Who Is Andy Ogletree? 10 Things You Didn't Know About Him
=The 2019 US Amateur Champion is making his Masters debut


The 2019 US Amateur Champion is making his Masters debut
Who Is Andy Ogletree? 10 Things You Didn't Know About Him
Andy Ogletree makes his Masters debut after winning the 2019 US Amateur Championship at Pinehurst.
He is one of the six amateurs vying to win the famed Silver Cup.
The young American plays with his boyhood idol Tiger Woods in the opening two rounds.
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Get to know him better with these 10 facts...
Who Is Andy Ogletree?
1. He was born and raised in Union, Mississippi
2. He led his team to win the Mississippi State Championship in 2016
3. He also won the 2016 Mississippi Individual State Championship
4. He attended Georgia Tech University
5. He became the third Georgia Tech student to win the US Amateur Championship in 2019, after Bobby Jones and Matt Kuchar. He beat John Augenstein 2&1 in the final at Pinehurst
6. Thanks to his US Amateur victory, he qualified for the 2020 US Open, 2020 Masters and 2021 Open Championship (after the 2020 Open was cancelled)
7. He played in the winning US Walker Cup side at Royal Liverpool in 2019, where he won 1.5 points from four matches
8. He is yet to decide whether to turn pro after The Masters, with an exemption into the 2021 Open and the Walker Cup taking place next year
9. Ahead of the 2020 Masters, he ranked 6th in the World Amateur Golf Ranking
10. He has played in four PGA Tour events this year - the Charles Schwab Challenge, RBC Heritage, Memorial Tournament and US Open. He is yet to make a cut
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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, features, courses and travel sections as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as four 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 at West Byfleet Golf Club in Surrey, where his handicap index floats anywhere between 2-5. 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 HL
Irons: Mizuno MP-H4 3-iron, Mizuno MP5 4-PW
Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore 50, 54, 58
Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5
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