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Brad Kennedy
Brad Kennedy
Personal information
Full name	Brad Kennedy
Born	18 June 1974 (age 50); Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb)
Sporting nationality	Australia
Residence	Hope Island, Queensland, Australia
Career
Turned professional	1994
Current tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour; PGA Tour of Australasia
Former tour(s)	Asian Tour; European Tour
Professional wins	14
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour	3
Asian Tour	1
PGA Tour of Australasia	6
Other	5
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	CUT: 2021
The Open Championship	T53: 2022
Achievements and awards
PGA Tour of Australasia; Order of Merit winner
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	Toshinori Muto, Toru Taniguchi
2	25 Aug 2013	Kansai Open Golf Championship	−10 (69-70-67=206)*	1 stroke	Park Sung-joon
3	8 Jul 2018	Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup	−12 (71-69-64=204)*	3 strokes	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	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	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	Rohan Blizard
2	4 Dec 2011	BMW New Zealand Open	−7 (68-71-68-74=281)	Playoff	Craig Parry
3	17 Feb 2013	Coca-Cola Queensland PGA Championship	−18 (64-62-65-63=254)	2 strokes	Michael Hendry
4	6 Mar 2016	Holden New Zealand PGA Championship	−22 (70-65-64-67=266)	2 strokes	Neven Basic, Josh Geary
5	1 Mar 2020	New Zealand Open¹ (2)	−21 (66-69-66-63=264)	2 strokes	Lucas Herbert
6	31 Jan 2021	TPS Victoria²	−17 (69-68-62-68=267)	1 stroke	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	Craig Parry	Won with birdie on first extra hole
2	2017	ISPS Handa New Zealand Open	Ben Campbell, 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.