Background
Kisner was born in Aiken, South Carolina.
Kisner was born in Aiken, South Carolina.
He finished the year 11th on the money list and earned his 2011 Professional Golf Association Tour card. Kisner failed to earn enough money on the Professional Golf Association Tour in 2011 to retain his card (181st on money list), but finished T-11 at qualifying school to earn his card for 2012. He finished 13th on the 2013 Web.com Tour regular season money list to earn his 2014 Professional Golf Association Tour card.
After graduating in 2006, he turned professional. Kisner played on the mini-tours (NGA Hooters Tour and Tarheel Tour) from 2007 to 2009, winning three times. He also played in six Nationwide Tour events in 2009.
He played the Nationwide Tour full-time in 2010, winning once at the Mylan Classic.
He again failed to retain his card, finishing 167th on the money list, and missed earning a card in qualifying school by one stroke. In 2014, Kisner finished sixth at the Wells Fargo Championship, eighth at the Wyndham Championship and ninth at the Royal Bank of Canada Canadian Open.
During the 2015 Professional Golf Association Tour, Kisner finished runner-up three times, losing all three in sudden-death playoffs. He was defeated at the 2015 Royal Bank of Canada Heritage after losing on the second hole of the playoff to Jim Furyk.
Kisner would go on to finish tied with Sergio García and Rickie Fowler at The Players Championship event in May after 72 holes, losing to Fowler on the first hole of sudden-death after the two remained tied following a three-hole aggregate playoff.
Kisner was eliminated on the first extra hole with birdie. Other notable results were finishes for fourth at the McGladrey Classic, fifth at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial, and eighth at the Memorial Tournament. Kisner finished as runner-up at the WGC-Household Bank Champions event in Shanghai in November 2015, two strokes behind Russell Knox despite holding the 36-hole lead.
This was Kisner"s fourth runner-up finish of the 2015 calendar year.
On November 22, 2015, after a number of near misses, Kisner earned his first Professional Golf Association Tour victory by winning the RSM Classic, in his 109th Professional Golf Association Tour start. He began the final round with a three stroke advantage and shot a final round of 64 to storm to his first victory.
Professional Golf Association Tour wins (1) Web.com Tour wins (2) Other wins (4) Los Angeles = Low amateur DNP = Did not play CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" indicates a tie for a place Yellow background for top-10.
He played college golf at the University of Georgia and was a member of their 2005 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Championship team along with Chris Kirk, Richard Scott and Brendon Todd.