Background
Kelly was born in Madison, Wisconsin.
Kelly was born in Madison, Wisconsin.
He graduated from the University of Hartford in 1989 and turned professional later that year, but didn"t make it onto the Professional Golf Association Tour until 1996.
Kelly has been featured in the top 20 of the Official World Golf Ranking. 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. Foreign the first time in his Professional Golf Association Tour career, Kelly finished outside the valued top 125 on the tour"s money list, ending the 2012 season just $1,809 out of a full Tour card.
He also finished 2012 as the 25th highest earning Professional Golf Association Tour golfer in history.
Instead of going to Q School (where his finish would have placed him directly into the final stage), Kelly played the 2013 season using a career money list exemption, nineteen places higher on the Professional Golf Association Tour priority ranking list than the 126-150 category (Priority Ranking 29). Professional Golf Association Tour wins (3) Nike Tour wins (2) Other wins (3) DNP = did not play World Development = withdrew CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied Yellow background for top-10.
Summary Most consecutive cuts made – 6 (2005 Professional Golf Association – 2007 Open Championship) Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (2007 Masters – 2007 United States Open) DNP = Did not play QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play "T" = tied Yellow background for top-10.