Jhonattan Vegas
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- Picked up the game of golf by playing with a broomstick and a rock
- Father, Carlos, worked as a restaurant manager at the Exxon Mobil plant in Quiriquire, Venezuela. Jhonattan practiced golf on the 9-hole course located next door which was built for the oil-camp employees
- Winner of Venezuelan National Amateur Championship
- 2007 U.S. Amateur Championship semi-finalist
- Earned scholarship to play for the University of Texas Men’s Golf team
- First player from Venezuela to earn the PGA TOUR card (2011)
- First player from Venezuela to compete in the Presidents Cup (2017)
- Owns three PGA TOUR wins, one Korn Ferry Tour title, and one international victory
- Second appearance in the Olympics Games (2016 Rio)
- At the 2019 PLAYERS Championship, broke the record for longest putt in history at No. 17 Island green – 69 feet 7 inches