Jerry Kelly

For the American basketball player, see Jerry Kelly (basketball).

Jerry Kelly
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name	Jerome Patrick Kelly
Born	(1966-11-23) November 23, 1966 Madison, Wisconsin
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight	165 lb (75 kg; 11.8 st)
Nationality	United States
Residence	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
Web.com 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 winner	1995
Nike Tour Player of the Year	1995

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 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 last win.^[2]

Kelly has been featured in the top 20 of the Official World Golf Ranking.

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]

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).

Professional wins (8)

PGA Tour wins (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Jan 14, 2002	Sony Open in Hawaii	−14 (66-65-65-70=266)	1 stroke	John Cook
2	Jul 7, 2002	Advil Western Open	−19 (67-69-68-65=269)	2 strokes	Davis Love III
3	Apr 26, 2009	Zurich Classic of New Orleans	−14 (68-66-69-71=274)	1 stroke	Charles Howell III, Rory Sabbatini, Charlie Wi

PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1996	Greater Milwaukee Open	Loren Roberts	Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Nike 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
Masters Tournament	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
Masters Tournament	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	2012	2013	2014
Masters Tournament	T12	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	T63	DNP	DNP	T41	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	CUT	T26	DNP	DNP	T27

DNP = did not play
WD = withdrew
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

Summary

Tournament	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	1	1	4	8	6
U.S. Open	0	1	1	10	7
The Open Championship	0	0	0	11	5
PGA Championship	0	0	0	16	6
Totals	1	2	5	45	24

Most consecutive cuts made – 6 (2005 PGA – 2007 Open Championship)
Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (2007 Masters – 2007 U.S. Open)

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
Yellow background for top-10.
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

U.S. national team appearances

Professional

Presidents Cup: 2003 (tie)

References

↑ "Profile on PGA Tour's official site". Retrieved 2010-10-11.
↑ "Kelly ends long wait for victory". BBC Sport. 2009-04-26. 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

Web.com 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 2011 J. J. Killeen 2012 Casey Wittenberg 2013 Michael Putnam 2014 Carlos Ortiz 2015 Patton Kizzire

† indicates won major sometime in their respective golfing careers

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