Keith Mitchell (golfer)

Keith Mitchell (born January 7, 1992) is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour.

Keith Mitchell
Personal information
Born (1992-01-07) January 7, 1992
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st)
Nationality United States
ResidenceSt. Simons Island, Georgia
Career
CollegeUniversity of Georgia
Turned professional2014
Current tour(s)PGA Tour
Former tour(s)Web.com Tour
PGA Tour Latinoamérica
Professional wins1
Highest ranking55 (May 19, 2019)[1]
(as of February 7, 2021)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentT43: 2019
PGA ChampionshipT43: 2020
U.S. OpenCUT: 2019
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 2019

College career

From Chattanooga, Tennessee, Mitchell played college golf at the University of Georgia.[2] where he majored in Business and Real Estate

Professional career

2015 season

Mitchell played on the PGA Tour Latinoamérica in 2015 where his best finish was runner-up at the Brazil Open.[3]

2016–2017 seasons

Mitchell played on the Web.com Tour in 2016 and 2017. He began with a sponsor's invite to the 2016 Panama Claro Championship, where he finished 14th.[4] He played well enough in the 2017 Web.com Tour Finals to earn his PGA Tour card for 2018.[5] His best finish was third at the 2017 News Sentinel Open.

2018 season

Mitchell finished runner-up at the 2018 Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship on the PGA Tour.[6]

2019 season

On March 3, 2019, Mitchell got his first professional victory at The Honda Classic in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Sinking a 15-foot (4.6 m) birdie putt on the final hole, he won by one stroke, avoiding a playoff with runners-up Rickie Fowler and Brooks Koepka.[7] In his previous four events, he had made only one cut, 73rd at the Phoenix Open. The win moved him up 93 places in the world rankings, from 161 to 68.

Professional wins (1)

PGA Tour wins (1)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runners-up
1 Mar 3, 2019 The Honda Classic 68-66-70-67=271 −9 1 stroke Rickie Fowler, Brooks Koepka

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament 20192020
Masters Tournament T43
PGA Championship CUT T43
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship CUT NT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Results in The Players Championship
Tournament 20182019
The Players Championship T77 T47

"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships
Tournament2019
Championship
Match Play T40
Invitational 39
Champions
  Did not play

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

See also

References
  1. "Week 20 2019 Ending 19 May 2019" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
  2. Myers, Alex (August 31, 2017). "Web.com Tour bubble boy Keith Mitchell bounces back in fantastic fashion". Golf Digest.
  3. Milne, Doug (October 26, 2015). "Gratitude takes top honors as PGA Tour Latinoamérica provides home away from home". PGA Tour.
  4. Prise, Kevin (January 30, 2016). "Five Takeaways: Panama Claro, Round 3". PGA Tour.
  5. Casey, Kevin (November 9, 2017). "Keith Mitchell starts off PGA Tour event with a hole-in-one". Golfweek.
  6. "Brice Garnett goes wire-to-wire in winning Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship". ESPN. Associated Press. March 26, 2018.
  7. "Mitchell wins Honda Classic for first PGA Tour win". ESPN. Associated Press. March 3, 2019.
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