Jerry Kelly | |||||||
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Personal information | |||||||
Full name | Jerome Patrick Kelly | ||||||
Born | Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. | November 23, 1966||||||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||
Weight | 165 lb (75 kg; 11.8 st) | ||||||
Sporting nationality | United States | ||||||
Residence | Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. | ||||||
Spouse | Carol Kelly | ||||||
Children | 1 | ||||||
Career | |||||||
College | University of Hartford | ||||||
Turned professional | 1989 | ||||||
Current tour(s) | PGA Tour Champions | ||||||
Former tour(s) | PGA Tour Nike Tour T. C. Jordan Tour | ||||||
Professional wins | 21 | ||||||
Highest ranking | 18 (March 2, 2003) [1] | ||||||
Number of wins by tour | |||||||
PGA Tour | 3 | ||||||
Korn Ferry Tour | 2 | ||||||
PGA Tour Champions | 12 | ||||||
Other | 4 | ||||||
Best results in major championships | |||||||
Masters Tournament | T5: 2007 | ||||||
PGA Championship | T26: 1999, 2011 | ||||||
U.S. Open | T7: 2007 | ||||||
The Open Championship | T26: 2006 | ||||||
Achievements and awards | |||||||
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Jerome Patrick Kelly (born November 23, 1966) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and PGA Tour Champions.
Born and raised in Madison, Wisconsin, Kelly graduated from the University of Hartford in 1989 and turned professional later that year, [2] but didn't make it onto the PGA Tour until 1996. This followed a successful 1995 season on the Nike Tour (currently known as the Korn Ferry 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 putt 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 previous win. [3]
Kelly's highest Official World Golf Ranking was 18th in 2003.
For the first time in his PGA Tour career, Kelly finished outside the valued top 125 on the tour's money list, ending the 2012 season just $1,809 out of a full Tour card. He also finished 2012 as the 25th highest earning PGA Tour golfer in history. Instead of going to Q school (where his finish would have placed him directly into the final stage), Kelly played the 2013 season using a career money list exemption, nineteen places higher on the PGA Tour priority ranking list than the 126-150 category (Priority Ranking 29). During his PGA Tour career, Kelly made 616 starts and earned almost 29 million dollars.
Kelly made his PGA Tour Champions debut at the Chubb Classic in February 2017, and gained his first win six months later at the Boeing Classic outside Seattle.
In January 2018, Kelly won the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai.
In June 2019, Kelly won the American Family Insurance Championship. In September 2019, he won The Ally Challenge for his fifth PGA Tour Champions title. [4] In October 2019, he won the SAS Championship with a final round 65. [5]
In August 2020, Kelly won his first career major championship of his career, and first senior major championship, the Bridgestone Senior Players Championship at Firestone Country Club in Ohio, the only senior golf major of the year. With the win, Kelly earned $450,000 and qualified for the 2021 Players Championship.
In June 2021, Kelly defended his hometown title at the American Family Insurance Championship in Madison, Wisconsin (last held in 2019). This was Kelly's eighth victory on the PGA Tour Champions. [6]
In July 2022, Kelly won the Senior Players Championship for the second time. Kelly shot a final round of 2-under 68 and won by two strokes over defending champion Steve Stricker. The win was Kelly's second senior major championship [7]
Kelly was an all-city ice hockey selection in high school while playing for Madison East and has said his hockey background may have hurt his golf early in his career because of the aggressiveness it encourages him to bring to his game. [8]
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1 | Jan 14, 2002 | Sony Open in Hawaii | 66-65-65-70=266 | −14 | 1 stroke | John Cook |
2 | Jul 7, 2002 | Advil Western Open | 67-69-68-65=269 | −19 | 2 strokes | Davis Love III |
3 | Apr 26, 2009 | Zurich Classic of New Orleans | 68-66-69-71=274 | −14 | 1 stroke | Charles Howell III, Rory Sabbatini, Charlie Wi |
PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 1996 | Greater Milwaukee Open | Loren Roberts | Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | Apr 30, 1995 | Nike Alabama Classic | 65-70-70-68=273 | −15 | Playoff | Buddy Gardner |
2 | Jul 16, 1995 | Nike Buffalo Open | 70-72-67-65=274 | −14 | 1 stroke | Tim Simpson |
Nike Tour playoff record (1–0)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 1995 | Nike Alabama Classic | Buddy Gardner | Won with par on first extra hole |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | Apr 19, 1992 | Super D Big Creek Classic | 62-68-73=203 | −13 | 1 stroke | Franklin Langham |
Legend |
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PGA Tour Champions major championships (2) |
Other PGA Tour Champions (10) |
PGA Tour Champions playoff record (3–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1 | 2019 | American Family Insurance Championship | Retief Goosen, Steve Stricker | Won with birdie on third extra hole |
2 | 2020 | PURE Insurance Championship | Jim Furyk | Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
3 | 2022 | Principal Charity Classic | Kirk Triplett | Won with birdie on first extra hole |
4 | 2022 | Shaw Charity Classic | John Huston | Won with birdie on first extra hole |
Tournament | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
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Masters Tournament | |||
U.S. Open | T57 | ||
The Open Championship | T44 | ||
PGA Championship | CUT | WD | T26 |
Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
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Masters Tournament | T20 | 48 | T31 | T20 | T5 | CUT | ||||
U.S. Open | T37 | CUT | CUT | T40 | 83 | T7 | CUT | |||
The Open Championship | CUT | T28 | WD | T47 | CUT | T26 | T49 | CUT | ||
PGA Championship | CUT | T44 | CUT | CUT | CUT | T34 | 48 | CUT | CUT | CUT |
Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
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Masters Tournament | T12 | CUT | |||
U.S. Open | T63 | T41 | |||
The Open Championship | CUT | CUT | |||
PGA Championship | CUT | T26 | T27 |
WD = withdrew
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
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Masters Tournament | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 6 |
U.S. Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 |
The Open Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 |
PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6 |
Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 45 | 24 |
Tournament | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
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The Players Championship | CUT | CUT | T31 | CUT |
Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
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The Players Championship | T42 | 4 | T11 | CUT | T6 | CUT | CUT | T28 | T32 | CUT |
Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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The Players Championship | T39 | T64 | CUT | T37 | CUT | T17 | T19 | CUT |
Tournament | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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The Players Championship | C | CUT | T54 |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
C = Canceled after the first round due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Tournament | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
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Match Play | R64 | QF | QF | R32 | R64 | ||||
Championship | T4 | T21 | T16 | T50 | |||||
Invitational | 77 | T53 | T19 | T46 | T11 | ||||
Champions | T54 |
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.
Year | Championship | 54 holes | Winning score | Margin | Runner-up |
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2020 | Bridgestone Senior Players Championship | 1 shot lead | −3 (68-70-70-69=277) | 2 strokes | Scott Parel |
2022 | Bridgestone Senior Players Championship (2) | Tied for lead | −11 (67-69-65-68=269) | 2 strokes | Steve Stricker |
Tournament | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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The Tradition | T8 | T12 | NT | T4 | T13 | 4 | T18 | |
Senior PGA Championship | T8 | T3 | 5 | NT | T8 | T29 | T59 | 13 |
U.S. Senior Open | T12 | T2 | T2 | NT | T8 | T7 | 3 | T16 |
Senior Players Championship | T50 | T4 | T24 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 |
Senior British Open Championship | T45 | T14 | T29 | NT | 6 | T20 | T7 | CUT |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
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