Andy Ogletree

Ogletree is a native of a small unincorporated town in Mississippi, Union, which is next to Little Rock. He attended Union High School and led his team to the Mississippi state championship in 2016. He also won the individual state championship that year. In 2015, he reached the quarterfinals of the U.S. Junior Amateur and qualified for the U.S. Amateur for the first time.
Ogletree began attending Georgia Tech in 2016 and was the third Georgia Tech golfer to claim the U.S. Amateur, joining Bobby Jones and Matt Kuchar. He defeated Vanderbilt All-American John Augenstein 2 & 1 in the 36-hole final at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club in August 2019. Before winning the Amateur, Ogletree won the Monroe Invitational by two strokes.
Ogletree then helped the USA Walker Cup Team to victory in September at Royal Liverpool in Hoylake, England. He also represented the USA at the 2019 Palmer Cup.
The win at the U.S. Amateur earned Ogletree his first starts at the Masters and U.S. Open. At the start of 2020, Ogletree's game plan was to play at the Masters, graduate from Georgia Tech, then play in the U.S. Open and British Open, then turn professional. But COVID-19 changed all of those plans, as all college golf for 2020 was canceled He still graduated from Georgia Tech in June, 2020, leaving his plans for turning pro after the Masters in disarray. At the same time, the U.S. Open and Masters were put on hold, playing later in 2020. He decided to remain an amateur. When the PGA Tour resumed after the break, Ogletree was able to play at the Charles Schwab Challenge, RBC Heritage, and The Memorial but missed the cut in all three. He reached the quarterfinals of the Western Amateur, then tried to defend his Amateur title at Bandon Dunes, becoming the first winner to return the following year since Gunn Yang won the 2014 U.S. Amateur. In stroke play, Ogletree missed getting into a playoff for the last slots by a shot. He missed the cut at the 2020 U.S. Open, played in September. At the Masters he made the cut and finished T-34th and in his final event as an amateur was low amateur.
2021 Notes: After his Masters finish, he turned professional with the plan of playing in seven PGA Tour events and going to Korn Ferry qualifying school. In his first start as a professional finsihed T-46th at Mayakoba. He made it to the finals of Korn Ferry Q-school but finished T-115th meaning he had to either Monday qualify into events or get sponsor exemptions. But Ogletree had another problem. His lip began hurting and after Q-School he found that he had a hip impingement and a labrum tear which had to be treated arthroscopically, He tried to gut it out, he was never able to get into any Korn Ferry Tour events and missed the cut at the Farmers, AT&T Pebble Beach and Corales Puntacana. After that the pain was too much and two days before the start of the Masters, the event he was low amateur in five months previously, Ogletree underwent hip surgery.
2022 Notes: After spending six months rehabbing he was able to play at the Sanderson Farms, finishing T-51st. At the same time tried to get into Korn Ferry tour events and didn't make it into any of them. He traveled all over the country playing in mini-tour events, but his money started running low. He got into the Asian Tour international series and missed the cut in his first one in England. The next week he was given an invite to play in the first LIV golf in London and since their was no Korn Ferry event or anything he could get into, decided to play in the LIV event. He said on a Fire Drill podcast with Alan Shipnuck that he asked the PGA Tour for permission, but didn't get a reply until after the first round that he was suspended for the rest of the year. Ogletree finished last at the LIV London event. Played in the Asian Tour Intrnational series and was T-57th at Singapore and T-15th at Korea.

Right now, Ogletree is weighing his options: He could turn professional after the Masters or go back to school. With the Walker Cup being played in May at Seminole, he could even think about staying amateur a bit longer.
For now, Ogletree is concentrating on getting ready for the Masters, where he would be paired in the first two rounds with reigning champion Tiger Woods. "He was my idol growing up," Ogletree told his local TV station. "Me and my brothers had Tiger headcovers and mock turtlenecks, the whole nine yards." Most important for Ogletree is to fulfill a dream he has worked for since he first picked up a golf club--playing at the Masters. "To see a dream come true and to get to play in that tournament is very special, and I'm not going to take it for granted," Ogletree said.

Amateur and professional events played in 2020
Week Event Place
43 Golf Club of Georgia Amateur T-2
38 U.S. Open Miss Cut
36 Invitational at Auburn University
(PGA Tour Latinoamerica) T-33
33 U.S. Amateur Championship Didn't make out of stroke Play
31 Western Amateur Quarterfinals
29 Memorial Miss Cut
25 RBC Heritage Miss Cut
24 Charles Schwab Challenge Miss Cut
10 Southern Highlands Collegiate T-26
8 Puerto Rico Classic T-6
6 The Amer Ari Invitational T-3