Years after his dad’s pivotal lacrosse-for-golf exchange, Keefer reached another seminal moment at the 2024 NCAA Championship (remarkably, just over a year ago). Keefer, then a fifth-year senior at Baylor, entered his final collegiate event at No. 29 on the PGA TOUR University Ranking, needing to move inside the top 25 to qualify for that summer’s North American Swing on PGA TOUR Americas. As he understood it, he needed roughly a top-10 finish at NCAAs to move inside the top 25, otherwise, he was headed to PGA TOUR Americas Q-School in California. And if things didn’t work out there, he would embark on an uncertain schedule for his first summer as a pro.
Johnny Keefer continues rapid rise, #TOURBound after NV5 Invitational victory
