Kelly Kraft

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Kelly Kraft
Personal information
Full nameKelly James Kraft
Born (1988-10-05) October 5, 1988 (age 35)
Web.com Tour
Professional wins1
Number of wins by tour
Korn Ferry Tour1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament62nd: 2012
PGA ChampionshipT48: 2019
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 2018

Kelly James Kraft (born October 5, 1988) is an American professional golfer.

Amateur career

Kraft was born in Denton, Texas. During his final year at Billy Ryan High School, 2006–07, Kraft served as team captain while earning All-District honors. [citation needed]

While attending Southern Methodist University (SMU), he played college golf for the SMU Mustangs.[citation needed]

Kraft won the 2011

Emirates Australian Open
, finishing in a tie for 19th.

Professional career

Kraft turned professional after competing in the

Chitimacha Louisiana Open
.

Kraft has three solo second place finishes on the PGA Tour: one in February 2017 at the

A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier finishing at −14, five strokes behind Kevin Na and the last in July 2019 at the Barbasol Championship finishing at −25, one stroke behind Jim Herman
.

Personal life

In April 2013, Kraft and Tia Gannon were married in Sea Island, Georgia.[citation needed]

Amateur wins

  • 2008 Texas Amateur[4]
  • 2011 Texas Amateur,
    U.S. Amateur
    , South Beach International Amateur

Professional wins (1)

Web.com Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 Mar 29, 2015
Chitimacha Louisiana Open
 67-70-68-65=270 −14 1 stroke South Korea Lee Dong-hwan

Results in major championships

Tournament 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Masters Tournament 62
U.S. Open
The Open Championship CUT
PGA Championship T58 CUT
Tournament 2019
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship T48
U.S. Open
The Open Championship
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied for place

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
The Players Championship CUT T47 C CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
C = Canceled after the first round due to the COVID-19 pandemic

U.S. national team appearances

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Garrity, John; Stricklin, Art (April 23, 2012). "Pro Move: U.S. Amateur champ Kelly Kraft had a blast at the Masters, but he gave up exemptions to the U.S. and British Opens to make a run at a Tour card, a tactic that could become common". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved April 24, 2012.
  2. ^ "Kelly Kraft beats Patrick Cantlay to win U.S. Amateur golf title". Los Angeles Times. August 28, 2011. Retrieved October 20, 2011.[dead link]
  3. ^ Kelly Kraft captures U.S. Amateur Championship earning Open and Walker Cup spots Archived 2012-06-04 at archive.today
  4. ^ a b "US Walker Cup Team 2011". The R&A. Archived from the original on December 14, 2011. Retrieved October 20, 2011.

External links

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