Kelly Kraft

Kelly Kraft
Personal information
Born (1988-10-05) October 5, 1988
Denton, Texas
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Nationality  United States
Residence Dallas, Texas[1]
Career
College Southern Methodist University
Turned professional 2012
Current tour(s) PGA Tour
Former tour(s) Web.com Tour
Professional wins 1
Number of wins by tour
Web.com Tour 1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament 62nd: 2012
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship CUT: 2018
PGA Championship T58: 2017

Kelly 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.

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

Kraft won the 2011 Trans-Mississippi Amateur in July. He then won the 2011 U.S. Amateur in August, beating world-number-one Patrick Cantlay in the final, 2 up. The win earned Kraft a spot in the Masters Tournament, U.S. Open, and British Open in 2012.[2][3] In September 2011, Kraft played on the 2011 Walker Cup team. In November 2011, Kraft finished as top amateur at the Emirates Australian Open, finishing in a tie for 19th.

Professional career

Kraft turned professional after competing in the 2012 Masters Tournament. In doing so, he forfeited his invitations to the 2012 U.S. Open and 2012 Open Championship.[1] Kraft played in eight tournaments on the PGA Tour in 2012 through sponsor exemptions. He played on the Web.com Tour from 2013–2015 with a best finish of second at the 2013 Mylan Classic until his first win on March 15, 2015 at the Chitimacha Louisiana Open.

Kraft has two solo second place finishes on the PGA Tour: one in February 2017 at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, finishing at –15, four strokes behind the winner Jordan Spieth and the other in July 2018 at A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier finishing at −14, five strokes behind Kevin Na.

Personal life

In April 2013, Kraft and Tia Gannon were married in Sea Island, Georgia.

Amateur wins

Professional wins (1)

Web.com Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin
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

Tournament2012201320142015201620172018
Masters Tournament 62
U.S. Open
The Open Championship CUT
PGA Championship T58 CUT
  Did not play

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

U.S. national team appearances

See also

References

  1. 1 2 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.
  3. ↑ Kelly Kraft captures U.S. Amateur Championship earning Open and Walker Cup spots Archived 2012-06-04 at Archive.is
  4. 1 2 "US Walker Cup Team 2011". The R&A. Archived from the original on December 14, 2011. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
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