Karl Vilips


Karl Vilips is an Australian professional golfer and PGA Tour player. He won the 2025 Puerto Rico Open.
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Amateur career

Vilips played for the international team at the 2017 Junior Presidents Cup. He represented Australia at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics|2018 Summer Youth Olympics] in Buenos Aires together with Grace Kim, and won the boy's individual gold.
Individually, he won the 2017 Southern Amateur and was runner-up at the 2019 Rolex Tournament of Champions, the 2020 Junior Players Championship and the 2023 North and South Amateur.
Vilips attended Stanford University between 2021 and 2024, and played with the Stanford Cardinal men's golf team. He was named to the 2021 All-Pac-12 Newcomer Team and 2023 All-America honorable mention. He won the Pac-12 Championship as a senior.

Professional career

Vilips turned professional after graduating in 2024 and joined the Korn Ferry Tour, where he was runner-up at the NV5 Invitational and won the Utah Championship. He was named as the Korn Ferry Tour Rookie of the Year for the 2024 [Korn Ferry Tour|2024 season].
Vilips finished 19th in the rankings to graduate to the 2025 PGA Tour. In his rookie PGA Tour season he won the Puerto Rico Open, three strokes ahead of Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, in only his fourth start.

Personal life

Vilips' father, Paul, has a YouTube channel which documented Karl's journey as a golfer since he was age 7. Hence Vilips is known as the "original YouTube golfer". Vilips gave credit to the YouTube channel for his success, as it helped fundraise him to participate in many junior golf tournaments as a kid, which resulted in him getting golf scholarships which propelled him to success in professional golf.

Amateur wins

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Results in major championships

CUT = missed the half-way cut

Results in The Players Championship

CUT = missed the half-way cut

Team appearances

Amateur