ORLANDO – Former UCF men's golf standout Bobby Bai has qualified to this year's Barbasol Championship, a PGA TOUR event, after winning the 18-hole qualifier with an 8-under 64 score.
Bai turned in eight birdies and an eagle en route to his first place overall finish in the Monday Qualifier.
The 2021 Barbasol Championship will be played from July 15-18 at Keene Trace Golf Club in Nicholasville, Kentucky. The purse is $3,500,000.
The Barbasol Championship, one of only 52 PGA TOUR events, provides its winner with 300 FedEx Cup Points and a two-year PGA TOUR exemption and a trip to the PGA Championship. The 2019 winner of the Barbasol Championship was Jim Herman.
A native to Shantou, China, Bai committed to travel to the other side of the globe to come play golf at UCF and began his playing career as a freshman in 2016.
From early on, Bai proved himself to be an invaluable asset to the team, earning American Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year honors following his rookie season.
In his three years in the Black and Gold, Bai brought home three AAC All-Conference honors, including a unanimous selection his junior year. He was the Golf Coaches Association of American Golfer of the Week three times, won three college golf tournaments and helped propel the Knights to eight team titles in that time.
Bai was a part of one of an historic UCF team as he helped the Knights to win the NCAA Regional Championship in 2017 and finish 14th at the NCAA National Championship.
After helping the Knights to place 24th overall at the 2018 NCAA National Championship, Bai qualified as an individual for the 2019 NCAA Regional Championship along with teammate Kyler Tate.
With so much success at the collegiate level, Bai decided to officially turn his attention to the professional landscape following his junior year. Last summer, he was able to complete his degree at UCF.
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