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Joaquin Niemann

Joaquin Niemann

Height: 6'0" (1.83 m)
Weight: 154 (69 kg)
Age: 23 (November 07, 1998)
Birthplace: Santiago, Chile
Residence: Santiago, Chile
Family: Single

Turned Professional: 2018
City plays from: Santiago, Chile

Exempt Status

No exemptions to date

Career Victories

PGA TOUR Victories (2):
2020 (1) A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier. 2022 (1) The Genesis Invitational.

Player Statistics

Career Low Round:

62 - 2021 Sony Open in Hawaii (Round 1)

Career High FedExCup Rank:

#1 : 2020 A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier

Career High Official World Golf Rank:

#15 : 2022 Masters Tournament

Career Largest Paycheck:

$2,160,000 : 2022 The Genesis Invitational (Finished 1)

2021-22 Season Highlights

Earned his second career title at The Genesis Invitational and qualified for the FedExCup Playoffs for the fourth consecutive season, advancing to the TOUR Championship for the third straight year and finishing in a tie for No. 11 in the FedExCup standings. Recorded five top-10s and made 19 cuts in 24 starts.

PGA TOUR
The Genesis Invitational - Won The Genesis Invitational in wire-to-wire fashion, defeating Collin Morikawa and Cameron Young by two strokes to earn his second career PGA TOUR victory in his 101st start. Became the first player to win wire-to-wire on TOUR since Nick Taylor at the 2020 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and the first to do so at The Genesis Invitational since Charlie Sifford in 1969. At 23 years, 3 months, 13 days, became the second-youngest winner of The Genesis Invitational (Harry Cooper/1926/21 years, 5 months, 6 days). Led the field in Birdies (21), Strokes Gained: Approach (7.097) and Strokes Gained: Tee-to-Green (14.113). the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday - Recorded his fourth top-10 of the season with a T3 at the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday. Marked his second top-10 in five starts in the event. BMW Championship - Finished T8 at the BMW Championship, his second top-10 in a FedExCup Playoffs event. Led the field in Scrambling (83.33 percent).

National Team Selections

Presidents Cup : 2019 Olympic Games : 2020 Eisenhower Trophy : 2016

Career Records

PGA TOUR (Playoff Record: 0 - 2)
Season Events Rounds 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Cuts Made Cuts Missed WD FedExCup Rank Earnings
Total: 117 404 2 3 2 22 42 91 25 1 $14,571,584
2022 24 80 1 1 5 12 19 4 1 11 $5,076,060
2021 27 102 3 5 13 26 1 29 $3,936,912
2020 23 76 1 1 4 5 15 8 27 $2,914,136
2019 28 96 4 6 21 7 67 $1,434,519
2018 12 42 4 6 9 3 $1,209,957
2018 1 (A) 2 1
2017 2 (A) 6 1 1
(A) - Amateur

Top Tournaments
PGA TOUR
THE PLAYERS Championship Masters Tournament PGA Championship U.S. Open The Open Championship WGC-HSBC Champions WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play WGC-FedEx St. Jude Inv WGC-Workday Championship at The Concession
2022 T22 T35 T23 T47 T53 T35
2021 T29 T30 T23 T59 T18 T17 T28
2020 CNL CUT T52
2019 CUT CUT
2018 CUT T71
2017 CUT
FedExCup Playoffs
FedEx St. Jude Championship Dell Technologies Championship BMW Championship TOUR Championship
2022 T13 T8 T11
2021 T47 T29 29
2020 CUT T3 T27
2019 T30 T31

Personal

  • Earned PGA TOUR card at age 19 in just his eighth TOUR start as a professional. When he turned professional in 2018, forfeited exemptions into the U.S. Open and Open Championship that year.
  • His father gave him plastic clubs at the age of 2 growing up in Santiago, Chile and learned the game while practicing on the range at Club de Polo y Equitacion San Cristobal.
  • Remembers hitting a 40-yard shot with real equipment at age four during a family BBQ at home and striking his grandmother in the leg. She wasn't seriously hurt but he said ‘it was a pretty good shot'.
  • Recruited by coach Steve Bradley, who already had his friend and fellow Chilean Claudio Correa on the roster at the University of South Florida, but did not attend after failing to gain entry due to his TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) scores.