Dylan Ashley Frittelli (born 5 June 1990) is a South African professional golfer. He currently plays on the PGA Tour where he won the John Deere Classic in 2019. He previously played on the European Tour where he won twice in 2017, the Lyoness Open and the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open.
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| Personal information | |||||
| Full name | Dylan Ashley Frittelli | ||||
| Born | 5 June 1990 Johannesburg, South Africa | ||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||
| Weight | 81 kg (179 lb; 12.8 st) | ||||
| Sporting nationality |  South Africa | ||||
| Career | |||||
| College | University of Texas | ||||
| Turned professional | 2012 | ||||
| Current tour(s) | PGA Tour European Tour Sunshine Tour | ||||
| Former tour(s) | Challenge Tour | ||||
| Professional wins | 7 | ||||
| Highest ranking | 44 (25 February 2018)[1] (as of 17 November 2024) | ||||
| Number of wins by tour | |||||
| PGA Tour | 1 | ||||
| European Tour | 3 | ||||
| Asian Tour | 1 | ||||
| Sunshine Tour | 1 | ||||
| Challenge Tour | 2 | ||||
| Other | 1 | ||||
| Best results in major championships | |||||
| Masters Tournament | T5: 2020 | ||||
| PGA Championship | T31: 2018 | ||||
| U.S. Open | T46: 2021 | ||||
| The Open Championship | 5th: 2021 | ||||
| Achievements and awards | |||||
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Amateur career
editFrittelli won the 2007 Callaway Junior World Golf Championships for boys aged 15 to 17.[2]
Frittelli played college golf at the University of Texas, where he won the decisive match to lead his team to victory at the 2012 NCAA Championship.[3] He represented South Africa in the Eisenhower Trophy in 2008 and 2010.
Professional career
editFrittelli turned professional after the 2012 NCAA Championship and played on the European Tour via sponsors exemptions for the rest of the year. He started 2013 with a second-place finish in the Telkom PGA Championship behind Jaco van Zyl. He played most of the year on the Challenge Tour, winning his first tour event at the Kärnten Golf Open in June.[4]
Frittelli's performances in early 2013 lifted him into the world top-300 but he then had two years of poor performances, dropping to 926 in the world rankings. He showed a return to form when losing a playoff for the Australian PGA Championship in late 2015.[5] 2016 was a successful year with second place in the Golden Pilsener Zimbabwe Open, a tie for second in the Tayto Northern Ireland Open and then a second win on the Challenge Tour in the Rolex Trophy. He finished 8th in the Race to Oman rankings to earn a place on the 2017 European Tour.
In 2017 a tie for second place in the Eye of Africa PGA Championship and a playoff defeat in the Volvo China Open lifted Frittelli into the world top-100 for the first time. In June he won his first European Tour event, the Lyoness Open. At the end of the season he was runner-up in the Turkish Airlines Open and tied for 4th in the end-of-season DP World Tour Championship, Dubai, both Rolex Series events. He finished 19th in the Race to Dubai.
Frittelli won the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open in December 2017 beating Arjun Atwal at the first hole of a playoff.
In 2018, Frittelli played some PGA Tour events because of sponsor's exemptions and his world ranking.[6] He earned enough points to qualify for the Web.com Tour Finals.[7] At the Web.com Tour Finals, he secured his PGA Tour card for the 2018–19 season.
Fritelli won the John Deere Classic in July 2019 by shooting 21-under par.[8] It was his maiden PGA Tour victory and qualified him for the 2019 Open Championship in Northern Ireland.
