Ken Green (golfer)
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Kenneth J. Green |
| Born |
July 23, 1958 Danbury, Connecticut |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Weight | 195 lb (88 kg; 13.9 st) |
| Nationality |
 United States
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| Residence | West Palm Beach, Florida |
| Career | |
| College |
Palm Beach Junior College University of Florida |
| Turned professional | 1979 |
| Current tour(s) | Champions Tour |
| Former tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Professional wins | 11 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 5 |
| Japan Golf Tour | 1 |
| Best results in major championships |
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| Masters Tournament | T11: 1989 |
| U.S. Open | T7: 1996 |
| The Open Championship | T29: 1987 |
| PGA Championship | T16: 1991 |
Kenneth J. Green (born July 23, 1958) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour, the Nationwide Tour and the Champions Tour. Green has won eleven tournaments as a pro, including five PGA Tour events. He is also known for returning to competition after losing his right leg in a 2009 car accident.
Green was born in Danbury, Connecticut. He started playing golf at age 12 in Honduras, where his father, Martin "Marty" Green, was principal of the American school, and his only choices of sports were golf or soccer. He quit school at 16 to pursue his dream of becoming a professional tour player.
He later attended Palm Beach Junior College in Lake Worth, Florida for a year. He then accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Buster Bishop and coach John Darr's Florida Gators men's golf team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 1977 to 1979. Green was a second-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection in 1979.
Green turned pro in 1979 and joined the PGA Tour in 1980. He had five tournament victories on the PGA Tour; all five came in the mid to late 1980s. His first win came in 1985 at the Buick Open, and his last was at the Kmart Greater Greensboro Open in 1989. His best year in professional golf was 1988, when he won two events on the PGA Tour, as well as the Dunlop Phoenix in Japan. His best finish in a major was a seventh-place tie at the 1996 U.S. Open. Green also played on the U.S. team in the 1989 Ryder Cup.
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