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'''Max Alexander Greyserman''' (born May 31, 1995) is an American golfer on the [[PGA Tour]].<ref>[https://goduke.com/sports/mens-golf/roster/max-greyserman/298]</ref><ref>[https://www.pgatour.com/player/51977/max-greyserman]</ref>
'''Max Alexander Greyserman''' (born May 31, 1995) is an American golfer on the [[PGA Tour]].<ref name="auto3">{{Cite web|url=https://goduke.com/sports/mens-golf/roster/max-greyserman/298|title=Max Greyserman - 2016-17 - Men's Golf|website=Duke University}}</ref><ref name="auto5">{{Cite web|url=https://www.pgatour.com/player/51977/max-greyserman|title=Max Greyserman PGA TOUR Player Profile, Stats, Bio, Career|website=PGA Tour}}</ref>


==Early and personal life==
==Early and personal life==
Greyserman was born in [[Short Hills, New Jersey]], to Alex and Elaine Greyserman, and Russian was his first language.<ref>[https://www.pgatour.com/korn-ferry-tour/article/news/tour-insider/2019/05/29/family-support-runs-deep-max-greyserman]</ref><ref>[https://goduke.com/sports/mens-golf/roster/max-greyserman/298]</ref> Both of his parents arrived in the US as teenagers as refugees from [[Kyiv]] in the Soviet Union in what is now modern-day Ukraine; they met when they were student at [[Rutgers University]].<ref>[https://www.pgatour.com/article/news/latest/2024/02/28/max-greyserman-earns-long-awaited-homecoming-at-cognizant-classic-in-the-palm-beaches]</ref><ref>[https://www.pgatour.com/article/news/latest/2024/02/28/max-greyserman-earns-long-awaited-homecoming-at-cognizant-classic-in-the-palm-beaches]</ref><ref>[https://www.pgatour.com/player/51977/max-greyserman/bio]</ref> His father is a hedge fund manager and an adjunct math professor at [[Columbia University]].<ref>[https://www.pgatour.com/player/51977/max-greyserman/bio]</ref><ref>[https://goduke.com/sports/mens-golf/roster/max-greyserman/298]</ref> His mother played tennis at Rutgers University in 1990-92.<ref>[https://www.pgatour.com/player/51977/max-greyserman/bio]</ref> He has an older sister, Jacquie, who played college tennis, and two younger brothers, Dean and Reed, who play golf.<ref>[https://goduke.com/sports/mens-golf/roster/max-greyserman/298]</ref><ref>[https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/sports/pga/2024/02/28/max-greyserman-playing-home-course-at-pga-national-in-cognizant-classic/72770535007/]</ref><ref>[https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/golf/2020/08/03/teen-winning-family-tradition-leads-119th-new-jersey-amateur-golf/5520228002/]</ref>
Greyserman was born in [[Short Hills, New Jersey]], to Alex and Elaine Greyserman, and Russian was his first language.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pgatour.com/korn-ferry-tour/article/news/tour-insider/2019/05/29/family-support-runs-deep-max-greyserman|title=Family support runs deep for Max Greyserman|website=PGA Tour|date=May 29, 2019}}</ref><ref name="auto3"/> Both of his parents arrived in the US as teenagers as refugees from [[Kyiv]] in the Soviet Union in what is now modern-day Ukraine; they met when they were student at [[Rutgers University]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.pgatour.com/article/news/latest/2024/02/28/max-greyserman-earns-long-awaited-homecoming-at-cognizant-classic-in-the-palm-beaches|title=Max Greyserman earns long-awaited homecoming at Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches|first=Kevin|last=Prise|website=PGA Tour|date=February 28, 2024}}</ref><ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.pgatour.com/player/51977/max-greyserman/bio|title=Max Greyserman PGA TOUR Bio|website=PGA Tour}}</ref> His father is a hedge fund manager and an adjunct math professor at [[Columbia University]].<ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto3"/> His mother played tennis at Rutgers University in 1990-92.<ref name="auto1"/> He has an older sister, Jacquie, who played college tennis, and two younger brothers, Dean and Reed, who play golf.<ref name="auto3"/><ref name="auto4">{{Cite web|url=https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/sports/pga/2024/02/28/max-greyserman-playing-home-course-at-pga-national-in-cognizant-classic/72770535007/|title=Tour rookie Max Greyserman feels right at home at PGA National for Cognizant Classic|date=February 28, 2024|first=Steve|last=Waters|website=The Palm Beach Post}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/golf/2020/08/03/teen-winning-family-tradition-leads-119th-new-jersey-amateur-golf/5520228002/|title=Teen with winning family tradition leads at 119th New Jersey Amateur Golf Championship|first=Greg|last=Mattura|website=NorthJersey.com|date=August 3, 2020}}</ref>


