Background
Berger was born in Plantation, Florida to Nadia and Jay Berger. His father is a former tennis pro, coach, and head of men"s tennis for the United States Tennis Association.
Berger was born in Plantation, Florida to Nadia and Jay Berger. His father is a former tennis pro, coach, and head of men"s tennis for the United States Tennis Association.
He graduated William T. Dwyer High School in 2011 and went on to play golf at Florida State University, where he tied for second at the 2013 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Men"s Golf Championships.
Berger lived in Miami for about ten years before moving with his family to Jupiter, Florida, where he began taking golf seriously. Berger turned pro after his sophomore season. In late 2013, Berger qualified for the Web.com Tour and played four events.
The following year, he finished T2 at the TPC Stonebrae Championship and ranked 15th in the season-long Web.com Tour standings, which earned him a promotion to the Professional Golf Association Tour for the 2014-2015 season.
On March 2, 2015, Berger shot a 6-under-par 64 in the final round of the Honda Classic to get into a sudden-death playoff, which he lost to Pádraig Harrington. During the third round of the 2015 Arnold Palmer Invitational, Berger made a double eagle at the par-5 sixth hole.
During the 2015 season, Berger made the cut in 17 of 31 events, had six top-10 finishes, including two seconds, and was the only rookie to make the Tour Championship field DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.
Amateur
Palmer Cup: 2013 (winners).