Kim Felton

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Kim Felton
Personal information
Born (1975-03-27) 27 March 1975 (age 49)
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb; 12.0 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Residence Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Career
Turned professional1999
Current tour(s) PGA Tour of Australasia
Former tour(s) Nationwide Tour
OneAsia Tour
Von Nida Tour
Gateway Tour
Professional wins15
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour of Australasia1
Korn Ferry Tour1
Other13
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship T36: 2004
Achievements and awards
Von Nida Tour
Order of Merit winner 		2004

Kim Felton (born 27 March 1975) is an Australian professional golfer.

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As an amateur, Felton won the Australian Amateur in 1997 and was the low individual in the 1998 Eisenhower Trophy.

Felton turned professional in 1999 and played mainly on the PGA Tour of Australasia and its developmental Tour, the Von Nida Tour. He won five events on the Von Nida Tour as well as three other Australian events. Felton also played on the Nationwide Tour from 2005 to 2008 where he won the 2005 Knoxville Open. [1] In 2010, he won the Midea China Classic on the OneAsia Tour. [2]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (15)

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
126 May 2002 Western Australia PGA Championship −7 (70-68-66-69=273)Playoff Flag of Australia (converted).svg Euan Walters

PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2002 Western Australia PGA Championship Flag of Australia (converted).svg Euan Walters Won with par on first extra hole

Nationwide Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
119 Jun 2005 Knoxville Open −11 (71-70-67-69=277)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg David Peoples

OneAsia Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
117 Oct 2010 Midea China Classic −12 (70-71-66-65=272)2 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Simon Yates

Von Nida Tour wins (5)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
125 May 2003 WA PGA Championship −24 (68-67-64-65=264)8 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adrian Percey
230 May 2004 WA PGA Championship (2)−14 (67-65-65-69=266)3 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Benjamin Burge
327 Jun 2004 Queensland Masters −14 (69-71-68-66=274)Playoff Flag of Sweden.svg Jens Nilsson
44 Jul 2004 Cairns Classic −23 (67-66-62-70=265)8 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Campbell, Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Senior
54 Feb 2007 Victorian Open −8 (71-68-68-73=280)1 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steve Collins, Flag of Australia (converted).svg Marc Leishman,
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aron Price

Australasian Development Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
127 May 2001 Western Australian Open −17 (64-67-63-69=263)Playoff Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Diaz

Gateway Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
13 Sep 2004 Desert Series 12−25 (66-68-62-67=263)Playoff Flag of Scotland.svg Martin Laird, Flag of the United States.svg Joey Snyder

Other wins (5)

Results in major championships

Tournament2004
The Open Championship T36

Note: Felton only played in The Open Championship.
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

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References

  1. ↑ Felton wins 2005 Knoxville Open
  2. ↑ Felton wins China Classic
  3. 1 2 3 "Around the Traps". GolfWA. pp. 8–9. Retrieved 31 August 2020.{{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)


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