Miles Russell’s rapid rise has continued with a big jump up the world rankings.
The 15-year-old amateur made history last week by becoming the youngest player to make the cut at a Korn Ferry Tour event – surpassing the previous record set by Gipper Finau in 2006.
Russell, a high school freshman from Jacksonville, Florida, shot stunning rounds of 68 and 66 to make the weekend at the LECOM Suncoast Classic.
He followed that up by carding rounds of 70 and 66 to finish in a tie for 20th at 14-under, also making him the youngest player on record (since 1983) to claim a top-25 finish on the PGA or Korn Ferry Tour.
The incredible feat has seen him go from being unranked on the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) to 1738.
According to OWGR guru and popular Twitter account Nosferatu, Russell’s recent finish helped him make a massive jump of over 2500 spots on the rankings.
Meanwhile, the ‘unranked’ 15 yo Miles Russell will jump over 2500 places and land straight inside the top 1800 in the world! #OWGR pic.twitter.com/wGNia2gaDLApril 22, 2024
The teenager will have another opportunity to rise up the rankings after earning a start at this week’s Veritex Bank Championship in Texas on the Korn Ferry Tour.
Russell, the world’s top-ranked junior golfer, has already won several titles, including the 2018 Junior Honda Classic, back-to-back US Kids World Championship in 2020 and 2021, as well as the prestigious 2023 Junior Players Championship.
Last year, he broke Tiger Woods‘ record for the youngest winner of the AJGA Rolex Junior Player of the Year award.
And Russel believes his confidence will only improve after “an awesome week” playing with the pros on the Korn Ferry Tour.
“When I play well, I think I can compete with some of the better pros, but this week I played well and I think it kind of showed it a little bit,” Russell said.
“But good play is always good, and definitely confidence-boosting to finish where we’re going to finish today.”
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