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Brad Kennedy

Brad Kennedy
Personal information
Full nameBrad Kennedy
Born (1974-06-18) 18 June 1974 (age 50)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb)
Sporting nationality Australia
ResidenceHope Island, Queensland, Australia
Career
Turned professional1994
Current tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
PGA Tour of Australasia
Former tour(s)Asian Tour
European Tour
Professional wins14
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour3
Asian Tour1
PGA Tour of Australasia6
Other5
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenCUT: 2021
The Open ChampionshipT53: 2022
Achievements and awards
PGA Tour of Australasia
Order of Merit winner		2020–21
PGA Tour of Australasia
Player of the Year		2020–21

Brad Kennedy (born 18 June 1974) is an Australian professional golfer. He has won three times on the Japan Golf Tour and five times on the PGA Tour of Australasia.

Professional career

Kennedy turned professional in 1994.[1] He won several minor tournaments in Queensland. In 2003 and 2004 he had a trio of second-place finishes on the European Tour: the 2003 and 2004 Carlsberg Malaysian Opens and the 2004 Madeira Island Open; the first two being co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour, where he was also runner-up in the 2002 Volvo China Open.[2] In 2006 he was third in the Barclays Singapore Open, an important event on the Asian Tour.

Since 2011 Kennedy has played primarily on the Japan Golf Tour where he has won three times. He has also been successful on the PGA Tour of Australasia, winning five times. His most important wins on the tour have been in the New Zealand Open, which he won in 2011 and 2020.

He won the PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit for the 2020–21 season.

Personal life

Kennedy is married and has two children.[3]

Professional wins (14)

Japan Golf Tour wins (3)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 24 Jun 2012 Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open −17 (72-68-65-66=271) 3 strokes Japan Toshinori Muto, Japan Toru Taniguchi
2 25 Aug 2013 Kansai Open Golf Championship −10 (69-70-67=206)* 1 stroke South Korea Park Sung-joon
3 8 Jul 2018 Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup −12 (71-69-64=204)* 3 strokes South Korea Kim Hyung-sung

*Note: Tournament shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2019 Golf Nippon Series JT Cup Japan Ryo Ishikawa Lost to birdie on third extra hole

Asian Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 1 Mar 2020 New Zealand Open1 −21 (66-69-66-63=264) 2 strokes Australia Lucas Herbert

1Co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (6)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 31 Oct 2010 John Hughes Geely Nexus Risk Services WA Open −10 (69-67-69-65=270) 1 stroke Australia Rohan Blizard
2 4 Dec 2011 BMW New Zealand Open −7 (68-71-68-74=281) Playoff Australia Craig Parry
3 17 Feb 2013 Coca-Cola Queensland PGA Championship −18 (64-62-65-63=254) 2 strokes New Zealand Michael Hendry
4 6 Mar 2016 Holden New Zealand PGA Championship −22 (70-65-64-67=266) 2 strokes Australia Neven Basic, New Zealand Josh Geary
5 1 Mar 2020 New Zealand Open1 (2) −21 (66-69-66-63=264) 2 strokes Australia Lucas Herbert
6 31 Jan 2021 TPS Victoria2 −17 (69-68-62-68=267) 1 stroke Australia Elvis Smylie (a)

1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour
2Mixed event with the ALPG Tour

PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (1–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2011 BMW New Zealand Open Australia Craig Parry Won with birdie on first extra hole
2 2017 ISPS Handa New Zealand Open New Zealand Ben Campbell, New Zealand Michael Hendry Hendry won with par on first extra hole

Other wins (5)

  • 1996 Queensland Trainee Championship
  • 1999 Wynnum Open (Queensland)
  • 2000 Bargara Classic (Queensland), Wynnum Open (Queensland)
  • 2001 Bargara Classic (Queensland)

Results in major championships

Tournament 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
U.S. Open
The Open Championship CUT CUT
Tournament 2020 2021 2022
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship NT CUT T53

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Note: Kennedy only played in the U.S. Open and The Open Championship.

Results in World Golf Championships

Results not in chronological order before 2015.

Tournament 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Championship T61
Match Play NT1
Invitational T43
Champions T51 NT1 NT1

1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Did not play

NT = No tournament
"T" = Tied

References

  1. ^ Asian Tour profile Archived 6 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Gleeson caps great week for Aussies in Shanghai
  3. ^ PGA Tour of Australasia profile


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