Chris Kirk
| Chris Kirk | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born |
May 8, 1985 Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Weight | 175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st) |
| Nationality |
 United States
|
| Residence | St. Simons Island, Georgia, U.S. |
| Spouse | Tahnee |
| Children | Sawyer, Foster |
| Career | |
| College | Georgia |
| Turned professional | 2007 |
| Current tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Former tour(s) | Nationwide Tour |
| Professional wins | 6 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 4 |
| Web.com Tour | 2 |
| Best results in major championships |
|
| Masters Tournament | T20: 2014 |
| U.S. Open | T28: 2014 |
| The Open Championship | T19: 2014 |
| PGA Championship | T34: 2011 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| Ben Hogan Award | 2007 |
Chris Kirk (born May 8, 1985) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.
Born in Knoxville, Tennessee, Kirk was reared in . He played college golf at the University of Georgia in Athens and was a member of their 2005 NCAA championship team along with Kevin Kisner, Richard Scott, and Brendon Todd. He was the Ben Hogan Award winner as a senior in 2007.
Kirk turned professional in 2007 and played on the Nationwide Tour for three seasons from 2008 through 2010. In 2010, he won the Fort Smith Classic to earn his first Nationwide Tour title. He followed this up with his second win of the season at the Knoxville News Sentinel Open. Kirk finished second on the 2010 Nationwide Tour money list to earn his 2011 PGA Tour card, despite sitting out the last event of the season.
As a PGA Tour rookie, Kirk finished second to Phil Mickelson at the Shell Houston Open in April 2011. Later that year, Kirk won his first tour event, the Viking Classic, an alternate event played the same weekend as The Open Championship. He finished a stroke ahead of runners-up George McNeill and Tom Pernice, Jr., and the victory automatically qualified him for the PGA Championship, where he finished in a tie for 34th place. In his debut season on the PGA Tour, Kirk had four top-10s and finished 42nd in the end of season FedEx Cup standings to retain his card for 2012.
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