Blake Davis
Another young stud will be hitting the PGA Tour before too long. Stanford standout Michael Thorbjornsen has officially secured his PGA Tour card after finishing atop the PGA Tour University rankings for the class of 2024. Thorbjornsen will be able to accept PGA Tour membership upon turning pro and will be eligible for all full-field open events for the remainder of the 2024 season and the 2025 season.
“PGA Tour U is, I think, one of the best programs in all of sports,” Thorbjornsen told the PGA Tour. “What they’ve done, creating a pathway for the PGA Tour and these different underlying Tours, is huge. It gives students and us golfers reasons to stay for four years, and you can’t really pass up the opportunities they present to you.”
Thorbjornsen has risen to No. 1 in the PGA Tour U standings thanks to three wins over the past two years at the collegiate level, as well as four cuts at the professional level. The Massachusetts native memorably finished fourth at the 2022 Travelers Championship after entering the field via sponsor exemption. Last summer, he also achieved a top-20 finish at the John Deere Classic a few months after capturing the Pac-12 Championship.
In addition to his strong play in the United States, Thorbjornsen has also established himself on European soil. The 22-year-old has progressed in the last two years at the Dubai Desert Classic, finishing T20 in 2023 and T11 in 2024.
Thorbjornsen battled Georgia Tech’s Christo Lamprecht for the top spot in the class of 2024. After suffering injuries early in the year, he found his groove by winning the Cape Collegiate in early March before shooting five consecutive top 10s to end his year before this week’s NCAA Division I National Championship.
“Christo has been a big part of my success this spring, encouraging me even though we are not together and I rarely see him,” Thorbjornsen said. “Finishing in first place is huge, so doing everything you can every day, making sure you’re improving 1% every day, is huge.”
The 22-year-old joins Ludvig Åberg as the No. 1 player to earn playing privileges through PGA Tour U. Åberg has enjoyed a lot of success in his young career with victories on the PGA Tour and DP World Tour. He also starred on the European Ryder Cup team last fall and finished runner-up to Scottie Scheffler this spring at the Masters in his major championship debut.
Thorbjornsen hopes to follow in the Swede’s footsteps, potentially starting at the Rocket Mortgage Classic in late June. There’s a chance he could start even sooner, as he plans to qualify for the U.S. Open at No. 2 seed Pinehurst and make his fourth start at the championship.
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