Vince Whaley

29-Year-Old Golfer
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Whaley was 222nd at the beginning of the FedExCup Fall, but a 6-for-6 close to the season with a trio of top-15s was good enough to just sneak inside the Top 150 and secure conditional status for the 2024 season. Whaley has always been a solid driver of the ball, but his putting was red hot during that fall stretch. The Georgia Tech product is still just 28 years old and clearly has some skills to work with. He'll be limited in the number of starts he'll be able to make, but a few top-10s and Whaley might be able to play his way to full status for 2025. Read Past Outlooks
Registers T69 finish in San Antonio
April 8, 2024
Whaley shot a two-over 77 in the final round to finish tied for 69th spot in the Valero Texas Open.
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Whaley had a terrible outing in the final round where he lost 52 spots. He finished with eight bogeys in the fourth round which was the 82nd on the day. It was the first time Whaley finished outside the top 60 in any competition this season. He will not play in the Masters Tournament.
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Whaley made the playoffs for the first time in his three seasons on Tour, although his only top-10 finishes were both in alternate field events. His ball striking is a main detriment as he ranked just 177th in strokes-gained approach and is wildly inaccurate off-the-tee despite just slightly above-average length. It's hard to see him making any strides as a result.
Whaley posted five top-25s during his second season on the PGA Tour, but he ultimately fell shy of the FedExCup Playoffs and was forced to retain status via the Korn Ferry Tour Finals where he notched a pair of top-10s in late August. During his 2020-21 campaign, Whaley made the cut in 10 consecutive starts from the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am through the Charles Schwab Challenge as he gained popularity among the daily fantasy community before cooling off in June and July. He ended the season just 178th in SG: approach, however.
Whaley missed the cut or withdrew in 60 percent of his appearances throughout a rookie campaign that was highlighted by a top-10 showing at the Puerto Rico Open. The Georgia Tech product, who finished 183rd in the FedEx Cup standings, relied too heavily on his putter as he ranked 49th in SG: Putting, but just 198th in SG: Approach and 165th in proximity. On the bright side, he ended his first regular season on Tour with a top-40 at the Wyndham Championship to provide a small spark ahead of the upcoming fall series.
Whaley enjoyed quite a successful maiden campaign as a professional on the Korn Ferry Tour as he made 15 of 23 cuts and gathered top-3 finishes at the Bahamas Great Abaco Classic and the Lincoln Land Championship to ultimately round out the Regular Season Points List at No. 25 as he'll already advance to the PGA Tour. The Georgia Tech product averaged 310.2 yards off the tee and ranked 17th in par-5 birdie or better percentage, but he also finished the season top-50 in putting average. Whaley has plenty of experience playing at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, but eventually qualifying for the 2020 TOUR Championship is just a dream at this point.
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Appears in Puerto Rico Open field
March 3, 2024
Whaley (undisclosed) is listed in the field for this week's Puerto Rico Open.
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Out of Cognizant Classic
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February 26, 2024
Whaley has withdrawn his name from the field for this week's Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches due to an undisclosed reason, Rob Bolton of PGATour.com reports.
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Returning in Texas
May 8, 2023
Whaley (undisclosed) is listed in the field for this week's AT&T Byron Nelson.
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Backs out of Houston Open
Undisclosed
November 7, 2022
Whaley has withdrawn his name from the field for this week's Cadence Bank Houston Open due to an undisclosed reason, Rob Bolton of PGATour.com reports.
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Expected to play in Houston
November 7, 2022
Whaley (undisclosed) is listed in the field for this week's Cadence Bank Houston Open.
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