On March 26, 2024, Luke Clanton earned his first PGA Tour start.
He won the Valspar Collegiate on Florida's Atlantic coast, earning his way into the field at the 2025 Valspar Championship. He thought this week at Innisbrook Resort's Copperhead Course would be his first PGA Tour start.
When he tees off at 2:24 p.m. Thursday, he'll do so as a soon-to-be PGA Tour member and the top-ranked amateur in the world.
"I would probably think you're crazy, to be honest with you," he said when asked what his reaction would've been if he knew what the past year held for him.