pinnacle of the sport.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nJohnson has felt what it is like to compete at that highest level and he believes that it is time for himself or another talented African American golfer to grab hold of the opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou are seeing players kind of break the barrier, at this point we just got to do it,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cThe flood gates will start to open.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 29-year-old qualified for the 2025 U.S Open at Oakmont – one of golf\u2019s four major championships. While he missed the cut on a very difficult track, Johnson\u2019s play on the APGA Tour and beyond has given him a platform to inspire a younger generation of minority golfers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI feel like it’s our responsibility to carry yourself in the right manner to try to inspire,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cTiger inspired all of us, regardless of race.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chase Johnson had a below average year for his recent standards in 2025. He won one APGA event and was unable to make the cut in either of his two starts on the PGA Tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Johnson believes that the competition level on the APGA Tour has risen each year that he has been out there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe talent is getting deeper,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cThis year we only had two or three repeat winners.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The APGA Tour has made a major impact in the career of Chase Johnson as he continues to pursue his ultimate goal. Applications for the 2026 season just closed and the Tour will hope to continue to grow and add diversity to the professional golf world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Johnson has made some swing changes recently and will look to have a big year as the APGA season kicks off at Torrey Pines in 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Chase Johnson\u2019s path back toward the PGA Tour didn\u2019t happen overnight. Through development, access, and opportunity, the APGA Tour has helped reshape his journey and it may be doing the same for the future of golf.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":3422,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8],"tags":[224],"class_list":["post-3421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-golf","tag-apga-tour"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ChaseJohnson-scaled-e1768509876790.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3421"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3426,"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3421\/revisions\/3426"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}