CARLSBAD, Calif. (Jan. 21, 2024) – Nick Dunlap made history Sunday winning The American Express to become the first amateur to win a PGA TOUR event in 33 years. Dunlap’s record-setting weekend featured his Qi10 LS 9.0° driver, P·7MC irons and Milled Grind 4 wedges.
The 20-year-old Alabama sophomore shot a record-breaking 60 on Saturday to take a three-stroke lead into the final round. His round matched the lowest round by an amateur since at least 1983.
After going out in even par to start the final round, Dunlap’s drive on the 14th hole went 271-yards into the fairway and then he hit his approach from 129-yards to 10-feet to make birdie. Then, after a 331-yard drive on 16 with his Qi10 LS driver, Dunlap came up clutch going up and down from below the green with his Milled Grind 4 wedge and made the 11-foot putt.
Dunlap showed his poise on the 17th hole, securely finding the green on the Par 3 island green with his P·7MC and then two-putting for par to take a two-stroke lead. On 18, he had yet another clutch up and down to secure the victory by one-stroke.
Dunlap finished the final round second in driving distance with an average of 331-yards.
NICK DUNLAP Qi10 LS DRIVER SPEC
- LOFT: 9.0°
- LOFT SLEEVE: Standard Upright
- SLIDING WEIGHT: Fade
- SHAFT: Project X HZRDUS Green 70 TX
- LENGTH: 44.75’’
- SPIN: 2300 RPM
- CARRY: 315-yards
In testing with TaylorMade’s tour team, Dunlap preferred the head shape of the LS head. To get the ball to consistently go right, Dunlap’s Qi10 LS is set to the standard upright position with the sliding weight set all the way to the fade position.
NICK DUNLAP WITB
- Qi10 LS 9.0° driver
- P·7MC 4-9
- Milled Grind 3 48°
- Milled Grind 4 52°, 56°, 60°
NICK DUNLAP NEED TO KNOW
- First amateur to win PGA TOUR event since 1991
- First male to win US Amateur and US Junior Amateur since Tiger Woods
- Third win in two weeks across professional tours for the Qi10 family of drivers
- Won the Northeast, North and South Amateurs, the Walker Cup and earned All-American honors in his Freshman season at Alabama
- Has made two starts in the U.S. Open including 2023 after qualifying with an 8-under 136 winning in a three-for-two playoff
- Dunlap is exempt into the 2024 Masters, US Open and Open Championship
- Finished the fall campaign as Alabama's top golfer, averaging 67.00 strokes per round and a -4.13 average vs. par
- All eight of his rounds played in the fall of 2023 (across three tournaments) were par or lower with five rounds carded in the 60s and counted towards the team score
