Kevin Velo

JOINED TOUR

• PGA TOUR Canada: 2020
• PGA TOUR Latinoamérica: 2022

PGA TOUR Latinoamérica Victories (1)

2021-22 Temporada

• Termas de Rio Hondo Invitational

Personal

• Favorite golf memory came when he was a fan attending the 2010 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach GL.
• Always keeps two tees in his pocket.
• Is involved with the Special Olympics.

Special Interests

• European soccer

CURRENT YEAR HIGHLIGHTS

• Fortox Colombia Classic: Continued his stellar play, posting a T3 in Bucaramanga in mid-June. Was in contention late until a bogey at the 16th at Ruitoque G&CC in the final round thwarted his chances. Closed the tournament with a birdie to T3 with Alejandro Tosti, a stroke out of the Tommy Cocha-Isidro Benitez playoff that Cocha won.
• Volvo Golf Championship by Seguros del Estado: Shot his third 64 of the season, this time in the final round at Club El Rincon of Cajica outside Bogota, Colombia, in early June. Vaulted up the leaderboard, finishing at 13-under and T4 with Trevor Sluman, Matt Gilchrest and Josh Goldenberg, three strokes short of winner Cristóbal Del Solar.
• Jalisco Open GDL: Was in position to pick up his second win of the season, but bogeys on the 13th and 17th holes knocked him out of the chase and into a T3 with 54-hole leader Mitchell Meissner and Myles Creighton.
• Quito Open: Set a at Quito Tennis and GC course record with his 10-under 62 in the second round. Held the 36-hole lead then closed 70-69 to finish alone in fourth, four shots shy of winner Manav Shah.
• Termas de Rio Hondo Invitational: Began the final round at Rio Hondo GC in Argentina in late-March with a four-stroke cushion. Struggled early, a triple bogey-8 at the par-5 ninth hole leaving him trailing as he made the turn. Made another bogey at No. 10 then managed to make three birdies over his final five holes, including a birdie-4-clincher at the par-5 18th, to shoot a 1-over 73, still enough to defeat a pair of Argentines, hard-charging Tommy Cocha, as well as Jorge Fernández Valdés, by a shot. The victory was his first PGA TOUR-affiliated Tour triumph.
• PGA TOUR Latinoamerica Qualifying Tournament USA 1: Finished T8 with Corbin Mills at the rain-shortened event at Mission Inn Resort and Club’s El Campeon Course in early November to earn an exemption through the first half of the PGA TOUR Latinoamérica season.

Career Highlights

2022 Season

Made 12 PGA TOUR Latinoamerica appearances, getting to the weekend eight times and recording five top-10s that included his first career victory. Ended his season ranked No. 4 in the Totalplay Cup standings to earn 2023 Korn Ferry Tour membership.

• Fortox Colombia Classic: Continued his stellar play, posting a T3 in Bucaramanga in mid-June. Was in contention late until a bogey at the 16th at Ruitoque G&CC in the final round thwarted his chances. Closed the tournament with a birdie to T3 with Alejandro Tosti, a stroke out of the Tommy Cocha-Isidro Benitez playoff that Cocha won.
• Volvo Golf Championship by Seguros del Estado: Shot his third 64 of the season, this time in the final round at Club El Rincon of Cajica outside Bogota, Colombia, in early June. Vaulted up the leaderboard, finishing at 13-under and T4 with Trevor Sluman, Matt Gilchrest and Josh Goldenberg, three strokes short of winner Cristóbal Del Solar.
• Jalisco Open GDL: Was in position to pick up his second win of the season, but bogeys on the 13th and 17th holes knocked him out of the chase and into a T3 with 54-hole leader Mitchell Meissner and Myles Creighton.
• Quito Open: Set a at Quito Tennis and GC course record with his 10-under 62 in the second round. Held the 36-hole lead then closed 70-69 to finish alone in fourth, four shots shy of winner Manav Shah.
• Termas de Rio Hondo Invitational: Began the final round at Rio Hondo GC in Argentina in late-March with a four-stroke cushion. Struggled early, a triple bogey-8 at the par-5 ninth hole leaving him trailing as he made the turn. Made another bogey at No. 10 then managed to make three birdies over his final five holes, including a birdie-4-clincher at the par-5 18th, to shoot a 1-over 73, still enough to defeat a pair of Argentines, hard-charging Tommy Cocha, as well as Jorge Fernández Valdés, by a shot. The victory was his first PGA TOUR-affiliated Tour triumph.
• PGA TOUR Latinoamerica Qualifying Tournament USA 1: Finished T8 with Corbin Mills at the rain-shortened event at Mission Inn Resort and Club’s El Campeon Course in early November to earn an exemption through the first half of the PGA TOUR Latinoamérica season.

2021 Season

Played in one Forme Tour tournament, missing the cut in Southern Indiana.

• Mackenzie Tour-PGA TOUR Canada Q-School-USA West 2: Despite shooting four under-par rounds at The Wigwam’s Gold Course in early April, finished alone in eighth, two shots out of the top six. Will be conditionally exempt on the Mackenzie Tour.

2020 Season

• Mackenzie Tour-PGA TOUR Canada Q-School-USA East 2: Finished T16 at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Highland Oaks in mid-March in Dothan, Ala., to earn conditional status on the Forme Tour.

Amateur Highlights

• At San Jose CC in California, won the 2019 Ernie Pieper Santa Clara County Championship by five shots.
• Shared top honors at the 2016 Bayonet Black Horse Amateur Championship in Monterey, California, with Robby Salomon. Held a two-stroke 36-hole lead with one to play but shot a 74 to Salomon’s final-round 70 to tie.

Q SCHOOL GRADUATE

• PGA TOUR Canada: 2020
• PGA TOUR Canada: 2021
• PGA TOUR Latinoamérica: 2022