Andy Ogletree didn’t win Sunday’s Hong Kong Open, but that didn’t stop him from winning the Asian Tour’s International Series Achievement Award and earning a full-time home at LIV Golf next year.
Ogletree entered the penultimate event of the series with a huge lead over David Puig, Kieran Vincent and many others. The 25-year-old Georgia Tech product’s T-15 finish propelled him past the $1 million mark, making him more than $600,000 ahead of Puig with only next week’s BNI Indonesia Masters remaining.
“There’s been a lot of hard work and a lot of great golf this year,” said Ogletree, the 2019 U.S. Amateur champion who won two International Series events this season in Qatar and England. said. “I want to thank everyone who has brought me this far. The Asian Tour for everything they’ve done, and my home team for allowing me to play like I did this year.”More than that. Nothing to get excited about. I can’t wait to play LIV next year. In addition to all the LIV events I will be competing in, I will definitely be competing in some of the International Series events, so next year should be a great year and I can’t wait to get started. ”
Ogletree played in LIV’s first event two years ago in June before being shuffled out of the league and demoted to the Asian Tour (he was suspended from the PGA Tour for his participation in LIV), but again. Signed a contract. This past season, Ogletree competed in three of his LIV events as a sub.
It is unclear which team Ogeltree will join for next year’s LIV season. The Saudi-backed circuit announced last week that there would be a free agency and transfer window as well as a qualifying tournament during the offseason with three seasons of exemption.