Personal Bio

My name is Nick Branchina, born and raised in Summit, NJ and now reside in Fort Wayne, IN with my wife, Kaelin and our daughter, Palmer. My journey of professional golf is a bit unconventional, as up until a few months prior to college, I was intending on playing college hockey. I played Jr hockey for 2 years after HS, and that’s when the golf bug started to get me. Having been injured my final year of Jr hockey, I decided to enroll at Trinity College in Hartford, CT. There I emailed the coach about trying out, made the team as a practice player my first semester and eventually graduating SR year First Team All-Conference (NESCAC) with 4 top 10’s, finishing 14th in the Region and 5th best single season scoring average in Program History. My professional career has seen its up’s and downs, but my resiliency shows in the scores I post following a lackluster round. I have been fortunate to play all over the world, including Canada, Denmark, Portugal and England, earning Associate membership on the Hotel Planner Tour. I am hungry to take the next step in my career and can’t wait to do it alongside the partnerships I’ve built and continue to build along the way. This upcoming year, my focus will be on APT events, State Opens and Monday qualifiers to get ready for Q-Schools in the fall.

Golf Resume - Pro

• 25th on 2025 NEXT Tour Order of Merit (Qualified for 2026 World Series)
• (4x) Winner on Minor League Golf Tour
• (2x) Top 5 on SwingThought Tour
• Associate Member Hotel Planner Tour (2023-2025)
• T-22 Brudenell River Classic PGA Tour Canada (2021)

Golf Resume - Amateur

• First Team All-Conference NESCAC (2019)
• 14th Ranked Golfer in New England Region (2019)
• T-9 NJSGA Amateur (2019)
• T-25 NJSGA Open (2019)
• T-11 Mittelmark Invitational (2018)

Fun Facts

• Only Hole in One was in a tournament following 4 consecutive birdies
• Big New York Sports fan - Rangers and Yankees
• Never played a golf tournament until I was 17
• Economics (B.S.) Major and Italian Minor
• Was in attendance for the 1996 Yankees World Series win (I was born in ‘94)
• Recently did a commercial for Anker + BestBuy
• Converted my Jeep Wrangler into a Camper for more convenient and affordable travel