CROMWELL, Conn.– New England has another PGA Tour professional and his name is Michael Thorbjornsen. After ending up atop the PGA Tour University rankings, as Ludvig Åberg performed in 2023, Thorbjornsen made his PGA Tour card for the rest of the 2024 season and all of 2025. Considering that he hails from Wellesley, Massachusetts, a suburban area west of Boston, the Travelers Championship chose to award Thorbjornsen with a sponsor’s exemption, offered that this is the only trip occasion held in New England. “This is absolutely my home, I would state, on the PGA Tour,” Thorbjornsen stated in front of journalism Wednesday. “I certainly made my very first PGA Tour start here 2 years back as an amateur. Love this location. It’s close to home. Love the golf course. Tourists does a fantastic task of hosting the gamers, the caddies, simply amazing hospitality and, yeah, I could not request a much better start.” 2 years earlier, before this competition developed into a Signature Event, Thorbjornsen ended up in solo 4th, 4 strokes behind winner Xander Schauffele. The previous Stanford Cardinal shot all 4 rounds in the 60s as he sat towards the top of the leaderboard for the majority of the weekend. That strong efficiency came one week after the 2022 U.S. Open, where he missed out on the cut at The Country Club at Brookline– simply miles from where he matured. He got another welcome in 2015 however regrettably missed out on the cut. A minimum of a fellow New Englander, Keegan Bradley, emerged triumphant. Michael Thorbjornsen at the 2023 Travelers Championship. Image by Patrick Smith/Getty Images Thorbjornsen will make his expert launching this year, as he thinks his previous experiences as an amateur have actually assisted him exceptionally. “Growing up as a kid you constantly wish to be dipping into that leading phase, using the PGA Tour,” Thorbjornsen included. “It’s certainly a little frustrating sometimes, however … the previous number of years, I’ve been exposed to increasingly more of this, so it’s not excessive of a shock to the system. I think I’m getting utilized to it. It’s alright, I truly do not mind it at all.” Now that Thorbjornsen has a larger chance and will be in the spotlight more frequently, he has a possibility to affect other young gamers from the New England location. He is honored to have that chance. “Just due to the fact that you’re from the northeast and it snows for over half of a year, that’s no reason. Simply keep striving, guys,” Thorbjornsen stated when asked if he had a message to more youthful gamers from New England. “I simply desire to set a great example for these kids and motivate them to be the finest golf players and finest human beings they might potentially be since that’s what the guys ahead of me did for me. Ideally, one day in 10 years, we’ll have some of these kids out here playing and beating me and winning this competition.” Jack Milko is a golf personnel author for SB Nation’s Playing Through. Make certain to have a look at @_PlayingThrough for more golf protection. You can follow him on Twitter @jack_milko.
PGA Tour University graduate signs up with Ludvig Åberg, prepared for professional launching at home town Travelers Championship
