Keith McKendree 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 and attended the Baylor School there. He played college golf from 2011 through 2014 at the University of Georgia, 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; he had four other top-ten finishes. He earned $44,295 in 14 starts on that tour.
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.
Mitchell played well enough in the 2017 Web.com Tour Finals to earn his PGA Tour card for 2018. His best finish on that tour, that year, was third at the 2017 News Sentinel Open. He also finished with a tie for 11th at a PGA event in March 2017, the Valspar Championship, earning $144,900.
2018 season Mitchell finished runner-up at the 2018 Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship on the PGA Tour. 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.
2019 season On March 3, 2019, Mitchell got his first professional victory at The Honda Classic in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Sinking a birdie putt on the final hole, he won by one stroke, avoiding a playoff with runners-up Rickie Fowler and Brooks Koepka. 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 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.
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.
Professional wins (1) PGA Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunners-up1Mar 3, 2019The Honda Classic68-66-70-67=271−91 stroke Rickie Fowler, Brooks Koepka
Results in major championships Results not in chronological order in 2020. Tournament20192020202120222023202420252026Masters TournamentT4353PGA ChampionshipCUTT43T34T58CUTCUTT65U.S. OpenCUTT20T4The Open ChampionshipCUTNTCUTCUTCUT
CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
Summary Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts madeMasters Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4U.S. Open 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 2The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0Totals 0 0 0 1 1 2 16 8 Most consecutive cuts made – 3 (2023 Masters – 2023 U.S. Open) Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (once)
Results in The Players Championship Tournament201820192020202120222023202420252026The Players ChampionshipT77T47CCUTT13T3573CUTT46 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 20192020202120222023ChampionshipMatch PlayT40T26T52Invitational39ChampionsNT1NT1NT1 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 2017 Web.com Tour Finals graduates
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