May 19, 2024

And if you aren’t, here’s a quick rundown: Knapp turned pro in 2016 and played on the PGA Tour Canada for a few years. He won twice in 2019 to earn a Korn Ferry Tour card for 2020, but he missed 20 cuts in 36 starts and lost his status. He then worked as a bouncer at a nightclub from 2021 to ’22. In August 2022, he won again on the PGA Tour Canada, which helped him earn another promotion to the Korn Ferry Tour. This time he made the most of it, recording 10 top 10s in 22 starts to earn a PGA Tour card for 2024. That’s how you become a 29-year-old PGA Tour rookie.

Knapp tied for 70th and was cut in his first two starts of the year, but he was T3 at the Farmers Insurance Open — good for a  paycheck — and was T28 in Phoenix, which led to his life-changing week at the Mexico Open at Vidanta. He torched Vidanta Vallarta with a 64 on Friday and 63 on Saturday, and his closing 71 on Sunday was good for a two-shot win in just his ninth career PGA Tour start.

 

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