Keith Mitchell (golfer)
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| Keith Mitchell | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Keith McKendree Mitchell |
| Born | January 7, 1992 Chattanooga, Tennessee |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st) |
| Sporting nationality |  United States |
| Residence | Sea Island, Georgia |
| Career | |
| College | University of Georgia |
| Turned professional | 2014 |
| Current tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Former tour(s) | Web.com Tour PGA Tour Latinoamérica |
| Professional wins | 1 |
| Highest ranking | 44 (February 19, 2023)[1] (as of October 27, 2024) |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 1 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | T43: 2019 |
| PGA Championship | T34: 2022 |
| U.S. Open | T20: 2023 |
| The Open Championship | CUT: 2019, 2021, 2022 |
Keith McKendree Mitchell (born January 7, 1992) is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour.
Early life and college career
[edit]Mitchell was born on January 7, 1992, in Chattanooga, Tennessee and attended the Baylor School there.[2] He played college golf from 2011 through 2014[3] at the University of Georgia,[4] where he majored in Business and Real Estate.
Professional career
[edit]2015 season
[edit]Mitchell played on the PGA Tour Latinoamérica in 2015 where his best finish was runner-up at the Brazil Open;[5] he had four other top-ten finishes.[6] He earned $44,295 in 14 starts on that tour.[7]
2016–2017 seasons
[edit]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.[8]
Mitchell played well enough in the 2017 Web.com Tour Finals to earn his PGA Tour card for 2018.[9] His best finish on that tour, that year, was third at the 2017 News Sentinel Open.[10] He also finished with a tie for 11th at a PGA event in March 2017, the Valspar Championship, earning $144,900.[7]
2018 season
[edit]Mitchell finished runner-up at the 2018 Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship on the PGA Tour.[11] He ranked No. 7 on the PGA tour in strokes gained off-the-tee, which measures player performance off the tee on all par 4s and par 5s, and was ranked No. 10 Mitchell for average driving distance, at 312.6 yards.[12]
2019 season
[edit]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.[13][14] 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.
2022 season
[edit]For the 2022 season, Mitchell had six top-ten finishes, a career high. He played in 26 tournaments, making the cut in 20 of them. His best result of the season was a tie for third at The CJ Cup.[6]
When asked in June 2022 about a potential $20 million payout to join LIV Golf, Mitchell said "No chance". "If the LIV tour was such a good model, guys would go for free or for a lot less," Mitchell said.[15]
Professional wins (1)
[edit]PGA Tour wins (1)
[edit]| 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 |  Rickie Fowler, Brooks Koepka
|
Results in major championships
[edit]Results not in chronological order in 2020.
| Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | T43 | 53 | ||||
| PGA Championship | CUT | T43 | T34 | T58 | CUT | |
| U.S. Open | CUT | T20 | ||||
| The Open Championship | CUT | NT | CUT | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
Results in The Players Championship
[edit]| Tournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Players Championship | T77 | T47 | C | CUT | T13 | T35 | 73 |
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
[edit]| Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | |||||
| Match Play | T40 | T26 | T52 | ||
| Invitational | 39 | ||||
| Champions | NT1 | NT1 | NT1 | ||
1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
NT = No tournament
"T" = Tied
Note that the Championship and Invitational were discontinued from 2022. The Champions was discontinued from 2023.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Week 7 2023 Ending 19 Feb 2023" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
- ^ "Keith Mitchell '10 Completes Baylor's PGA Foursome". www.baylorschool.org. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
- ^ Dennis, Ryne (March 5, 2019). "The UGA Tour: Keith Mitchell's win adds to legacy of former Georgia golfers". Savannah Morning News. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
- ^ Myers, Alex (August 31, 2017). "Web.com Tour bubble boy Keith Mitchell bounces back in fantastic fashion". Golf Digest.
- ^ Milne, Doug (October 26, 2015). "Gratitude takes top honors as PGA Tour Latinoamérica provides home away from home". PGA Tour.
- ^ a b "Who is PGA golfer Keith Mitchell, Bills QB Josh Allen's partner at Pebble Beach Pro-Am?". Buffalo News. February 2, 2023. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
- ^ a b Herrington, Ryan (March 12, 2017). "Keith Mitchell's first career PGA Tour start proves rather lucrative". Golf Digest. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
- ^ Prise, Kevin (January 30, 2016). "Five Takeaways: Panama Claro, Round 3". PGA Tour.
- ^ Casey, Kevin (November 9, 2017). "Keith Mitchell starts off PGA Tour event with a hole-in-one". Golfweek.
- ^ "Keith Mitchell Stats, Tournament Results - PGA Golf". ESPN. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
- ^ "Brice Garnett goes wire-to-wire in winning Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship". ESPN. Associated Press. March 26, 2018.
- ^ Schupak, Adam (March 6, 2019). "Drive for dough and putt for show on Tour". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
- ^ "Mitchell wins Honda Classic for first PGA Tour win". ESPN. Associated Press. March 3, 2019.
- ^ "Honda Classic: Keith Mitchell Gets First PGA Tour Victory". The New York Times. Associated Press. March 4, 2019. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
- ^ Paschall, David (June 15, 2022). "Former Baylor School standout Keith Mitchell tees off on LIV Series". Chattanooga Times Free Press. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
External links
[edit]- Keith Mitchell at the PGA Tour official site
- Keith Mitchell at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
