Paul McConnell

JOINED TOUR

• Korn Ferry Tour: 2015
• PGA TOUR Canada: 2015

Personal

• Has one sister. His father got him started in golf when he showed a lot of potential at a young age. Earliest memory is hitting a ball in front of professionals Justin Leonard, Peter Jacobsen and D.A. Weibring at a Byron Nelson Junior Clinic when he was five.
• Says if he weren't a professional golfer he'd like to play soccer for a living.
• Biggest thrill in golf was winning his first college tournament.
• Favorite courses he's played include Pelican Hill, Alotian CC and Querencia GC. Would like to play Pebble Beach and TPC Sawgrass.
• Favorite college teams are Oregon, Stanford and Texas and pro teams include the Dallas Cowboys, the Dallas Stars and Manchester City.
• Favorite websites are ultimate-guitar.com, youtube.com and liveexercise.com.
• Likes Led Zeppelin, visiting Newport Beach, Calif., and West Palm Beach, Fla.
• Most famous person he's met came when he was eight and met David Feherty.
• Best sporting event he's attended was the Brazil-Mexico exhibition soccer match at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
• Would like to trade places with Davis Love III for a day and would put Aaron Baddeley, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods in his dream foursome.
• Says not many people know he enjoys watching the animated show "SpongeBob Square Pants."
• Loves watching soccer.
• Hopes to play Augusta National someday.
• Big Texas Rangers, Dallas Cowboys and Manchester United fan.

Special Interests

• Guitar

Career Highlights

2019 Season

• Windsor Championship: Improved his score by one stroke each round at Ambassador GC, opening with a 68 and finishing with a 65 Sunday to finish T8, two strokes behind champion Dawson Armstrong.

2018 Season

• Mackenzie Investments Open presented by Jaguar Laval: Shot an opening-round 66, with five birdies in his final six holes. Made 24 birdies during the four-day event to finish T8.
• Bayview Place DCBank Open presented by Times Colonist: Opened with a 65 and added a pair of 67s in the second and final rounds at Uplands GC to earn the top-10, a T9 with four others.

2016 Season

• National Capital Open to Support Our Troops: In ninth start of the campaign, finished T9 in Ottawa, thanks to rounds of 64-70 on the weekend.

2015 Season

Prior to the 2015 Korn Ferry Tour season, had never played in any PGA TOUR-sanctioned event.

• Bayview Place Island Savings Open presented by Times Colonist: On the strength of four under-par rounds, including a final-round 66, turned in a T10 at the Bayview Place Island Savings Open.
• PGA TOUR Canada Q-School-Florida: Finished T15 at the Florida Qualifying Tournament with rounds of 70-69-69-66.

Amateur Highlights

• Three-time winner during his college days at Texas-Arlington, including the 2013 Western Athletic Conference Championship.
• Was a two-time TAPPS state champion and was named to the all-state team all four years in high school.