After finishing 172nd on the 2023 FedEx Cup rankings and losing his playing rights on the PGA Tour, Frittelli gained entry to the 2024 European Tour, through a new exemption category (for players in positions 126-200 on the PGA Tour rankings the year before) and won the 2024 Bahrain Championship, his first European Tour victory in six years.[9]
Amateur wins
edit- 2007 Callaway Junior World Golf Championships
- 2008 South African Boys' Championship
Professional wins (7)
editPGA Tour wins (1)
edit| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 Jul 2019 | John Deere Classic | −21 (66-68-65-64=263) | 2 strokes |  Russell Henley
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European Tour wins (3)
edit| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 Jun 2017 | Lyoness Open | −12 (70-71-68-67=276) | 1 stroke |  David Horsey,  Mikko Korhonen, Jbe' Kruger
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| 2 | 3 Dec 2017 (2018 season) |
AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open1 | −16 (67-66-68-67=268) | Playoff |  Arjun Atwal
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| 3 | 4 Feb 2024 | Bahrain Championship | −13 (67-68-69-71=275) | 2 strokes | Zander Lombard,  Jesper Svensson
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1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the Sunshine Tour
European Tour playoff record (1–2)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2015 | Australian PGA Championship |  Nathan Holman, Harold Varner III
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Holman won with par on first extra hole |
| 2 | 2017 | Volvo China Open |  Alexander Lévy
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Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
| 3 | 2017 | AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open | Arjun Atwal
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Won with birdie on first extra hole |
Asian Tour wins (1)
edit| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 Dec 2017 | AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open1 | −16 (67-66-68-67=268) | Playoff | Arjun Atwal
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1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour and the Sunshine Tour
Asian Tour playoff record (1–0)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2017 | AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open | Arjun Atwal
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Won with birdie on first extra hole |
Sunshine Tour wins (1)
edit| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 Dec 2017 | AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open1 | −16 (67-66-68-67=268) | Playoff | Arjun Atwal
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1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour and the Asian Tour
Sunshine Tour playoff record (1–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2017 | Eye of Africa PGA Championship | Makhetha Mazibuko, Erik van Rooyen
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van Rooyen won with birdie on first extra hole |
| 2 | 2017 | AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open | Arjun Atwal
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Won with birdie on first extra hole |
Challenge Tour wins (2)
edit| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
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| 1 | 30 Jun 2013 | Kärnten Golf Open | −17 (67-64-65-71=267) | 3 strokes |  Filippo Bergamaschi,  Daan Huizing
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| 2 | 20 Aug 2016 | Rolex Trophy | −20 (71-65-66-66=268) | 2 strokes |  Pep Anglès,  Ryan Fox
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Big Easy Tour wins (1)
edit| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 Apr 2013 | Roodepoort CC | −12 (65-67=132) | 3 strokes | Callie Swart
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Results in major championships
edit
Results not in chronological order in 2020.
| Tournament | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | CUT | |
| U.S. Open | CUT | |
| The Open Championship | CUT | CUT |
| PGA Championship | T63 | T31 |
| Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | T5 | CUT | ||
| PGA Championship | CUT | T33 | CUT | |
| U.S. Open | T46 | |||
| The Open Championship | T32 | NT | 5 | T28 |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
Results in The Players Championship
edit| Tournament | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Players Championship | T22 | T50 | CUT |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Results in World Golf Championships
edit| Tournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | T55 | |||
| Match Play | T36 | NT1 | R16 | |
| Invitational | ||||
| Champions | NT1 | NT1 |
1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
"T" = tied
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
NT = No tournament
Team appearances
editAmateur
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing South Africa): 2008, 2010
Professional
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Week 08 2018 Ending 25 Feb 2018" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
- ^ "Callaway Junior World Golf Championships – 2007 Champions". Archived from the original on 21 April 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
- ^ "Frittelli's dramatic birdie wins NCAA title for Men's Golf". 3 June 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
- ^ "Frittelli cruises to 3-shot win in Austria". Miami Herald. The Sports Network. 30 June 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
- ^ "Holman secures career-changing win at Aussie PGA". 6 December 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- ^ "Inside the Field: Honda Classic". PGA Tour. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
- ^ "FedEx Points for Non-Members: 2018". PGA Tour. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
- ^ "Frittelli earns first win at John Deere Classic". PGA Tour. 14 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
- ^ "News, The debrief: Bahrain Championship presented by Bapco Energies". European Tour. 5 February 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
External links
edit- Dylan Frittelli at the European Tour official site
- Dylan Frittelli at the Sunshine Tour official site
- Dylan Frittelli at the PGA Tour official site
- Dylan Frittelli at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
- Texas Longhorns profile