Curtis John Luck (born 9 August 1996) is an Australian professional golfer from Cottesloe, Western Australia. In March 2017 he became the number one ranked amateur golfer in the world, heading the World Amateur Golf Ranking. He held that ranking before turning professional in April.
Golf career Luck was runner-up at the 2014 Australian Amateur. He also won the 2016 Western Australian Open on the PGA Tour of Australasia.
Luck won the 2016 U.S. Amateur. He had previously planned to turn professional in October 2016, but decided to wait in order to retain his invitations in the 2017 Masters, U.S. Open and Open Championship. He moved from seventh in the World Amateur Golf Ranking to third with the win.
Luck was awarded the Emerging Athlete of the Year at the 2016 Australian Institute of Sport Performance Awards.
Luck later decided to turn professional at the 2017 Valero Texas Open, meaning he forfeited his U.S. Open and Open Championship exemptions.
In August 2020, Luck won the Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship in Ohio on the Korn Ferry Tour.
Amateur wins 2012 Newman and Brooks Junior Championship 2014 Victorian Junior Masters, New South Wales Medal, Western Australian Amateur 2016 U.S. Amateur, Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship
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Professional wins (2) PGA Tour of Australasia wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up11 May 2016Nexus Risk TSA Group WA Open(as an amateur)−19 (67-64-62-68=261)2 strokes Travis Smyth (a)
Korn Ferry Tour wins (1) Legend Championship Series (1) Other Korn Ferry Tour (0) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunners-up123 Aug 2020Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship−11 (68-66-68-71=273)1 stroke Theo Humphrey, Taylor Montgomery, Cameron Young
Results in major championships Results not in chronological order in 2020. Tournament20172018Masters TournamentT46U.S. OpenThe Open ChampionshipPGA Championship Tournament2019202020212022202320242025Masters TournamentPGA ChampionshipU.S. OpenCUTThe Open ChampionshipNTCUT
CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied for place NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
Team appearances Amateur Eisenhower Trophy (representing Australia): 2016 (winners)
See also 2018 Web.com Tour Finals graduates
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