Gophers’ Flanagan earns second appearance at PGA Tour event
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Angus Flanagan admits he was nervous when he made his PGA Tour debut at the 3M Open in the summer of 2020, but hopes he’ll use what he learned there as he plays in the Tour’s Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles this weekend.
Click the video box on this page to watch Angus Flanagan talk about preparations for his upcoming appearance at the PGA Tour’s Genesis Invitational – including what he learned in his Tour debut at the 3M Open and what it’s been like rubbing elbows with his golf idols this week leading up to his second Tour event
Flanagan survived a 3-hole playoff to win the Genesis Invitational College Challenge at Riviera on Monday, a win that comes with a spot in the PGA’s weekend event.
He made his Tour debut at the 3M Open in Blaine this past summer when he was given a sponsor’s exemption after winning the Minnesota Open by shooting a course record 64 at The Royal Club in Lake Elmo. He did not make the cut at the 3M Open, but rebounded to win the 118th Western Amateur Championship the following week.
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Angus Flanagan (right) accepts a framed print after winning the Genesis Collegiate Challenge at Riviera Country Club, which earned him a spot in the PGA Tour event at the course[GOLF Network]
Flanagan, a native of Woking, England, is a senior at the University of Minnesota and was a unanimous First Team All-Big Ten and an All-American last season. He was the Big Ten champion in 2019.
He’s ranked 37th in the World Amateur Golf Ranking and being considered for the Great Britain and Ireland team at the Walker Cup – the amateur version of the Ryder Cup – this May. He was one of fifteen golfers to make the preliminary practice squad late last year.
Angus tees off at 10:19 a.m. Central Time on Thursday morning as part of a field that includes seven of the top ten ranked players in the world and thirty of the top fifty – including Xander Schauffele, Dustin Johnson, Jon Rahm, Rory McIlroy, Bryson DeChambeau and Justin Thomas.
Flanagan played a practice round Tuesday with Ryder Cup veterans Alex Noren and Jordan Spieth, who are also playing in this week’s event.