Teen Monday qualifies into first PGA Tour event at course designed by his idol, Tiger Woods

Dylan Brack continues to do things to impressment his puerility idol, Tiger Woods.

Brack, an 18-year-old from Riverside, California, changeable 8-under 64 astatine Palmilla Golf Club successful San Jose del Cabo, Mexico, astatine nan Monday qualifier for nan World Wide Technology Championship. He’ll make his PGA Tour debut this week astatine El Cardonal astatine Diamante successful Los Cabos, nan first people designed by Woods to clasp a Tour event.

Brack, who started swinging pinch a integrative artifact group astatine 2 ½ and joined nan First Tee – Greater Pasadena astatine property 4 ½, participated successful nan TGR Learning Lab’s Player Development Program from property 7 to 12. He besides won nan inaugural TGR JR Invitational successful 2022.

On his individual web site, Brack explained astatine a young property his parents purchased a right-handed putter and clubs and trim them down since they were still excessively large for him. But his parents noticed he would regularly move nan clubs astir to imitate nan pros he’d spot connected TV. Much for illustration Phil. Mickelson earlier him, he began playing left-handed moreover though he’s right-handed.

Brack, who is half-Japanese and half-English, besides has immoderate family history successful nan game. His great-grandfather Yutaka “James” Ihira was a champion golfer successful Hawaii, and he counts Tadd Fujikawa arsenic a distant relative.

For a young golfer who has had his stock of ties to Tiger, Brack adds different to database arsenic he makes his Tour debut arsenic an amateur.

Ryan Gerard, who earned his Tour paper for adjacent play via nan Korn Ferry Tour money list, changeable 65 on pinch Zach Bauchou, and William Moll nailed down nan last berth successful nan section by winning a 3-for-1 playoff aft posting 66.