Poland’s Adrian Meronk became “one to watch” in 2021 as he recorded a season of memorable firsts, becoming first Pole to hold full playing privileges on the DP World Tour and the first Pole to play in a major championship at the U.S. Open in June.
He missed the cut at Torrey Pines, but kept forging ahead in the history books as he became the first to Pole to appear at the DP World Tour Championship (T-32) and the first – and only – player from Poland to compete in the Tokyo Olympics golf competition (T-51). “When I found out golf is coming back to the Olympics, that immediately was one of my goals to represent Poland,” he said. “When people see golf in the Olympics, it will be a huge factor. It’s going to be a positive thing. There’s still a stereotype in Poland that golf is only for the wealthy, that it’s not a sport. If they see me on TV playing in the Olympics, that will help, for sure. I’ll try my best to grow golf as big as possible.” Meronk made 15 cuts in 22 starts on the DP World Tour, 39th in the Race to Dubai, with four top 10s including a T-2 at the Italian Open and two third-place finishes at the Tenerife Open and British Masters.