Oliver Frank Schniederjans (born June 15, 1993) is an American professional golfer. He was a three-time NCAA All-American at Georgia Tech. He is a former number one ranked amateur golfer in the world.

Amateur career

Schniederjans was born in Dallas, Texas, to Oliver and Linda Schniederjans. He lived briefly in North Andover, Massachusetts, and grew up in Powder Springs, Georgia.[2] He graduated in 2010 from Harrison High School in Kennesaw, Georgia, and played college golf at Georgia Tech.

As a junior, Schniederjans won five of six events leading up to the NCAA Division I Championship, where he finished runner-up after a three-hole playoff.[3] He won the 2014 Mark H. McCormack Medal after reaching number one in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, a position he held for 41 consecutive weeks.[4] A two-time Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Player of the Year, Schniederjans was named first-team All-American following his junior and senior seasons and played for the U.S. Palmer Cup team in 2014 and 2015.[5]

He played his first PGA Tour event at the 2015 Valspar Championship, missing the cut. As the McCormack winner, he earned exemptions into the 2015 U.S. Open and the 2015 Open Championship,[4] after which he turned professional.[6]

Professional career

Schniederjans made his professional debut at the 2015 RBC Canadian Open.[7] In June 2016, he won for the first time as a professional, at the Air Capital Classic on the Web.com Tour, and finished the season having gained status on the PGA Tour for 2017. He retained his place on the PGA Tour for three seasons, his best result being a runner-up finish in the Wyndham Championship during his rookie season, before dropping back down to the second tier tour in 2020, where he remained through 2024.[8]

In December 2024, Schniederjans finished in a tie for fourth place in the LIV Golf promotions event to miss out on the one spot available in the league, but he did gain exemptions into all the Asian Tour International Series tournaments in 2025.[9] He later accepted an offer to be a reserve player on the 2025 LIV Golf League.[8] In February 2025, he won the International Series India by four strokes from Bryson DeChambeau in his debut on the Asian Tour International Series.[10] The following week, he made his LIV Golf debut, as a substitute for the injured HyFlyers GC captain Phil Mickelson, in the first event of the season in Riyadh.[11]

Amateur wins

  • 2009 Polo Golf Junior Classic, Jones Cup Junior Invitational
  • 2013 Carpet Capital Collegiate (tie), U.S. Collegiate Championship
  • 2014 Valspar Collegiate, Robert Kepler Invitational (tie), ACC Championship, Carpet Capital Collegiate

Source:[12]

Professional wins (2)

Asian Tour wins (1)

Legend
International Series (1)
Other Asian Tour (0)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 Feb 2, 2025 International Series India −10 (71-69-69-69=278) 4 strokes United States Bryson DeChambeau

Web.com Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 Jun 26, 2016 Air Capital Classic −17 (68-67-61-67=263) Playoff United States Collin Morikawa (a), United States J. J. Spaun

Web.com Tour playoff record (1–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2016 Servientrega Championship Canada Brad Fritsch Lost to par on first extra hole
2 2016 Air Capital Classic United States Collin Morikawa (a), United States J. J. Spaun Won with birdie on second extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open T42 CUT
The Open Championship T12
PGA Championship T59
Tournament 2019
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament 2018 2019
The Players Championship T75 T16

"T" indicates a tie for a place

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

See also

References

  1. ^ "Week 5 2018 Ending 4 Feb 2018" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
  2. ^ Lanier, David (April 9, 2015). "Golfer with Keene ties climbs to top of world amateur rankings". The Keene Sentinel. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
  3. ^ Lavner, Ryan (June 1, 2015). "Schniederjans: Trials and tribulations of No. 1 amateur". Golf Channel. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
  4. ^ a b Stein, Cassie (August 28, 2014). "Schniederjans, M. Lee win McCormack medals". Golfweek. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
  5. ^ Harness, Matt (June 5, 2015). "Future golf stars follow Arnold Palmer's lead at Palmer Cup". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
  6. ^ Sugiura, Ken (June 3, 2015). "Schniederjans named All-American". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
  7. ^ Lavner, Ryan (July 20, 2015). "Schniederjans ends amateur career with 67 at St. Andrews".
  8. ^ a b Hall, Mike (January 2025). "Former Amateur No.1 Becomes LIV Golf Reserve After Strong Promotions Event Showing". Golf Monthly. Retrieved February 2, 2025.
  9. ^ Leonard, Tod (December 14, 2024). "Chinese Taipei player earns lone LIV Golf promotion for '25 while notable American falters late". Golf Digest. Retrieved February 2, 2025.
  10. ^ Sharma, Avinash (February 2, 2025). "International Series India: Ollie Schniederjans' Strong Finish Secures DLF Victory, Bryson DeChambeau Runner Up". myKhel. Retrieved February 2, 2025.
  11. ^ "Phil Mickelson (shoulder) to miss LIV opener, replaced by Ollie Schniederjans". Golf Channel. NBC Sports. February 3, 2025. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
  12. ^ "Oliver Schniederjans". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved June 24, 2015.
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