David Lipsky (golfer)

Lipsky is Korean and Jewish,^[2] and was born in Los Angeles, California, to Aaron Lipsky and Yon Suk Lipsky, who is from Korea.^[3][4] His parents introduced him to golf when he was 10 years old.^[5]

He lived in La Cañada Flintridge, California, and in high school at La Cañada High School, at which he was a 4.0 student, Lipsky won the 2003 Ashworth Postseason at Mission Hills, the 2004 Junior Tour Championship played at PGA West, and the Rio Hondo High School League Tournament in 2004 and 2005.^[3][6][7] He was named Los Angeles all-Southern Section in 2004–06, MVP of the Rio Hondo League in 2004 and 2005, and First-team all-Los Angeles Area in 2005, while averaging a score of 36 in his last two seasons in high school.^[3] He graduated in 2006.^[8]

Lipsky played college golf at Northwestern University, which he attended on a partial scholarship and at which he majored in political science and history.^[6][9][10] He also caddied throughout college.^[11] In addition, he was also a member of the Rho chapter of Beta Theta Pi.

In 2007–08, he had a number one finish with a 139 at the Notre Dame Invitational, and won the Jacksonville Dual Match with a 68.^[3] Lipsky had a 74.47 stroke average.^[3] In 2008–09, he was All-Big Ten second-team, Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) PING All-Region, and Academic All-Big Ten.^[3]

In 2009–10 Lipsky won the 2010 Big Ten individual championship with a 72-hole total of 3-under 281.^[3] He was All-Big Ten first-team, GCAA PING All-Midwest Region, and All-Academic Big Ten.^[3] He had a 71.88 stroke average, the sixth-best season average in school history.^[3]

In 2010–11, at the UNCG Bridgestone Golf Collegiate he scored a 68-68-66 for a 14-under-par 202, tying Luke Donald's 54-hole tournament score school record.^[3] Lipsky was honored as All-American, GCAA PING All-America honorable mention, All-Big Ten first team, GCAA PING All-Region, Big Ten All-Championships Team, and Academic All-Big Ten.^[3] He had a 72.02 stroke average in the regular season, seventh-best in school season history, and ended with a career 72.97 stroke average, the fourth-best in school history behind Luke Donald, Tom Johnson, and Jess Daley.^[3] In 2011, Lipsky graduated.^[10]

In 2011, Lipsky turned professional.^[10] He was medalist at Asian Tour Qualifying School in January 2012. He won his third start on the tour, the 2012 Handa Faldo Cambodian Classic (earning $47,550 and a winner's exemption on the tour until the end of 2014), and finished 11th on the tour's Order of Merit as a rookie.^[12][13][14] He played on the Web.com Tour in 2013.^[10]

In May 2014, he came in second by one stroke to Chile's Felipe Aguilar in The Championship at Laguna National, which was jointly sanctioned by the Asian Tour and European Tour.^[15] Lipsky won the Omega European Masters (earning a career-best €383,330 ($497,000)) and finished the Asian Tour season leading the Order of Merit, which also earned him entry into his first major (2015 Open Championship) and first WGC event (2015 WGC-Cadillac Championship) and a European Tour exemption through 2016.^[16] He ended the year in the top 150 in world rankings.^[16]

On December 16, 2018, Lipsky won the Alfred Dunhill Championship at Leopard Creek Country Club in South Africa. This event was co-sanctioned by the European Tour and the Sunshine Tour.

• 2010 Big Ten Championship

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	Sep 7, 2014	Omega European Masters1	−18 (67-64-66-65=262)	Playoff	Graeme Storm
2	Dec 16, 2018 (2019 season)	Alfred Dunhill Championship2	−14 (70-66-70-68=274)	2 strokes	David Drysdale

¹Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour
²Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour

European Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2014	Omega European Masters	Graeme Storm	Won with par on first extra hole

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	Mar 17, 2012	Handa Faldo Cambodian Classic	−15 (73-68-67-65=273)	Playoff	Elmer Salvador
2	Sep 7, 2014	Omega European Masters1	−18 (67-64-66-65=262)	Playoff	Graeme Storm

¹Co-sanctioned by the European Tour

Asian Tour playoff record (2–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2012	Handa Faldo Cambodian Classic	Elmer Salvador	Won with birdie on first extra hole
2	2014	Omega European Masters	Graeme Storm	Won with par on first extra hole

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	Jul 12, 2020	TPC San Antonio Challenge	−25 (69-66-62-66=263)	4 strokes	Taylor Pendrith

Korn Ferry Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2021	Emerald Coast Classic	Stephan Jäger	Lost to par on first extra hole

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results not in chronological order before 2015.

¹Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

NT = No tournament
"T" = Tied