a spot in the following week’s event because he finished among the top 25.“I was pretty excited,” Russell said Wednesday during a pre-tournament news conference. “I was speechless pretty much at the time. It's always been a dream to play at the highest level and compete with the best players in the world and I get to do that this week, so really looking forward to it.
Another player in the field, Willie Mack, joked that Russell isn’t even allowed in the locker room at Detroit Golf Club because a rule stipulates you must be 16 to enter.The top-ranked junior in the American Junior Golf Association, Russell broke Tiger Woods’s record as the youngest player to win AJGA player of the year. He was also the youngest to win the Junior PGA Championship. He played in the Junior Ryder Cup and was named to the first USGA Junior National team.
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