Jerry Kelly

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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 that year, 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 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 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.

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

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.

Professional wins (7)

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 Flag of the United States John Cook
2 Jul 7, 2002 Advil Western Open -19 (67-69-68-65=269) 2 strokes Flag of the United States Davis Love III
3 Apr 26, 2009 Zurich Classic of New Orleans -14 (68-66-69-71=274) 1 stroke Flag of the United States Charles Howell III, Flag of South Africa Rory Sabbatini, Flag of South Korea Charlie Wi

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Jerry Kelly
Personal information
Full name Jerome Patrick Kelly
Born November 23, 1966 (1966-11-23) (age 42)
Madison, Wisconsin
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight 165 lb (75 kg; 11.8 st)
Nationality United States
Career
College University of Hartford
Turned professional 1989
Current tour(s) PGA Tour
Professional wins 7
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour 3
Nationwide Tour 2
Best results in Major Championships
The Masters T5: 2007
U.S. Open T7: 2007
Open Championship T26: 2006
PGA Championship T26: 1999
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