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Jonny Leighfield

Justin Hastings Facts: 16 Things You Didn't Know About The Amateur Golfer

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Justin Hastings crouches down behind a putt during The Masters in 2025.

Justin Hastings is one of the world's leading amateur golfers and landed the biggest win of his career in 2025. Discover more about the man from the Cayman Islands via these facts.

JUSTIN HASTINGS FACTS

1. Hastings was born on September 18, 2003 in Grand Cayman, the Cayman Islands.

2. In 2018, he represented the Cayman Islands at the North American Roller Hockey Championships.

3. As a 14-year-old, Hastings made the cut at the Latin America Amateur Championship in Santiago, Chile - the same year a young Joaquin Niemann won.

4. He was a part of the first Cayman Islands golf team ever to win the Hoerman Cup - also known as the Caribbean Amateur Golf Championships - in 2020. The Cayman Islands team was five strokes behind to start the final day but ended up winning by five.

5. Hastings committed to playing golf for San Diego State University in 2020, the same college that the likes of Xander Schauffele attended.

6. Per his college bio, Hastings "has the best career scoring average in recorded program history (since at least 1993-94) at 71.48 through 108 rounds, just ahead of Xander Schauffele’s 71.50 set from 2013-15."

7. He finished T11th in the men's golf event at the 2023 Pan-American Games.

8. Hastings' most successful collegiate event is the Mountain West Championship. Before winning it for the first time in 2025, Hastings had recorded two top-10 finishes in three appearances - T4th in 2023 and T7th in 2024. In 2022, he was a part of the San Diego State squad which won the team event.

9. Hastings made his PGA Tour debut at the Puerto Rico Open in 2024. He shot 70-71 to miss the cut by a single stroke.

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10. His highest position in the World Amateur Golf Ranking to date is 12th.

11. Hastings booked his place at The Masters in 2025 after winning the Latin America Amateur Championship in the January before. He fired a closing round of level-par 72 to see off Peru's Patrick Sparks by a shot and earn exemptions into not only The Masters but also the Open Championship and the US Open. Curiously, Hastings was the second man from the Cayman Islands to win the LAAC, following Aaron Jarvis four years earlier.

12. After his LAAC victory, Hastings shared that he was incredibly excited to be in the field at Augusta National after missing school to watch The Masters every year. He said: “I grew up a huge Masters nut. Every Thursday when the Masters was on, I’d be sick from school to watch the first day.”

Hastings (right) is congratulated by USGA CEO, Mike Whan after earning Low Am honors at the 2025 US Open (Image credit: Getty Images)

13. In just his second-ever Major start, Hastings earned Low Amateur honors at the 2025 US Open after becoming the only non-pro to make the cut at the incredibly difficult Oakmont Country Club. He ultimately finished T55th.

14. He was a part of the International Team which won the 2025 Arnold Palmer Cup by 35 points to 25 at Conagree Golf Club.

15. Hastings has won 13 amateur titles in total, including three collegiate events.

16. As an amateur, Hastings finished T13th at the 2025 Mexico Open on the PGA Tour.