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 Meet 18-year-old @Dylan_Brack who will be making his first TOUR start @WWTChampionship via Monday qualifier πŸ“β›³οΈ

πŸŒοΈβ€β™‚οΈ The Riverside, California native started showed interest in golf when he was 2 years old with a plastic toy set of clubs.

πŸ“Ί Even though Brack’s right-handed, he started playing golf left-handed when trying to imitate what was shown on TV.

πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅ Golf runs in the Brack family. His great grandfather, Yutaka "James" Ihira, was a champion golfer in Hilo, Hawaii. He won the Big Island AJA (Americans of Japanese Ancestry) Golf title four times (1953, 1954, 1956, 1958).

🀝 A distant relative to professional golfer Tadd Fujikawa who became the youngest player to qualify for a U.S. Open at 15 years old in 2006.

⛳️ In 2010, Brack started with First Tee – Greater Pasadena at 4 years old and began playing U.S. Kids Golf Tournaments at age 5.

πŸ₯ˆ Second-place finish at the 2012 Veritas World Junior Golf Championships Boys 6 division.

🐯 From ages 7-12 years old, Brack became a member of @TigerWoods' TGR Learning Lab in Anaheim, California.

πŸ† Won the 2022 TGR Junior Invitational at Pebble Beach.

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Participated in the 2024 U.S. Amateur at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota.

πŸ‡²πŸ‡½ Will make his first TOUR start after carding an 8-under 64 to win the @WWTChampionship Monday qualifier. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gbtn0JuX0AAePor.jpg