Australian golfer Jason Hong competing on the PGA Tour.
Jason Hong was born in Sydney, Australia, on 8 August 1998 and grew up in Lidcombe, in western Sydney. He emerged as one of Australia’s leading junior golfers, recording a 69.88 stroke average during his final year at Sydney Boys High School, winning the NSW Match Play Championship as a 15-year-old and reaching No. 5 in the Australian junior rankings. Hong represented New South Wales in junior interstate competition and represented Australia at the 2016 IMG World Junior Championship. He moved to the United States to continue his golf and education at Purdue University, where he competed in NCAA Division I golf from 2017. After three seasons with the Purdue Boilermakers, he transferred to Lipscomb University as a graduate transfer in 2021. Hong turned professional in 2023 after completing his university studies and subsequently competed on the PGA TOUR Canada pathway and PGA TOUR Americas. His playing role is that of a right-handed professional tournament golfer; detailed shot-shape or specialist role information is not publicly verified in the reviewed sources.
First big break
Hong’s first major documented breakthrough came in his freshman season at Purdue in February 2018, when he went undefeated for the Boilermakers in the Big Ten Matchplay Championship and helped Purdue share the team title with Michigan State. He also finished sixth at the prestigious Puerto Rico Classic, earning Big Ten Golfer of the Week honours. His first significant professional breakthrough was reported in 2023, when he won a PGA TOUR Canada qualifying tournament in Arizona to earn PGA TOUR Canada status and later recorded a top-five finish on the tour.
Key stats & awards
Hong’s documented Purdue career included a 74.41 stroke average over 90 rounds, 10 top-20 finishes, three top-10 finishes and six career eagles, which tied Purdue’s career record at the time reported. His best Purdue result was a tie for third at the 2019 Boilermaker Invitational. In his freshman season, he posted a 74.11 average over 35 rounds, the sixth-best freshman average in Purdue history, and received Big Ten Golfer of the Week honours after his Puerto Rico Classic performance. He was named to the Big Ten All-Academic Team in 2019 and 2020. The PGA TOUR profile lists him as having zero PGA TOUR Americas wins and zero wins in 2024.
Famous moments
Hong’s defining amateur and college moments include winning the NSW Match Play Championship as a 15-year-old, finishing runner-up at the Australian Junior Championship, captaining New South Wales to victory in the Australian Junior Interstate Series, going undefeated in Purdue’s 2018 Big Ten Matchplay title campaign and finishing sixth at the 2018 Puerto Rico Classic. His reported 2023 PGA TOUR Canada qualifying victory in Arizona marked his transition into the professional touring pathway.
