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Jerry Kelly Personal information Full name Jerome Patrick Kelly Born November 23, 1966
Madison, WisconsinHeight 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Weight 165 lb (75 kg; 11.8 st) Nationality 
United StatesResidence Madison, Wisconsin Career College University of Hartford Turned professional 1989 Current tour(s) PGA Tour Professional wins 8 Number of wins by tour PGA Tour 3 Nationwide Tour 2 Best results in Major Championships Masters Tournament T5: 2007 U.S. Open T7: 2007 The Open Championship T26: 2006 PGA Championship T26: 1999, 2011 Achievements and awards Nike Tour
leading money winner1995 Nike Tour
Player of the Year1995 Jerome Patrick Kelly (born November 23, 1966) is an American professional golfer.
Kelly was born in Madison, Wisconsin. He graduated from the University of Hartford in 1989 and turned professional later that year,[1] but didn't make it onto the PGA Tour until 1996. This followed a successful 1995 season on the second tier Nike Tour, when he won two tournaments. His best career year to date is 2002, when he finished fourth on the PGA Tour money list and won the PGA Tour's Sony Open in Hawaii and Advil Western Open.
Kelly won the 2009 Zurich Classic of New Orleans with a two-foot par on the final hole, beating three players by one stroke (Charlie Wi, Rory Sabbatini, and Charles Howell III). It had been seven years since his last win.[2]
Kelly has been featured in the top 20 of the Official World Golf Rankings.
Kelly was an all-city ice hockey selection in high school while playing for Madison East and he has said that his hockey background may have hurt his golf early in his career, because of the aggressiveness it encourages him to bring to his game.[3]
Contents
Professional wins (8)
PGA Tour wins (3)
No. Date Tournament Winning Score Margin of
VictoryRunner(s)-up 1 Jan 14, 2002 Sony Open in Hawaii -14 (66-65-65-70=266) 1 stroke John Cook2 Jul 7, 2002 Advil Western Open -19 (67-69-68-65=269) 2 strokes Davis Love III3 Apr 26, 2009 Zurich Classic of New Orleans -14 (68-66-69-71=274) 1 stroke Charles Howell III, 
Rory Sabbatini,
Charlie WiPGA Tour playoff record (0-1)
No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result 1 1996 Greater Milwaukee Open Loren RobertsLost to birdie on first extra hole Nationwide Tour wins (2)
- 1995 (2) NIKE Alabama Classic, NIKE Buffalo Open
Other wins (3)
- 1992 Wisconsin State Open
- 2006 Merrill Lynch Shootout (with Rod Pampling)
- 2009 The Shark Shootout (with Steve Stricker)
Results in major championships
Tournament 1997 1998 1999 The Masters DNP DNP DNP U.S. Open DNP DNP T57 The Open Championship T44 DNP DNP PGA Championship CUT WD T26 Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 The Masters DNP DNP T20 48 T31 T20 DNP T5 CUT DNP U.S. Open T37 DNP CUT CUT T40 83 DNP T7 CUT DNP The Open Championship DNP CUT T28 WD T47 CUT T26 T49 CUT DNP PGA Championship CUT T44 CUT CUT CUT T34 48 CUT CUT CUT Tournament 2010 2011 The Masters T12 CUT U.S. Open T63 DNP The Open Championship CUT CUT PGA Championship CUT T26 DNP = did not play
WD = withdrew
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.Results in World Golf Championship events
Tournament 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Accenture Match Play Championship R64 QF QF R32 DNP DNP R64 DNP DNP CA Championship T4 T21 T16 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T50 Bridgestone Invitational 77 T53 T19 DNP DNP T46 DNP T11 DNP HSBC Champions – – – – – – – T54 DNP DNP = Did not play
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.United States national team appearances
Professional
- Presidents Cup: 2003 (tie)
References
- ^ "Profile on PGA Tour's official site". http://www.pgatour.com/players/00/80/75/. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
- ^ "Kelly ends long wait for victory". BBC Sport. 2009-04-26. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/8019838.stm. Retrieved 2009-04-27.
- ^ Biographical info on PGA Tour's official site
External links
- Jerry Kelly at the PGA Tour official site
- Jerry Kelly at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
United States Presidents Cup team – 2003 Chris DiMarco • Fred Funk • Jim Furyk • Jay Haas • Charles Howell III • Jerry Kelly • Justin Leonard • Davis Love III • Phil Mickelson • Kenny Perry • David Toms • Tiger Woods
Jack Nicklaus (non-playing captain)
Tied: 17 – 17
Nationwide Tour Player of the Year 1990 Jeff Maggert · 1991 Tom Lehman† · 1992 John Flannery · 1993 Sean Murphy · 1994 Chris Perry · 1995 Jerry Kelly · 1996 Stewart Cink† · 1997 Chris Smith · 1998 Bob Burns · 1999 Carl Paulson · 2000 Spike McRoy · 2001 Chad Campbell · 2002 Patrick Moore · 2003 Zach Johnson† · 2004 Jimmy Walker · 2005 Jason Gore · 2006 Ken Duke · 2007 Nick Flanagan · 2008 Brendon de Jonge · 2009 Michael Sim · 2010 Jamie Lovemark† indicates won major sometime in their respective golfing careers Categories:- American golfers
- PGA Tour golfers
- Hartford Hawks athletes
- American people of Irish descent
- People from Madison, Wisconsin
- 1966 births
- Living people
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