He played varsity golf at [[Pine Crest School]] in South Florida as a seventh grader; he attended the school from grades five to eight.<ref>[https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/sports/pga/2024/02/28/max-greyserman-playing-home-course-at-pga-national-in-cognizant-classic/72770535007/]</ref><ref>[https://goduke.com/sports/mens-golf/roster/max-greyserman/298]</ref><ref>[https://www.pgatour.com/korn-ferry-tour/player/51977/max-greyserman/results]</ref> He then attended [[Peddie School]] in New Jersey for high school, and led its team to three state championships.<ref>[https://goduke.com/sports/mens-golf/roster/max-greyserman/298]</ref>
He played varsity golf at [[Pine Crest School]] in South Florida as a seventh grader; he attended the school from grades five to eight.<ref name="auto4"/><ref name="auto3"/><ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.pgatour.com/korn-ferry-tour/player/51977/max-greyserman/results|title=Max Greyserman Korn Ferry Tour Results|website=PGA Tour}}</ref> He then attended [[Peddie School]] in New Jersey for high school, and led its team to three state championships.<ref name="auto3"/>


He is 5' 10" and weighs 180 pounds.<ref>[https://www.pgatour.com/player/51977/max-greyserman/bio]</ref> He now lives in [[Palm Beach Gardens]], Florida, and has a wife, Alyssa, whom he met in college and who played college tennis.<ref>[https://www.pgatour.com/player/51977/max-greyserman/bio]</ref><ref>[https://www.pgatour.com/article/news/latest/2024/02/28/max-greyserman-earns-long-awaited-homecoming-at-cognizant-classic-in-the-palm-beaches]</ref>
He is 5' 10" and weighs 180 pounds.<ref name="auto1"/> He now lives in [[Palm Beach Gardens]], Florida, and has a wife, Alyssa, whom he met in college and who played college tennis.<ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto"/>


==Golf career==
==Golf career==
He first broke par at PGA National’s [[George Fazio|Fazio]] course (then known as the Haig) at age 9, shooting a 71.<ref>[https://www.pgatour.com/article/news/latest/2024/02/28/max-greyserman-earns-long-awaited-homecoming-at-cognizant-classic-in-the-palm-beaches]</ref><ref>[https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/sports/pga/2024/02/28/max-greyserman-playing-home-course-at-pga-national-in-cognizant-classic/72770535007/]</ref>
He first broke par at PGA National’s [[George Fazio|Fazio]] course (then known as the Haig) at age 9, shooting a 71.<ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto4"/>


He won the 2012 Golf Pride Junior Classic, shooting 68-69-67, and was a 2012 [[American Junior Golf Association]] (AJGA) [[Rolex]] Junior Second Teams [[All-American]].<ref>[https://goduke.com/sports/mens-golf/roster/max-greyserman/298]</ref><ref>[https://www.pgatour.com/korn-ferry-tour/player/51977/max-greyserman/results]</ref> In 2012 he recorded top-10 finishes at the Lessings AJGA Classic, The [[PING]] Invitational, the Puerto Rico Junior Open, and the New Jersey Amateur.<ref>[https://goduke.com/sports/mens-golf/roster/max-greyserman/298]</ref>
He won the 2012 Golf Pride Junior Classic, shooting 68-69-67, and was a 2012 [[American Junior Golf Association]] (AJGA) [[Rolex]] Junior Second Teams [[All-American]].<ref name="auto3"/><ref name="auto2"/> In 2012 he recorded top-10 finishes at the Lessings AJGA Classic, The [[PING]] Invitational, the Puerto Rico Junior Open, and the New Jersey Amateur.<ref name="auto3"/>


He won the 2013 New Jersey Junior Championship, was a finalist at 2013 [[St. Andrews]] Boys Open, was a member of the 2013 Wyndham Cup East Team, and was a semifinalist at the 2013 North/South Amateur.<ref>[https://goduke.com/sports/mens-golf/roster/max-greyserman/298]</ref>
He won the 2013 New Jersey Junior Championship, was a finalist at 2013 [[St. Andrews]] Boys Open, was a member of the 2013 Wyndham Cup East Team, and was a semifinalist at the 2013 North/South Amateur.<ref name="auto3"/>


