Austin Connelly

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Austin Connelly
Personal information
Full nameAustin William Connelly
Born (1996-09-18) September 18, 1996 (age 29)
Irving, Texas
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight150 lb (68 kg; 11 st)
Sporting nationality Canada
File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States
ResidenceIrving, Texas
Career
Turned professional2015
Former toursEuropean Tour
Challenge Tour
PGA Tour Canada
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT14: 2017
Medal record
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Lima Mixed team

Austin Connelly (born September 18, 1996)[1] is a professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. He holds dual citizenship in Canada and the United States.

Amateur career

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Connelly was born in Irving, Texas, to an American mother and Canadian father.[2] Connelly won the 2014 FJ Invitational by six strokes, and he won the Jones Cup Invitational the following year.[3][4] He played two 2015 PGA Tour events as an amateur, the AT&T Byron Nelson Championship and RBC Canadian Open, and made the cut in both. After committing to Southern Methodist University, and later the University of Arkansas, Connelly instead turned professional in August 2015.[4]

Professional career

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In 2015, Connelly played three events on PGA Tour Canada, making two cuts. The next season, he had four top-10 finishes and placed seventh on the tour's Order of Merit. He earned conditional status for the 2017 European Tour season via its qualifying school and had a pair of top-10 results at the ISPS Handa World Super 6 Perth and the Nordea Masters.[5][6]

Connelly qualified for the 2017 Open Championship through Final Qualifying at Royal Cinque Ports, winning a four-man playoff for the final place.[6] Being tied for third after the third round shooting 67-72-66 (-5), he finished the tournament in a tie for 14th place. In September 2017 he had his best finish on the European Tour, finishing runner-up in the KLM Open.

At the 2019 Pan American Games, Connelly teamed with amateurs Joey Savoie, Mary Parsons, and Brigitte Thibault, to win the bronze medal in the mixed team event.

Amateur wins

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  • 2011 Hilton Head Junior, Junior All Star at Penn State
  • 2013 Under Armour/Hunter Mahan Championship
  • 2014 FJ Invitational, Copa Juan Carlos Tailhade
  • 2015 Jones Cup Invitational

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Results in major championships

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Tournament 2017 2018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
The Open Championship T14
PGA Championship
Tournament 2019
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open
The Open Championship CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Team appearances

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Amateur

Professional

References

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