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Nick Dunlap becomes first amateur to win a PGA Tour event in 33 years - Yahoo Sports
The Alabama sophomore held on to win The American Express, the first amateur to win a Tour event since Phil Mickelson in 1991.
Nick Dunlap, a 20-year-old sophomore at the University of Alabama, has made history at The American Express. Dunlap became the first amateur to win on the PGA Tour since Phil Mickelson, 33 years ago. With a final-round 70 and a final score of -29, Dunlap managed to both hold a lead and come from behind on Sunday to claim victory in La Quinta, Calif.
Dunlap entered the day three strokes ahead of the field on the back of a third-round 60, the lowest score by an amateur in a PGA Tour event since Patrick Cantlay managed the same score in 2001. But Dunlap surrendered all of his lead after a disastrous double-bogey on the seventh. He switched mindsets and remained steady throughout the rest of the round, and when leader Sam Burns put his tee shot into the water at the 17th, Dunlap pounced to claim a two-shot lead heading to the 18th.
