Ben Kohles

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Ben Kohles
Personal information
Born (1990-02-24) February 24, 1990 (age 35)
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight170 lb (77 kg; 12 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Career
College University of Virginia
Turned professional2012
Current tour(s) PGA Tour
Former tour(s) Korn Ferry Tour
Professional wins4
Highest ranking 78 (August 4, 2024) [1]
(as of November 24, 2024)
Number of wins by tour
Korn Ferry Tour4
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship T26: 2024
U.S. Open T56: 2024
The Open Championship DNP
Achievements and awards
Korn Ferry Tour
points list winner
2023
Korn Ferry Tour
Player of the Year
2023

Ben Kohles (born February 24, 1990) is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.

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Career

Kohles was born in Dallas, Texas. He played college golf at the University of Virginia where he won five events and was a three-time All-American and twice was ACC Player of the Year. [2]

Kohles turned professional in July 2012 and won the first professional event he entered, the Nationwide Children's Hospital Invitational on the Web.com Tour. He won in a playoff over Luke Guthrie, with a birdie at the first extra hole to take victory. [3] He was invited to the tournament because of his collegiate All-American status. He became the first player to win on his Web.com Tour debut since 2007 and the thirteenth overall that have achieved the feat; he is also the first without prior professional tournament experience. [4] Kohles then won the following week at the Cox Classic, shooting a final round 62 to take the title by three shots. He became the first player in the history of the tour to win both of the first two tournaments he played. The win moved him to second on the Web.com Tour money list, which guaranteed that he would finish in the top 25 on the tour and receive a PGA Tour card for 2013. [5]

Kohles made his PGA Tour debut at the 2012 Wyndham Championship. [6] Kohles was unable to maintain his Tour privileges and was playing on the third-tier PGA Tour Latinoamérica in 2016.

Amateur wins

Professional wins (4)

Korn Ferry Tour wins (4)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner-up
1Jul 29, 2012 Nationwide Children's Hospital Invitational 66-69-67-70=272−12Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Luke Guthrie
2Aug 5, 2012 Cox Classic 65-66-67-62=260−243 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Dawie van der Walt
3Apr 2, 2023 Astara Chile Classic 68-66-66-67=267−21Playoff Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dimitrios Papadatos
4Apr 30, 2023 HomeTown Lenders Championship 68-62-67=197*−13Playoff Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ben Silverman

*Note: The 2023 HomeTown Lenders Championship was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

Korn Ferry Tour playoff record (3–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2012 Nationwide Children's Hospital Invitational Flag of the United States.svg Luke Guthrie Won with birdie on first extra hole
2 2023 Astara Chile Classic Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dimitrios Papadatos Won with birdie on second extra hole
32023 HomeTown Lenders Championship Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ben Silverman Won with birdie on second extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament2024
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship T26
U.S. Open T56
The Open Championship
  Did not play

"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament2025
The Players Championship CUT

CUT = missed the half-way cut

See also

References

  1. "Week 31 2024 Ending 4 Aug 2024" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved August 5, 2024.
  2. "Virginia Cavaliers – Ben Kohles profile" . Retrieved August 1, 2012.
  3. "Ben Kohles wins pro debut". ESPN. Associated Press. July 29, 2012.
  4. Chemycz, Joe (July 29, 2012). "Kohles wins NCHI in first professional start". Web.com Tour. Archived from the original on August 2, 2012.
  5. Chemycz, Joe (August 5, 2012). "Kohles wins second event in second pro start". Web.com Tour. Archived from the original on August 6, 2012. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
  6. Lewis, Todd (August 17, 2012). "Morning Drive". Golf Channel. Archived from the original on August 20, 2012.