Australian professional golfer, former elite amateur, PGA Tour competitor, and part of the Lads Golf Group.
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Meet Ryan.
Ryan Ruffels is one of the most credentialed tournament players in the YGT field. The Australian turned professional as a teenager and has PGA Tour starts on his record, giving him a different competitive background than creators who came up mainly through YouTube.
His return to wider attention through The Q and creator golf creates an interesting storyline: a serious player finding a new audience through the same formats that made this corner of golf possible.
If the final YGT format rewards individual scoring under pressure, Ruffels is one of the names that should immediately matter.
Quick facts
- 01Australian professional golfer.
- 02Turned professional at 17.
- 03Won the 2014 Junior World 15-17 division.
- 04Earned a 2026 Myrtle Beach Classic start through The Q.
- 05Sponsor invite at the 2026 Rocket Mortgage Classic.
- 06Competed on the Korn Ferry Tour, PGA Tour Canada, and PGA Tour Latinoamérica.
What to watch
Ruffels adds a tour-tested profile and one of the strongest pure playing resumes in the field.
By the numbers
Pursell Farms stats.
Strokes gained on every shot Ryan hit at Pursell Farms. Ranks are within the 20-player field.
Strokes gained · Approach
+4.071st of 2027 shots
- Total SG
- +6.04
- Field rank
- 2 / 20
- Total104 shots+6.042nd of 20
- Off the tee26 shots+2.037th of 20
- Approach27 shots+4.071st of 20
- Around the green9 shots0.005th of 20
- Putting42 shots−0.064th of 20
- Fairways hit14 of 26 drives
- 54%
- 53%
- Driving distanceAverage
- 316 yd
- 314 yd
- Greens in regulation21 of 27 approaches
- 78%
- 65%
- Proximity to holeAverage
- 6.7 ft
- 7.4 ft
- Putts made, 4 to 10 ft2 of 12 attempts
- 17%
- 15%
Distances on the green in feet, everywhere else in yards.
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