===College===
===College===
He played four season for [[Duke University]] ('17), where he studied public policy and economics.<ref>[https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/sports/pga/2024/02/28/max-greyserman-playing-home-course-at-pga-national-in-cognizant-classic/72770535007/]</ref> In 2013-14 playing for Duke he posted a 74.9 stroke average, and shot a 71-71-72=214 (-2) to tie for fourth at the [[Tar Heel]] Intercollegiate.<ref>[https://goduke.com/sports/mens-golf/roster/max-greyserman/298]</ref> In 2014 he also shot a six-under 207 and won the 94th [[New Jersey State Open|New Jersey State Golf Association Open Championship]].<ref>[https://www.nj.com/golf/2014/07/2014_nj_open_amateur_max_greys.html]</ref><ref>[https://goduke.com/sports/mens-golf/roster/max-greyserman/298]</ref><ref>[https://www.pgatour.com/korn-ferry-tour/player/51977/max-greyserman/results]</ref><ref>[https://www.app.com/story/sports/2014/07/17/greyserman-captures-njsga-open-championship/12815325/]</ref>
He played four season for [[Duke University]] ('17), where he studied public policy and economics.<ref name="auto4"/> In 2013-14 playing for Duke he posted a 74.9 stroke average, and shot a 71-71-72=214 (-2) to tie for fourth at the [[Tar Heel]] Intercollegiate.<ref name="auto3"/> In 2014 he also shot a six-under 207 and won the 94th [[New Jersey State Open|New Jersey State Golf Association Open Championship]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/golf/2014/07/2014_nj_open_amateur_max_greys.html|title=2014 N.J. Open: Amateur Max Greyserman completes unlikely charge to win title at Essex County|first=Brendan |last=Prunty|date=July 18, 2014|website=New Jersey Star-Ledger}}</ref><ref name="auto3"/><ref name="auto2"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.app.com/story/sports/2014/07/17/greyserman-captures-njsga-open-championship/12815325/|title=Greyserman captures NJSGA Open Championship|first=Stephen|last=Edelson|website=Asbury Park Press|date=July 17, 2014}}</ref>


In 2014-15 playing for Duke he posted a 75.3 stroke average.<ref>[https://goduke.com/sports/mens-golf/roster/max-greyserman/298]</ref> In 2015 he also won the New Jersey State Golf Association Amateur Championship with a three-under 277 (69-74-70-64).<ref>[https://goduke.com/sports/mens-golf/roster/max-greyserman/298]</ref><ref>[https://www.pgatour.com/korn-ferry-tour/player/51977/max-greyserman/results]</ref><ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/sports/max-greyserman-shoots-67-to-take-first-round-lead-in-defense-of-new-jersey-open-title]</ref>
In 2014-15 playing for Duke he posted a 75.3 stroke average.<ref name="auto3"/> In 2015 he also won the New Jersey State Golf Association Amateur Championship with a three-under 277 (69-74-70-64).<ref name="auto3"/><ref name="auto2"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/sports/max-greyserman-shoots-67-to-take-first-round-lead-in-defense-of-new-jersey-open-title|title=Max Greyserman shoots 67 to take first-round lead in defense of New Jersey Open title|date=July 25, 2015|website=Fox News}}</ref>


In 2015-16 playing for Duke he posted a 73.20 stroke average, and was named to the All-[[ACC]] Academic Team.<ref>[https://goduke.com/sports/mens-golf/roster/max-greyserman/298]</ref> He had two top-five finishes.<ref>[https://goduke.com/sports/mens-golf/roster/max-greyserman/298]</ref>
In 2015-16 playing for Duke he posted a 73.20 stroke average, and was named to the All-[[ACC]] Academic Team.<ref name="auto3"/> He had two top-five finishes.<ref name="auto3"/>


In 2016-17 he had a 72.07 stroke average.<ref>[https://goduke.com/sports/mens-golf/roster/max-greyserman/298]</ref>
In 2016-17 he had a 72.07 stroke average.<ref name="auto3"/>


===Professional career===
===Professional career===
In 2017, he turned pro.<ref>[https://www.pgatour.com/player/51977/max-greyserman]</ref> In 2018-19 playing on the [[Korn Ferry Tour]] he finished the season at No. 80 on the regular season points list.<ref>[https://www.pgatour.com/korn-ferry-tour/player/51977/max-greyserman/results]</ref> He recorded two top-10s, including a season-best T7 at the [[LECOM Suncoast Classic]].<ref>[https://www.pgatour.com/korn-ferry-tour/player/51977/max-greyserman/results]</ref>
In 2017, he turned pro.<ref name="auto5"/> In 2018-19 playing on the [[Korn Ferry Tour]] he finished the season at No. 80 on the regular season points list.<ref name="auto2"/> He recorded two top-10s, including a season-best T7 at the [[LECOM Suncoast Classic]].<ref name="auto2"/>


