MichaelBrennan

Grew up playing golf at River Creek Club in his longtime hometown of Leesburg, Virginia.

Played four seasons at Wake Forest University (2020-24), where he earned eight individual victories, highlighted by back-to-back wins at the 2023 and 2024 Atlantic Coast Conference Championships. Brennan's collegiate victories included the 2021 Wake Forest Invitational contested at Pinehurst No. 2. Brennan's eight wins were tied with 17-time PGA Tour winner Curtis Strange for third in program history, only behind three-time PGA Tour winner Gary Hallberg (nine) and 2011 FedExCup Champion Bill Haas (10). Performance benefits for Brennan's No. 12 finish in the PGA Tour University Class of 2024 included PGA Tour Americas membership.

Totaled a 71.46 career scoring average across his four seasons at Wake Forest University (2020-24), which, upon exhaustion of his eligibility, ranked fourth in program history in records dating back to 1981. Brennan's average only trailed Alex Fitzpatrick (70.94 from 2018-22), 2011 FedExCup champion Bill Haas (70.87 from 2000-04), and PGA Tour winner Will Zalatoris (70.44 from 2015-18).

Cited the team title at the 2022 Atlantic Coast Conference Championship as the proudest and most exciting moment of his collegiate career. It marked Wake Forest's first conference title since 1989.

Finished No. 12 in the 2024 PGA TOUR University Ranking after four seasons at Wake Forest University. Performance benefits included exempt membership for the remainder of the 2024 PGA TOUR Americas season, as well as an exemption to Second Stage of 2024 PGA TOUR Q-School presented by Korn Ferry.

Played four seasons at Wake Forest University (2020-24), where he earned eight individual victories, highlighted by back-to-back wins at the 2023 and 2024 Atlantic Coast Conference Championships. Brennan’s collegiate victories also included the 2021 Wake Forest Invitational contested at Pinehurst No. 2. Brennan’s eight wins were tied with 17-time PGA TOUR winner Curtis Strange for third in program history, only behind three-time PGA TOUR winner Gary Hallberg (nine) and 2011 FedExCup champion Bill Haas (10).

With Wake Forest men’s golf head coach Jerry Haas as his caddie, Brennan played alongside PGA TOUR winner and fellow Wake Forest alum Will Zalatoris as he won the 2022 Genesis Invitational Collegiate Showcase at The Riviera Country Club, which earned him an exemption for the PGA TOUR’s 2022 Genesis Invitational.

Totaled a 71.46 career scoring average across his four seasons at Wake Forest, which, upon exhaustion of his eligibility, ranked fourth in program history in records dating back to 1981. Brennan’s average only trailed Alex Fitzpatrick (70.94 from 2018-22), 2011 FedExCup champion Bill Haas (70.87 from 2000-04), and PGA TOUR winner Will Zalatoris (70.44 from 2015-18).

Represented the United States at the 2022 Arnold Palmer Cup.

Won three consecutive Middle Atlantic Amateur Championships (2017, 2018, 2019). Past champions of the event include PGA TOUR winner Billy Hurley III (2004), 21-time TOUR winner Davis Love III (1984), eight-time TOUR winner Fred Funk (1979), and former PGA TOUR commissioner Deane Beman (1962, 1963).

Won the 2019 Virginia State Golf Association Amateur Championship. Past champions of the event include 21-time PGA TOUR winner Lanny Wadkins (1970), 17-time TOUR winner Curtis Strange (1974, 1975), three-time TOUR winner John Rollins (1997), and TOUR winner Billy Hurley III (2004, 2005).

Qualified for match play at the 2019 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship contested at Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio, where he lost to eventual champion Preston Summerhays in the Round of 32.