LIV Golf is home to some of the sport’s biggest names like Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm and Brooks Koepka to name a few as well as a number of young, up-and-coming future stars.
One of those is 20-year-old Caleb Surratt, who joined Jon Rahm’s Legion XIII team last year as a sophomore at the University of Tennessee.
Surratt, who now describes Jon Rahm as “a great mentor”, won the SEC Championship by six strokes while playing for the Vols and became the SEC Freshman of the Year and the first in program history to become a First Team All-American.
He also set the Vols’ lowest ever single-season stroke average and was on the winning US Walker Cup side.
Surratt’s first season as a pro showed plenty of signs that he has the potential to be one of the game’s top players, with the Legion XIII player twice finishing 2nd on the Asian Tour, including at December’s Saudi International. He also had a 3rd-place on the Asian Tour and managed four top-20s in LIV with a best finish of T12.
Surratt won 3 out of 4 matches at the 2023 Walker Cup, where the USA won 14.5-11.5 at St Andrews
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The North Carolina native admits he is one of the best talents in the sport despite not getting as much publicity as some of the game’s more well-known young stars.
“For sure I think so [on whether he believes he is one of the best young players in the world] I mean, I was definitely one of the best junior amateur golfers,” he told Golf Monthly.
“I think, although maybe I haven’t got as much publicity as some of the other guys have gotten around my age that have been doing well recently, I don’t think there’s any reason to think that I’m not worthy of competing with those guys at all.
“I’ve learned a lot this year. I know I’m a better player than I was when I was in college because I’ve just learned so much and I think one day this is all going to come full circle and I’m gonna be seeing some of those same guys again in Majors, hopefully soon and and I’m excited to see how I stack up.
“I know I used to stack up pretty great, so I think I can do that again.”
Surratt finished T2nd at both the International Series England and Saudi International in 2024
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Despite being just 20, Surratt has the goal of winning twice this year and is determined to get inside the…
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