In 2019-20 he finished T6 at the [[Korn Ferry Tour Championship]].<ref>[https://www.pgatour.com/korn-ferry-tour/player/51977/max-greyserman/results]</ref>
In 2019-20 he finished T6 at the [[Korn Ferry Tour Championship]].<ref name="auto2"/>


In 2020-21 he posted six top-10 finishs.<ref>[https://www.pgatour.com/korn-ferry-tour/player/51977/max-greyserman/results]</ref> In [[Korn Ferry Tour]] starts he finished No. 46 in the regular season points standings.<ref>[https://www.pgatour.com/korn-ferry-tour/player/51977/max-greyserman/results]</ref> His highest finish of the season was a T4 at 16-under at the 2021 [[Visit Knoxville Open]].<ref>[https://www.pgatour.com/korn-ferry-tour/player/51977/max-greyserman/results]</ref> He ranked fifth on the Tour in putting average, with 1.718 [[putt]]s per green in regulation.<ref>[https://www.pgatour.com/korn-ferry-tour/player/51977/max-greyserman/results]</ref>
In 2020-21 he posted six top-10 finishs.<ref name="auto2"/> In [[Korn Ferry Tour]] starts he finished No. 46 in the regular season points standings.<ref name="auto2"/> His highest finish of the season was a T4 at 16-under at the 2021 [[Visit Knoxville Open]].<ref name="auto2"/> He ranked fifth on the Tour in putting average, with 1.718 [[putt]]s per green in regulation.<ref name="auto2"/>


In 2022, he suffered a wrist injury, a fractured [[lunate]], necessitating surgery in April 2022.<ref>[https://www.pgatour.com/korn-ferry-tour/article/news/tour-insider/2022/06/15/max-greyserman-giving-back-while-recovering-from-injury-duke-university-youth-renewal-fund]</ref><ref>[https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/sports/pga/2024/02/28/max-greyserman-playing-home-course-at-pga-national-in-cognizant-classic/72770535007/]</ref> He considered a different career path, such as real estate.<ref>[https://www.pgatour.com/article/news/latest/2024/02/28/max-greyserman-earns-long-awaited-homecoming-at-cognizant-classic-in-the-palm-beaches]</ref>
In 2022, he suffered a wrist injury, a fractured [[lunate]], necessitating surgery in April 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pgatour.com/korn-ferry-tour/article/news/tour-insider/2022/06/15/max-greyserman-giving-back-while-recovering-from-injury-duke-university-youth-renewal-fund|title=Max Greyserman giving back while recovering from injury|first=Will|last=Doctor|website=PGA Tour}}</ref><ref name="auto4"/> He considered a different career path, such as real estate.<ref name="auto"/>


In 2022-23 in his fourth season on the Korn Ferry Tour, he finished No. 9 on the 2023 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, and earned his first [[PGA TOUR]] card (top 30 from Points List).<ref>[https://www.pgatour.com/korn-ferry-tour/player/51977/max-greyserman/results]</ref> He posted five top-10s.<ref>[https://www.pgatour.com/korn-ferry-tour/player/51977/max-greyserman/results]</ref> He had two runner-up finishes, in [[The Ascendant]] and the [[Pinnacle Bank Championship]].<ref>[https://www.pgatour.com/korn-ferry-tour/player/51977/max-greyserman/results]</ref>
In 2022-23 in his fourth season on the Korn Ferry Tour, he finished No. 9 on the 2023 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, and earned his first [[PGA TOUR]] card (top 30 from Points List).<ref name="auto2"/> He posted five top-10s.<ref name="auto2"/> He had two runner-up finishes, in [[The Ascendant]] and the [[Pinnacle Bank Championship]].<ref name="auto2"/>


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 19:27, 22 March 2024

Max Alexander Greyserman (born May 31, 1995) is an American golfer on the PGA Tour.[1][2]

Early and personal life

Greyserman was born in Short Hills, New Jersey, to Alex and Elaine Greyserman, and Russian was his first language.[3][1] Both of his parents arrived in the US as teenagers as refugees from Kyiv in the Soviet Union in what is now modern-day Ukraine; they met when they were student at Rutgers University.[4][4][5] His father is a hedge fund manager and an adjunct math professor at Columbia University.[5][1] His mother played tennis at Rutgers University in 1990-92.[5] He has an older sister, Jacquie, who played college tennis, and two younger brothers, Dean and Reed, who play golf.[1][6][7]

