Davis Thompson Facts: 16 Things You Didn’t Know About The PGA Tour Pro
Get to know American PGA Tour player Davis Thompson better with these facts about his life and career so far


Jonny Leighfield
Davis Thompson is an up-and-coming star on the PGA Tour who has already managed multiple wins as a pro. Get to him better with these facts regarding his life and career in the game so far…
Davis Thompson Facts
1. Thompson was born on 5 June 1999 in Atlanta, Georgia.
2. He later moved to Auburn, Alabama and attended the Lee-Scott Academy, where he won six state championships. He also won the basketball state title with his high school team.
3. He comes from a golfing family, with his father captaining the Georgia men's team in 1987 and 1988.
4. Standing at 6ft 4in, he is one of the tallest players on the PGA Tour.
5. Thompson played golf for the University of Georgia, earning All-America First Team laurels in his final two years. He won four individual collegiate titles, including the 2019 and 2021 NCAA Regionals, and was named the 2021 Southeastern Conference Player of the Year. He graduated college with a degree in sports management.
6. He was number one on the World Amateur Golf Ranking in November 2020 and March 2021. He also finished second in the inaugural PGA Tour University Class of 2021, earning his Korn Ferry Tour for the 2022 season.
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7. He turned pro after graduating college in 2021.
8. He claimed the first victory of his professional career at the 2022 Rex Hospital Open on the Korn Ferry Tour, shooting a two-under final round to beat Andrew Yun and Vincent Norman by one stroke.
9. His first pro win also happened to come on his 23rd birthday. “It’s a pretty good dream,” Thompson said. “It’s my best birthday yet.”
10. He earned his PGA Tour card for the 2023 season after finishing 16th on the Korn Ferry Tour standings.
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11. He came close to winning his first PGA Tour title at The American Express in 2023, losing by one stroke to Jon Rahm after nearly holing a long putt on the 17th only for his ball to get a brutal break off the flagstick.
12. Thompson secured his first PGA Tour title at the 2024 John Deere Classic, winning by four shots on his 63rd start. Per the PGA Tour website, he became the first player in tournament history with a 72-hole total of 256 or lower (28-under 256) and recorded the lowest 72-hole total on Tour since Ludvig Åberg at the 2023 RSM Classic.
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13. His favorite golf memory is attending a practice round at the 2011 Masters. He says he wondered at the time what it would be like to play at Augusta National. In 2025, he will find out as a result of his John Deere Classic success.
14. Thompson finished the 2024 PGA Tour season 12th in SG: Total - averaging 1.013 shots on the field every time he teed it up.
15. He has made almost $6.5 million in prize money in his PGA Tour career.
16. He loves double stuffed Oreos and is a big fan of the Batman movies.
Davis Thompson Bio
Born | June 5, 1999 - Atlanta, Georgia |
Height | 6ft 4in (1.93 m) |
College | University of Georgia |
Turned Pro | 2021 |
Former Tour | Korn Ferry Tour |
Current Tours | PGA Tour |
Pro Wins | 2 |
Highest OWGR | 38th |
Davis Thompson Pro Wins
Tour | Event | Winning Score |
---|---|---|
Korn Ferry Tour | 2023 Rex Hospital Open | -17 (one stroke) |
PGA Tour | John Deere Classic | -28 (four strokes) |
Joel Kulasingham is freelance writer for Golf Monthly. He has worked as a sports reporter and editor in New Zealand for more than five years, covering a wide range of sports including golf, rugby and football. He moved to London in 2023 and writes for several publications in the UK and abroad. He is a life-long sports nut and has been obsessed with golf since first swinging a club at the age of 13. These days he spends most of his time watching, reading and writing about sports, and playing mediocre golf at courses around London.
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