October 11, 2007
HSBC World Matchplay Championship
October 11, 2007
HSBC World Matchplay Championship
Jerome Patrick Kelly (born November 23, 1966) is an
American golfer.
Kelly was born in Madison, Wisconsin. He graduated
from the University of Hartford in 1989 and turned
professional that year, but didn't make it onto the
PGA Tour until 1996. This followed a successful 1995
season on the second tier Nike Tour, when he won two
tournaments. His career year to date is 2002, when
he finished fourth on the PGA Tour money list and
won the PGA Tour's Sony Open in Hawaii and Advil
Western Open. These remain his only PGA Tour wins,
but has continued to play well, with ten top ten
finishes in 2003 and eight in 2004.
Kelly was an all-city ice hockey selection in high
school and he has said that his hockey background
may have hurt his golf early in his career, because
of the aggressiveness it encourages him to bring to
his game.
He has been featured in the top 20 of the Official
World Golf Rankings.
Kelly's nickname on tour is "The Cylinder" because
he makes so many clutch putts.
