Jacob Modleski Facts: 14 Things To Know About The Amateur Golfer

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By Elliott Heath

published 5 September 2025

Jacob Modleski of Indiana and Notre Dame University is one of the USA's most promising amateur golfers.

Get to know the 2025 Walker Cup player better with these facts...

Jacob Modleski facts:

1. He is from Noblesville, Indiana, just north-east of Indianapolis

2. Modleski attends the University of Notre Dame in Indiana

3. In his freshman year at Notre Dame, he was part of the men's team that qualified for its first NCAA National Championship since the regional format was adopted in 1989

4. His career-high World Amateur Golf Ranking is 13th

5. In his sophomore year, he broke the Notre Dame scoring record with a 68.5 stroke average

6. He won the 2024 Jones Cup Invitational at Ocean Forest Golf Club in Sea Island, Ga, where he beat Caleb Surratt and Jackson Koivun by a single stroke

7. His first official collegiate victory came at The Johnnie-O at Sea Island in 2024, where he was co-medallist with a score of 12-under-par

8. Modleski made the 2024 US Amateur Championship quarter-finals at Hazeltine, eventually losing 4&3 to Jackson Buchanan

9. He made his PGA Tour debut at the 2024 RSM Classic after receiving a sponsor's invite. He shot 77-73 to miss the cut

10. He won the 2025 Atlantic Coast Conference Championship by one stroke from Tyler Weaver to become the first golfer in Notre Dame history to be crowned ACC Champion

11. He made the semi-finals of the 2025 Western Amateur, where he was defeated by Ethan Fang

12. He made the quarter-finals of the US Amateur Championship for the second consecutive year in 2025, where he lost to Niall Shiels Donegan on the 19th hole at the Olympic Club

13. In 2025, he was selected by the USGA’s International Team Selection (ITS) working group to make his Walker Cup debut for Team USA at Cypress Point

14. He plays Ping woods, irons and wedges along with a TaylorMade Spider putter

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Jacob Modleski bio
Hometown	Noblesville, IN
College	University of Notre Dame
Career-high WAGR	13th

Jacob Modleski wins

Jones Cup Invitational, 2024
The Johnnie-O at Sea Island, 2024
Men's Atlantic Coast Conference Championship, 2025

Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, X and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 and 2025 Masters from Augusta National and was there by the 18th green to watch Rory McIlroy complete the career grand slam. He has also covered five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!

Elliott is currently playing:

Driver: Titleist TSR4

3 wood: Titleist TSi2

Hybrids: Titleist 816 H1

Irons: Mizuno MP5 5-PW

Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore 50, 54, 58

Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5

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