Tee-K Kelly

JOINED TOUR

• PGA TOUR Latinoamérica: 2017

PGA TOUR Latinoamerica Victories (1)

• 2017 Puerto Plata DR Open

Additional Victories (1)

• 2017 Puerto Plata DR Open

Personal

• First name is Timothy but he goes by Tee-K.
• Has a younger brother, Will, who also plays golf.
• His mother, Blue, was a member of a University of Tulsa golf squad (1986-1990) that captured a NCAA championship in 1988.
• Earned a varsity letter in tennis in High School.
• If not a golfer says he would be a mathematician.
• John Prine's "Lake Marie" would be his first tee entrance song.
• Says that winning the 2013 Illinois State Amateur with his father caddying has been his biggest thrill in golf.
• Biggest thrill outside of golf is going snowboarding in the Rocky Mountains.
• A diehard Chicago sports fan.
• Michael Jordan and Zlatan Ibrahimović are his favorite athletes.

Special Interests

• Snowboarding, tennis, photography, cards

Career Highlights

2019 Season

• PTLA Qualifying Tournament-Brazil: Made a valiant run at victory at the Olympic GC in Rio de Janeiro. Finished a stroke short of winner Patrick Flavin but still earned fully-exempt status for the first half of the season.

2017 Season

• PTLA Qualifying Tournament-Colombia: After finishing T9, he survived a four-way playoff for three spots inside the top-11 who earned exempt for the first half of the PGA TOUR Latinoamérica season at the Colombia Q-School in January.

2016 Season

Turned professional in November.

Amateur Highlights

• Named All-America Honorable Mention and All-Midwest Region in senior year (2015-16).
• Claimed medalist honors at the 2016 NCAA Kohler Regional to advance to the NCAA Championships, where he finished 30th as an individual.
• Had another win as a senior at the Lone Star Invitational.
• Won Illinois State Amateur Championship in 2015 & 2016.
• At Wheaton Warrenville South H.S. he was a four-time letterwinner in golf.