He played varsity golf at Pine Crest School in South Florida as a seventh grader; he attended the school from grades five to eight.[6][1][8] He then attended Peddie School in New Jersey for high school, and led its team to three state championships.[1]

He is 5' 10" and weighs 180 pounds.[5] He now lives in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, and has a wife, Alyssa, whom he met in college and who played college tennis.[5][4]

Golf career

He first broke par at PGA National’s Fazio course (then known as the Haig) at age 9, shooting a 71.[4][6]

He won the 2012 Golf Pride Junior Classic, shooting 68-69-67, and was a 2012 American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) Rolex Junior Second Teams All-American.[1][8] In 2012 he recorded top-10 finishes at the Lessings AJGA Classic, The PING Invitational, the Puerto Rico Junior Open, and the New Jersey Amateur.[1]

He won the 2013 New Jersey Junior Championship, was a finalist at 2013 St. Andrews Boys Open, was a member of the 2013 Wyndham Cup East Team, and was a semifinalist at the 2013 North/South Amateur.[1]

College

He played four season for Duke University ('17), where he studied public policy and economics.[6] In 2013-14 playing for Duke he posted a 74.9 stroke average, and shot a 71-71-72=214 (-2) to tie for fourth at the Tar Heel Intercollegiate.[1] In 2014 he also shot a six-under 207 and won the 94th New Jersey State Golf Association Open Championship.[9][1][8][10]

In 2014-15 playing for Duke he posted a 75.3 stroke average.[1] In 2015 he also won the New Jersey State Golf Association Amateur Championship with a three-under 277 (69-74-70-64).[1][8][11]

In 2015-16 playing for Duke he posted a 73.20 stroke average, and was named to the All-ACC Academic Team.[1] He had two top-five finishes.[1]

In 2016-17 he had a 72.07 stroke average.[1]

Professional career

In 2017, he turned pro.[2] In 2018-19 playing on the Korn Ferry Tour he finished the season at No. 80 on the regular season points list.[8] He recorded two top-10s, including a season-best T7 at the LECOM Suncoast Classic.[8]

In 2019-20 he finished T6 at the Korn Ferry Tour Championship.[8]

In 2020-21 he posted six top-10 finishs.[8] In Korn Ferry Tour starts he finished No. 46 in the regular season points standings.[8] His highest finish of the season was a T4 at 16-under at the 2021 Visit Knoxville Open.[8] He ranked fifth on the Tour in putting average, with 1.718 putts per green in regulation.[8]

In 2022, he suffered a wrist injury, a fractured lunate, necessitating surgery in April 2022.[12][6] He considered a different career path, such as real estate.[4]

In 2022-23 in his fourth season on the Korn Ferry Tour, he finished No. 9 on the 2023 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, and earned his first PGA TOUR card (top 30 from Points List).[8] He posted five top-10s.[8] He had two runner-up finishes, in The Ascendant and the Pinnacle Bank Championship.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Max Greyserman - 2016-17 - Men's Golf". Duke University.
  2. ^ a b "Max Greyserman PGA TOUR Player Profile, Stats, Bio, Career". PGA Tour.
  3. ^ "Family support runs deep for Max Greyserman". PGA Tour. May 29, 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d e Prise, Kevin (February 28, 2024). "Max Greyserman earns long-awaited homecoming at Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches". PGA Tour.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Max Greyserman PGA TOUR Bio". PGA Tour.
  6. ^ a b c d e Waters, Steve (February 28, 2024). "Tour rookie Max Greyserman feels right at home at PGA National for Cognizant Classic". The Palm Beach Post.
  7. ^ Mattura, Greg (August 3, 2020). "Teen with winning family tradition leads at 119th New Jersey Amateur Golf Championship". NorthJersey.com.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Max Greyserman Korn Ferry Tour Results". PGA Tour.
  9. ^ Prunty, Brendan (July 18, 2014). "2014 N.J. Open: Amateur Max Greyserman completes unlikely charge to win title at Essex County". New Jersey Star-Ledger.
  10. ^ Edelson, Stephen (July 17, 2014). "Greyserman captures NJSGA Open Championship". Asbury Park Press.
  11. ^ "Max Greyserman shoots 67 to take first-round lead in defense of New Jersey Open title". Fox News. July 25, 2015.
  12. ^ Doctor, Will. "Max Greyserman giving back while recovering from injury". PGA Tour.