Patton Kizzire

Patton Kizzire
Personal information
Full name Maxie Patton Kizzire
Born (1986-03-03) March 3, 1986
Montgomery, Alabama
Height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight 210 lb (95 kg; 15 st)
Nationality  United States
Residence Sea Island, Georgia
Career
College Auburn University
Turned professional 2008
Current tour(s) PGA Tour
Former tour(s) Web.com Tour
Professional wins 4
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour 2
Web.com Tour 2
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament CUT: 2018
U.S. Open CUT: 2016
The Open Championship T68: 2016
PGA Championship T49: 2016
Achievements and awards
Web.com Tour
Player of the Year		 2015

Maxie Patton Kizzire (born March 3, 1986) is an American professional golfer, currently playing on the PGA Tour.

Amateur career

Kizzire was born in Montgomery, Alabama, grew up in Tuscaloosa, and played his collegiate golf at Auburn University.[1] He earned all-Southeastern Conference first team honors in 2006–07. He won the 2007 SEC Championship. He graduated in 2008 with a Business degree. Kizzire placed third at the 2003 U.S. Junior Open.

Professional career

In December 2014, Kizzire tied for 21st place at the Web.com Tour Qualifying School final stage.[2]

In his 2015 season on the Web.com Tour, he had a breakout season and was the Tour's money list leader for most of the season. He had two runner-up finishes at the El Bosque Mexico Championship and the Rex Hospital Open, before recording his first victory at the Utah Championship.[3] With this victory, he secured his PGA Tour card for the 2015–16 season. He was one of the most consistent players on the Web.com Tour. He only missed two cuts in his first 15 events played on the tour. He had 10 finishes within the top-25 and had 9 top-10s. He also made an appearance on the PGA Tour at the Barbasol Championship, where he missed the cut.[4] Kizzire was voted the Web.com Tour Player of the Year.[5]

In his rookie season on the PGA Tour, Kizzire recorded five top-10 finishes and made 20 out of 27 cuts. His season best finish being a runner-up placing at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. He ended the year at number 82 in the FedEx Cup standings.

On October 16, 2016, Kizzire finished runner-up to Brendan Steele in the PGA Tour season-opening Safeway Open. Kizzire had entered the final round with his first PGA Tour 54-hole lead, by one stroke. He finished with a two-under par round to miss out by a single stroke. Kizzire finished the year placed 99th on the FedEx Cup standings.

On November 12, 2017, he won his first PGA Tour title at the OHL Classic at Mayakoba.[6] Due to inclement weather, the players had to play 36 holes on Sunday, but Kizzire held off the challenge of Rickie Fowler to claim a one stroke victory.

On January 14, 2018, Kizzire won his second title of the 2018 PGA Tour season at the Sony Open in Hawaii played at Waialae Country Club.[7] He prevailed in a sudden-death playoff, defeating James Hahn with a birdie on the sixth extra hole to become the first multiple winner in the 2018 season. This moved Kizzire to the top of the early FedEx Cup standings.

Personal

Patton is one of the tallest players on the PGA Tour, standing at 6 foot 5. He uses all Titleist golf clubs and golf balls and has a Scotty Cameron putter. He is also sponsored by FootJoy and Paylocity.

Professional wins (4)

PGA Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1 Nov 12, 2017 OHL Classic at Mayakoba −19 (62-70-66-67=265) 1 stroke United States Rickie Fowler
2 Jan 14, 2018 Sony Open in Hawaii −17 (67-64-64-68=263) Playoff United States James Hahn

PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2018 Sony Open in Hawaii United States James Hahn Won with par on sixth extra hole

Web.com Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
1 Aug 2, 2015 Utah Championship −19 (67-62-71-69=269) Playoff South Korea Kang Sung-hoon
2 Aug 23, 2015 News Sentinel Open −20 (68-68-64-64=264) 4 strokes Canada Brad Fritsch, South Korea Kim Si-woo

Web.com Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2015 Rex Hospital Open Argentina Miguel Ángel Carballo, United States Kyle Thompson Thompson won with birdie on second extra hole
2 2015 Utah Championship South Korea Kang Sung-hoon Won with birdie on second extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament 201620172018
Masters Tournament CUT
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship T68 CUT
PGA Championship T49 CUT
  Did not play

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

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Masters Tournament00000010
U.S. Open00000010
The Open Championship00000021
PGA Championship00000021
Totals00000062
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 2 (2016 Open – 2016 PGA)

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament201620172018
Mexico Championship T12
Match Play R16 T36
Bridgestone Invitational T31
HSBC Champions
  Top 10
  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Patton Kizzire Bio". Auburn Tigers. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Patton Kizzire – Profile". PGA Tour. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Patton Kizzire wins Web.com Tour's Utah Championship". USA Today. Associated Press. August 2, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Patton Kizzire – Season". PGA Tour. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Kizzire named Web.com Tour Player of the Year". PGA Tour. November 18, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Patton Kizzire outlasts Rickie Fowler in 36-hole final to win OHL Classic for first PGA title". ESPN. Associated Press. November 12, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Patton Kizzire overcomes James Hahn in Sony Open playoff". ESPN. Associated Press. January 15, 2018.
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