Shipley grateful for tour invitation to Colonial

Colonial Nation Membership has a particular custom concerning its annual PGA Tour cease, recognized nowadays because the Charles Schwab Problem.

It is referred to as the Champions’ Selection: Previous event champions choose two gamers for a particular invitation into the sphere annually. This week, the Champions’ Decisions are Neal Shipley and Blades Brown.

Brown is the 17-year-old who turned professional over the winter, and the good-natured Shipley captured golf followers’ creativeness in 2024 by ending because the low newbie at each the Masters and the U.S. Open earlier than he turned professional.

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“It has been large understanding that I can compete at these largest phases so once I come out right here, I do know that I can beat many of the guys out right here,” Shipley informed reporters Tuesday. “I feel that is one thing that a variety of younger execs do not get out of school, so actually grateful for these two experiences.”

After being featured on the Netflix docuseries “Full Swing,” as effectively, Shipley is chipping away at his skilled goals and is grateful for the chance in Fort Value, Texas.

“I am actually honored that a few of my friends selected to provide me that exemption and actually excited to have an incredible week,” he stated. “The golf course is in phenomenal form, and the membership right here at Colonial has simply achieved an superior job welcoming us to their course.”

Shipley is getting simply his second PGA Tour begin of the season as he works towards incomes his card by way of the Korn Ferry Tour. He made the minimize and tied for forty seventh on the Valspar Championship in March.

Within the time since, Shipley notched his first skilled title by profitable a playoff on the LECOM Suncoast Basic on the Korn Ferry Tour in April.

“Loads of our focus this yr is on the Korn Ferry Tour, moving into a kind of prime 20 spots (that routinely qualify to the PGA Tour),” he stated. “… There’s been nice alternatives, and I can play tour occasions. I wish to be out right here. That is the place I wish to play.”

Shipley was within the Dallas-Fort Value space earlier this month to play within the Korn Ferry Tour occasion there, and it is secure to say he is glad to be again.

“I like being in Texas. If I did not stay in Florida, I might most likely stay right here,” Shipley stated. “Yeah, tremendous excited. Barbecue meals right here is simply fairly elite, so cannot beat it.”