Kevin Roy

Exempt status

• PGA TOUR: Top 50 from 2022 Korn Ferry Tour (thru 2022-23)

JOINED TOUR

• Korn Ferry Tour: 2019
• PGA TOUR: 2023

Personal

• Father, Jim Roy, was on the PGA TOUR and the PGA TOUR Champions.
• Walk-up song would be "Born in the U.S.A." by Bruce Springsteen.
• Held jobs in medical sales and at Bellevue Country Club in Syracuse, New York.
• One of his biggest thrills was caddying for his dad in the U.S. Senior Open in 2018. Other memories include making his first ace at 16 at his home course using his friend's iron, and shooting a course-record 9-under at the 2012 PGA TOUR pre-qualifying with his dad on the bag.
• Ball marker is always a quarter from the 1960s.

Special Interests

• Anything outdoors, boating, fishing from time to time, working out, and hanging out with his wife and their dog

Career Highlights

2022 Season

Earned his first PGA TOUR card as he finished No. 24 on the Korn Ferry Tour Regular Season Eligibility Points List. Eventually rose to No. 21 on the season-long Korn Ferry Tour Eligibility Points List off the strength of a T14 at the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship as part of the Korn Ferry Tour Finals. Posted four top-10s, including a runner-up finish at the Wichita Open Benefitting KU Wichita Pediatrics which saw him finish at 21-under 259. Finished 10th on Tour in scoring average (69.03).

• The Ascendant presented by Blue: Birdied three of his final six holes and rose to T10, marking the first time in his career he posted back-to-back top-10s, as he totaled 12-under 276 at The Ascendant presented by Blue.
• Wichita Open Benefitting KU Wichita Pediatrics: Recorded his first career top-three finish on the Korn Ferry Tour with a solo-second, rising from a four-way T4 through 54 holes with a final-round 7-under 64 to total a 21-under 259, which tied the previous 72-hole tournament scoring record but was five strokes behind champion Norman Xiong at the Wichita Open Benefitting KU Wichita Pediatrics.
• AdventHealth Championship: Entered the final round solo-sixth and finished as such despite a 1-over 73, which dropped him to 11-under 277 at the AdventHealth Championship.
• The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at The Abaco Club: Carded three rounds in the 60s and closed with a 2-under par 70, totaling a 13-under 275 at The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at The Abaco Club and posting a career-high finish of T4.

2021 Season

Played in all 46 Korn Ferry Tour events of the 2020-21 combined season, recording four top-10s, 14 top-25s, and 29 made cuts to finish No. 48 in the regular season points standings. Highest finish of the season was a T5 at the 2021 Veritex Bank Championship.

• Wichita Open Benefitting KU Wichita Pediatrics: Logged his first top-10 in two months with rounds of 64-68-65-67, totaling a 16-under 264 for solo ninth at the Wichita Open Benefitting KU Wichita Pediatrics.
• Veritex Bank Championship: Carded weekend rounds of 66-66 to rise to a T5 finish at 19-under at the Veritex Bank Championship.

2020 Season

• Lincoln Land Championship presented by LRS: Used a final-round 66 to rise to T10 at the Lincoln Land Championship presented by LRS.
• The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at Baha Mar: Opened with rounds of 68-68 before eventually finishing T9 at 9-under 279 at The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at Baha Mar.

Amateur Highlights

• New York State High School Golf First Team (2008).
• 2012 First Team All-Big West, Big West Conference Golfer of the Month (February, 2012).