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Adam Woodard

‘Just the beginning’: Fans, PGA Tour and LIV Golf players react to amateur Nick Dunlap’s PGA Tour win

What do Nick Dunlap and Phil Mickelson have in common? They’ve both won on the PGA Tour as amateurs.

Lefty accomplished the feat back in 1991 at the Northern Telecom Open in Tucson, Arizona, while at Arizona State, while Dunlap, a sophomore at Alabama, did so on Sunday at the 2024 The American Express at PGA West in La Quinta, California.

Mickelson was one of the first of many to congratulate the rising star on his victory, and his LIV Golf colleague Jon Rahm wasn’t far behind, but it was Dunlap’s Alabama teammates who had the best reaction by far. Check out how fans and players celebrated Dunlap’s incredible win.

Phil Mickelson

Jon Rahm

Alabama golf teammates

USGA

Smylie Kaufman

AJGA

Alabama men's golf

Alabama men's golf coach Jay Seawell

Justin Ray

Claire Rogers

Hudson Swafford

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