Dunlap becomes first player in PGA Tour history to win as an amateur and a pro in the same year

Nick Dunlap becomes first player in PGA Tour history to win as an amateur and a pro in the same year

TRUCKEE, Calif. — Nick Dunlap became the first player in PGA Tour history to win as an amateur and a professional in the same year, rallying Sunday for a two-point victory in the Barracuda Championship. In January at The American Express in La Quinta, the 20-year-old Dunlap — then a sophomore at the University of Alabama — became the eighth amateur to win a tour event and the first in 33 years. He turned professional days later. On Sunday at Tah…

Dunlap becomes first player in PGA Tour history to win as an amateur

TRUCKEE, California: Nick Dunlap became the first player in PGA Tour history to win as an amateur and a professional in the same year, rallying Sunday for a two-point victory in the Barracuda Championship. In January at The American Express in La Quinta, the 20-year-old Dunlap — then a sophomore at the University of Alabama — became the eighth amateur to win a tour event and the first in 33 years. He turned professional days later.

Young gun Dunlap sets PGA Tour first with second win

No one in PGA Tour history had ever won both as an amateur and as a professional in the same year before Nick Dunlap stepped up on Sunday.

Dunlap becomes 1st PGA player to win as amateur, pro in same year

TRUCKEE, Calif. -- Nick Dunlap became the first player in PGA Tour history to win as an amateur and a professional in the same year, rallying Sunday for a two-point victory in the Barracuda Championship.

Dunlap becomes first player in PGA Tour history to win as an amateur and a pro in the same year

Nick Dunlap became the first player in PGA Tour history to win as an amateur and a professional in the same year, rallying Sunday for a two-point victory in the Barracuda Championship.