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John Catlin Bio - (C) GOLFstats Inc. 2020

Catlin was born and grew up in Sacramento, California, United States. He picked up the game early and found great success as an amateur, winning consecutive NCGA State Match Play Championships in 2010 and 2011, and Memorial Amateur Championships in 2011 and 2012. Catlin then played for the University of New Mexico, where he was an Academic All-American and an honorable mention NCAA All-American in 2012. In the same year, he also won the Arizona Intercollegiate and was named UNM Student-Athlete of the Year.

Catlin turned professional in 2013, he began working with a coach, Noah Montgomery, which would prove to be a significant turning point in John's career. After spending the first few years of his career on the MacKenzie Tour, John flew across the Pacific Ocean and earned his Asian Tour card via Q-School in 2015. The following years proved difficult for John as he earned and lost his card multiple times and switched to the Asian Developmental Tour full-time. He then re-earned full status on the Asian Tour via a third-place finish on the 2017 ADT Order of Merit. Building off this momentum in 2018, John won 3 times on the Asian Tour, which earned him Asian Tour Player Player of the Year honors. By finishing 6th on the AT Order of Merit, John secured status on the European Tour for the 2019 season.

2019 Notes: He played in 21 European Tour events, making 13 cuts with no top-ten finishes. He was 155th in the Race to Dubai. He finished 2019 with a win at the Thailand Open, his fourth victory on the Asian Tour.

2020 Notes: Played in 14 European Tour events, making ten cuts with five top-ten finishes. Was 35th in the Race to Dubai. He started the year on the Asian Tour and was 2nd at the Boonchu Ruangkit Championship. He played full-time after the break from COVID-19, and in his first start, he was T-8th at the Austrian Open. Was T-6th at the Celtic Classic four shots back of winner Sam Horsfield. John earned his maiden win on the European Tour at the Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucia Masters. In tour conditions over the weekend shot 72-75 to win by a shot over Martin Kaymer. He quickly followed it up with another win at the Dubai Duty-Free Irish Open just two weeks later shooting 64 in the final round to beat Aaron Rai by two shots. These two wins within the same month put John in the multiple-winner categories on the European Tour and earned him the European Tour's Golfer of the Month for September 2020. He ended the year T-54th at the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai.

2021 Notes: Played in 27 European Tour events, making 17 cuts with four top-ten finishes. Was 43rd in the Race to Dubai. After a very slow start to his season, he shot 68-70-71-65 in the Austrian Golf Open in very cold conditions, then beat Maximilian Kieffer on the fifth hole of a playoff. Was T-5th at the Tenerife Open. Because of his playing record, the PGA of America gave Catlin and Rickie Fowler special invites to play at the PGA Championship at Kiawah. He missed the cut at the PGA Championship. When David Duval withdrew from the Open Championship, Catlin got the spot due to his OWGR ranking of 89. Royal St. George's was his first Open Championship, and he missed the cut. Was T-7th at the ISPS Handa World Invitational, shooting four rounds in the 60s. He ended his season finishing T-9th at the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai.

2022 Notes: He played in 24 DP World Tour events, making 13 cuts with one top-ten finish. He was 90th in the Race to Dubai and earned euro467,587. He didn't finish in the top 20 in any of his first 11 starts, but his T-4th finish at the Horizon Irish Open, five back of winner Adrian Meronk, earned him one of three qualifying spots to play in the 2022 Open Championship at St. Andrews, he missed the cut. He ended his season missing the cut at the Portugal Masters.

2023 Notes: He played in 28 DP World Tour events, making 12 cuts but not finishing in the top ten. He placed 151st in the Race to Dubai and earned euro 197,301. His best finish was T-14th at the SDC Championship.

2024 Notes: He finished T-3rd at the Malaysian Open, which got him his spot in the 152nd Open. He won the International Series Macau, beating David Puig in a playoff. He won the Saudi Open by seven shots over Wade Ormsby. He was T-36th at the UAE Challenge, then missed the GS Caltex Maekyung Open and Danish Golf Challenge. He was 2nd at the International Series Morocco, losing a playoff to Ben Campbell.