Karl Vilips

Karl Vilips (born 16 August 2001) is an Australian professional golfer and PGA Tour player. He won the 2025 Puerto Rico Open.^[1]

Karl Vilips
Personal information
Nickname	Koala Karl
Born	(2001-08-16) 16 August 2001 (age 23) Jakarta, Indonesia
Sporting nationality	Australia
Residence	Jacksonville, Florida
Career
College	Stanford University
Turned professional	2024
Current tour(s)	PGA Tour
Former tour(s)	Korn Ferry Tour
Professional wins	2
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	1
Korn Ferry Tour	1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	CUT: 2025
U.S. Open	CUT: 2023
The Open Championship	DNP
Achievements and awards
Korn Ferry Tour Rookie of the Year 2024
Medal record Youth Olympic Games 2018 Buenos Aires Boys' individual

Amateur career

Vilips played for the international team at the 2017 Junior Presidents Cup. He represented Australia at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires together with Grace Kim, and won the boy's individual gold.^[2]

Individually, he won the 2017 Southern Amateur and was runner-up at the 2019 Rolex Tournament of Champions, the 2020 Junior Players Championship and the 2023 North and South Amateur.^[2]

Vilips attended Stanford University between 2021 and 2024, and played with the Stanford Cardinal men's golf team. He was named to the 2021 All-Pac-12 Newcomer Team and 2023 All-America honorable mention. He won the Pac-12 Championship as a senior.^[3]

Professional career

Vilips turned professional after graduating in 2024 and joined the Korn Ferry Tour, where he was runner-up at the NV5 Invitational and won the Utah Championship.^[4] He was named as the Korn Ferry Tour Rookie of the Year for the 2024 season.^[5]

Vilips finished 19th in the rankings to graduate to the 2025 PGA Tour. In his rookie PGA Tour season he won the Puerto Rico Open, three strokes ahead of Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, in only his fourth start.^[6]

Amateur wins

• 2016 Junior Orange Bowl International
• 2017 Polo Golf Junior Classic, Southern Amateur
• 2018 Wyndham Invitational
• 2024 Pac-12 Championship

Source:^[2]

Professional wins (2)

PGA Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	9 Mar 2025	Puerto Rico Open	65-67-66-64=262	−26	3 strokes	Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen

Korn Ferry Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	27 May 2024	Utah Championship	67-62-64-66=259	−25	2 strokes	Matt McCarty, Joe Weiler

Results in major championships

Tournament	2023	2024	2025
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship			CUT
U.S. Open	CUT
The Open Championship

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament	2025
The Players Championship	CUT

CUT = missed the half-way cut

Team appearances

Amateur

• Junior Presidents Cup (representing the International team): 2017
• Summer Youth Olympics mixed team (representing Australia): 2018

See also

• 2024 Korn Ferry Tour graduates