Juan Sebastián Muñoz Amaya (born 4 January 1993) is a Colombian professional golfer. He played predominantly on the PGA Tour, where he had one tournament victory, the Sanderson Farms Championship in 2019, prior to joining LIV Golf in 2023.
Career Muñoz played college golf at the University of North Texas where he won two tournaments his senior year including the Conference USA Championship.
Muñoz turned professional in 2015 and played on the PGA Tour Latinoamérica's Developmental Series where he won two tournaments. His finish on the Series earned him exempt status on the first half of the 2016 PGA Tour Latinoamérica season. However, in February 2016, playing on a sponsor invitation, Muñoz won the Club Colombia Championship on the Web.com Tour. This victory, coming in his hometown of Bogotá, earned him a Web.com Tour card and was the first win by a Colombian golfer on the Web.com Tour. He finished 22nd in the regular season money list, which earned him a PGA Tour card for the 2017 season.
Muñoz's best finish in 2017 was a T-3 in the Greenbrier Classic in July. He fired a "stunning" 61 in the 1st round to take a two shot lead. He followed with rounds of 67 and 68 to maintain the solo lead. He shot a disappointing 72 in the fourth round, however, to lose to Xander Schauffele. This was Muñoz's only top 10 of the year and he failed to maintain his PGA Tour card.
In 2018, Muñoz played well on the Web.com Tour, with two 2nd-place finishes and a 3rd-place finish, to end up 12th on the money list and earn a promotion to the PGA Tour again.
On 22 September 2019, Muñoz won his first PGA Tour tournament, winning the Sanderson Farms Championship in Jackson, Mississippi. Muñoz won in a playoff over Im Sung-jae.
In September 2022, Muñoz was selected for the International team in the 2022 Presidents Cup; he played three matches, winning two and tying the other.
Munoz joined LIV Golf in February 2023 ahead of its second season; as a result, he was suspended from the PGA Tour.
Amateur wins 2010 Copa Joaquin y Tomas Samper Brush, Canadian International Junior Challenge 2012 Abierto de Golf Ciudad de Ibague, Abierto de Golf 2013 Torneo Aficionado Segunda Semana 2014 Abierto de Golf Ciudad de Ibague, Abierto de Golf Bucaramanga, Jim Rivers Intercollegiate 2015 Conference USA Championship
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Professional wins (5) PGA Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up122 Sep 2019 Sanderson Farms Championship−18 (70-67-63-70=270)Playoff Im Sung-jae
PGA Tour playoff record (1–0) No.YearTournamentOpponentResult12019Sanderson Farms Championship Im Sung-jaeWon with par on first extra hole
Web.com Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunners-up17 Feb 2016Club Colombia Championship−12 (69-66-66-71=272)1 stroke Matt Atkins, Richy Werenski
Colombian Tour wins (2) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up112 Jul 2015Abierto de Buracamanga−18 (71-65-66-68=270)9 strokes Santiago Rivas223 Aug 2015Abierto de Club Campestre Medellín−17 (70-69-64-68=271)1 stroke Marcelo Rozo
LIV Golf League wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up117 Aug 2025LIV Golf Indianapolis−22 (59-67-65=191)Playoff Jon Rahm
LIV Golf League playoff record (1–0) No.YearTournamentOpponentResult12025LIV Golf Indianapolis Jon RahmWon with birdie on first extra hole
Results in major championships Results not in chronological order in 2020. Tournament20172018Masters TournamentU.S. OpenCUTThe Open ChampionshipCUTPGA Championship Tournament20192020202120222023Masters TournamentT19T40PGA ChampionshipCUTCUTT55U.S. OpenT59CUTT14T49The Open ChampionshipNTCUTT62
CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
Summary Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts madeMasters Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1U.S. Open 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 3The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1Totals 0 0 0 0 0 2 13 7 Most consecutive cuts made – 4 (2022 PGA – 2023 U.S. Open, current) Longest streak of top-10s – 0
Results in The Players Championship Tournament20212022The Players ChampionshipCUTT33 CUT = missed the halfway cut "T" indicates a tie for a place
Results in World Golf Championships Tournament 202020212022ChampionshipT14T22Match PlayNT1T61T26InvitationalChampionsNT1NT1NT1 1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
NT = No tournament "T" = Tied Note that the Championship and Invitational were discontinued from 2022.
Team appearances Professional Presidents Cup (representing the International team): 2022
See also 2016 Web.com Tour Finals graduates 2018 Web.com Tour Finals graduates Lowest rounds of golf
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