Keith Mitchell (golfer)

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Keith Mitchell
Personal information
Born (1992-01-07) January 7, 1992 (age 30)
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st)
Sporting 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 January 30, 2022)
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, 2021

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

Early life and college career[]

Mitchell was born on January 7, 1992 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, he 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.[6]

2018 season[]

Mitchell finished runner-up at the 2018 Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship on the PGA Tour.[7]

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.[8] In Mitchell’s 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. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 Mar 3, 2019 The Honda Classic 68-66-70-67=271 −9 1 stroke United States Rickie Fowler, United States Brooks Koepka

Results in major championships[]

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament 2019 2020 2021
Masters Tournament T43
PGA Championship CUT T43
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship CUT NT CUT
  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 2018 2019 2020 2021
The Players Championship T77 T47 C CUT

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
C = Canceled after the first round due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Results in World Golf Championships[]

Tournament 2019
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. ^ "Keith Mitchell Stats, Tournament Results - PGA Golf". ESPN. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  7. ^ "Brice Garnett goes wire-to-wire in winning Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship". ESPN. Associated Press. March 26, 2018.
  8. ^ "Mitchell wins Honda Classic for first PGA Tour win". ESPN. Associated Press. March 3, 2019.

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