J.T. Poston

PostonÃ?Æ?Ã?¢Ã?¢ââ?¬Å¡Ã?¬Ã?¢ââ?¬Å¾Ã?¢s earliest golf memory is playing golf with his father and grandfather in the father-son tournament at Lake Hickory CC. Favorite golf memory is making a birdie on the first hole of the tournament in the NCAA Regionals his senior year to get into a playoff that he won. Was a two-time All-American at Western Carolina University, where he won six individual titles and finished as the all-time career scoring average leader. Became the first player in school history to compete in the NCAA National Championship. His high school, Hickory High School, won the state championship in 2009, while he took individual honors in 2010-11.
2016 Web.com Summary: Tournaments Entered - 18; In Money - 12; Top-10 Finishes - 4; Scoring Average - 68.90 (rank 4th); Money - $205,597 (rank 10th); Best Finish: T-2nd at the Lincoln Land Charity and lost a playoff to Wesley Bryan on the second hole and was 2nd at the Digital Ally Open. Earned his first career Web.com Tour starts via the Monday Qualifier at the United Leasing & Finance Championship. After opening with a 77, posted rounds of 69-72-68 to close and finish T-23rd, earning his way into the Rex Hospital Open two weeks later. Made the most of his start there, opening with back-to-back rounds of 2-under 69 to make the cut. Charged into contention, just four strokes behind the 54-hole lead, with a third-round 5-under 66. Fired one of only 14 under-par rounds on Sunday with a 2-under 69 to finish in solo 3rd, a career-best on the Web.com Tour. Earned $44,200 for his efforts to earn Special Temporary Membership on the Web.com Tour. With a 10th-place finish on the Web.com Tour Regular Season money list, he earned his PGA Tour card for the 2017 season.
2017 Notes: In his first year on the PGA Tour, played in 28 events, making 20 cuts with one top-10 finish, a T-10th at Puerto Rico Open. Poston had four top-25 finishes but was only able to finish 132nd in the FedExCup standings, which sent him back to the Korn Ferry Tour finals, where he missed the cut in all four starts. His FedExCup finish gave him limited access to the PGA Tour in 2018.
2018 Notes: Played in 22 PGA Tour events, making 14 cuts with two top-10 finishes. Best results were T-4th at the Shriners Hospitals and 5th at the Barbasol Championship. Advanced to the FedExCup playoffs for the first time, but he missed the cut at the Northern Trust to end his season 117th in the FedExCup race.
2019 Notes: Played in 29 PGA Tour events, making 21 cuts with three top-10 finishes. Was T-7th at the Desert Classic and T-6th at the RBC Heritage Classic, after making the cut on the number and shooting 67-68 on the weekend. Going into the final round of the Wyndham Championship three strokes behind leader Byeong Hun An, Poston shot a 62 to win by a stroke over Webb Simpson. Poston played bogey-free for 72 holes and became the first player since Lee Trevino at the 1974 Zurich Classic of New Orleans to accomplish that feat at a 72 hole event. Advanced to the FedExCup playoffs for the second time, where he finished T-59th at the Northern Trust and T-16th at the BMW Championship. Unfortunately, he bogeyed the 72nd hole, which cost him a spot at the Tour Championship. He finished 32nd in the FedExCup race.
2020 Notes: Played in 23 PGA Tour events, making 16 cuts with two top-10 finishes. Finished 67th in the FedExCup standings. Was T-11th at the Sanderson Farms Championship and Sentry Tournament of Champions. After the break for COVID-19, finished T-10th at the Charles Schwab Challenge and T-8th at the RBC Heritage. In the FedExCup playoffs: T-39th at the Northern Trust and T-59th at the BMW Championship.
2021 Notes: Was 3rd at the Sanderson Farms Championship, three strokes behind winner Sergio Garcia.