Karl Vilips is headed for the PGA TOUR in 2025.
Rookie Australian professional Karl Vilips has qualified for the PGA TOUR in 2025 after finishing 19th on the Korn Ferry Tour moneylist following the season-ending Tour Championship.
Featured in the September edition of Inside Golf, the 22-year-old Vilips posted top 15 finishes in each of his first four Korn Ferry Tour starts, culminating in a victory at the Utah Championship in just his sixth tournament as a professional.
Prior to playing on the Korn Ferry Tour in 2024, Vilips spent four years at Stanford University in California, where he lived with teammate, close friend and young gun Michael Thorbjornsen, the American playing 17 events in making an immediate impression on the PGA TOUR this year.
Vilips grew up in Melbourne before the family moved to Perth. He attended the Saddlebrook Preparatory School north of Tampa, Florida, then later enjoyed a decorated junior career, recording wins at the 2017 Southern Amateur Championship and at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.
He would study and play golf at Stanford from 2021 to 2024, turning professional in June.
The top 30 from the Korn Ferry Tour earned PGA TOUR cards for 2025.
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