He's a larrikin golfer from Queensland who's a diehard Broncos fan and has a mullet — but he's not Cameron Smith.

Jed Morgan, a 22-year-old country boy, is vowing to be himself ahead of playing in his maiden major championship next month.

He punched his ticket to this year's US Open and Open Championship, after securing a record-breaking 11-stroke victory at January's Australian PGA Championship, along with a $180,000 winner's cheque.

His trademark point to the sky and emotion-packed "yeah" when he nailed birdie after birdie, was beamed around golfing circles.

He had only turned professional three months before.

Today Morgan departed for Florida where he'll link up with fellow Queenslander Smith and prepare for his first tilt at the US Open Championship – one of golf's four majors.

It's been a rapid rise for the young golfer who grew up in Hatton Vale — a town of less than 2,000 people west of Brisbane, a rise even Morgan himself has been surprised by.

"It's funny with anything, any type of success there's never a known time frame," he told ABC Sport.

"I'm very excited [to be heading over there]."

And he's not just there to make up the numbers, in a field which is set to include Tiger Woods, Jon Rahm and Jordan Spieth.

"In the past when I've gone overseas, I think I've just been happy to go there and be there … it's a bit different this time around, I don't expect a lot of myself but I'm definitely going there with the goal to compete in every single [tournament] I play."

While overseas, Morgan hopes to earn his card on the PGA Tour but he knows it'll take some of his best golf.

"The whole situation is different. I'm not in the comfort of my own country, my own house, so it's really just a bit of trial and error in massive tournaments like that," he said.

"I know that my best is good enough to be able to compete but I might get over there and find out that I play my best golf, I come eighth and I need to improve my best golf, so it's like it's just one of those things."

Cam 2.0?

It's hard not to compare him to Smith, but Morgan says he's just a "pretty plain" guy.

You can see why people draw a line between the two: both have blonde mullets, moustaches, are mad Brisbane Broncos fans and hail from south-east Queensland.

"It was pretty funny."

Morgan was one of two winners of the Cameron Smith Scholarship in 2018, where he got to spend a week staying with the current world number four golfer at his home in Florida, learning from him.

"He's done so much for me and I owe him more than I can ever pay him back for probably," Morgan said.

"The things he does for Junior Golf in Australia, and Queensland, stuff that hasn't really been done before … when I was welcomed into his home, stayed with him and given the experience, it changed everything for me."

Humble beginnings

Before he stepped on the plane to Florida, Morgan went back to the place where his dream to be a professional golfer truly crystallised.

Morgan, a Kelvin Grove State College alumnus, graduated from the school's golf excellence program in 2015.

It's at the Brisbane-based school where he honed his skills and was given a "head start" to becoming one of the country's most talented golf prospects.

The current eight-strong high-performance squad was treated to a special session with the 22-year-old at the Victoria Park Golf complex, just near the school's campus.

The year 11 and 12 students and keen golfers hung off his every word and were equally as mesmerised by his deft swing.

"And for it to turn out the way it's turned out, like the last year for me, gives them a bit of hope as well, which is good."

"[The golf excellence School] was massive for me … it definitely helped a lot with my transition, leaving school and joining the Queensland Academy of Sport and the programs in Australia … it's a great bridge to the big stage."

Next generation already being formed

Tony Robertson runs the Queensland Golf School of Excellence at Kelvin Grove and said it's a collaborative way of learning for the young golfers, to ensure they're improving their game but also getting a good education.

"The kids do five subjects and their sixth subject is golf," Robertson said.

"So basically, I see the high-performance squad every day, whether it be a technical coaching or it could be a sports psych session."

He believes there's a long list of future golf pros coming through the ranks at the school.

"Harry Takis [year 11] is off a handicap I think of about plus five and Caitlin Vanderkruk [year 11] is off plus one at the moment … so it's a great program for the kids to be in," Robertson said.

Vanderkruk is the only female golfer in the group.

"I went out to Royal Queensland on the last day of the Australian PGA Championship, and I watched [Jed] on the back nine and it was pretty amazing to see … it's really inspiring knowing that someone was in the same position as me and it's possible to reach that point," she said.

"I've definitely changed and improved so much since when I first showed up here at Kelvin Grove in grade 7, all the gym work and the golf and the theory that we get in it's really helped me improve in all areas, that I think are really important.

"After I finish school, I want to go to college in the states and play over there."