August 8, 2020 | By AAGD STAFF
Tim O’Neal of Savannah, Georgia, won the APGA Tour at Dubsdread tournament July 13-14, securing his second title of the year as the diversity-focused mini-tour staged its second Florida event in five days. O’Neal shot a 10-under par 130 over the two days, never relinquishing the lead with a seven-birdie performance at renowned Dubsdread Golf Course, the oldest public facility in Central Florida.
Speaking with African American Golfer’s Digest, O’Neal shares his thoughts on how it felt to win and what he is doing to continue pushing his success forward as a golf champion.
47-year-old O’Neal said, “It was a hard battle with so many strong players close to the lead,” said O’Neal, the 1997 Georgia Amateur champion and winner of 16 college tournaments at Jackson State. “Every year it gets harder out here. We all appreciate the APGA Tour providing opportunities for minorities in professional golf.”
O’Neal made history in January 2020 by winning the APGA Tour at the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines as the PGA TOUR and Farmers Insurance hosted a 27-hole APGA competition on Torrey Pines North while the best golfers in the world played the third round of the PGA TOUR’s Farmers Insurance Open on Torrey Pines South.
O’Neal’s other accomplishments include qualifying for and playing in the 2015 U.S Open, competing in the 2019 Genesis Open as the Charlie Sifford Memorial Exemption recipient, winning three times on the PGA TOUR LatinoAmerica and starting multiple Korn Ferry Tour events.
