Brad Kennedy

Brad Kennedy
Personal information
Full nameBrad Kennedy
Born (1974-06-18) 18 June 1974
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 toursJapan Golf Tour
PGA Tour of Australasia
Former tourEuropean Tour
Professional wins15
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour3
Asian Tour1
PGA Tour of Australasia6
Other6
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

In 1994, Kennedy turned professional.[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.

Personal life

Kennedy is married and has two children.[3]

Awards and honors

Professional wins (15)

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)[a] 1 stroke South Korea Park Sung-joon
3 8 Jul 2018 Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup −12 (71-69-64=204)[a] 3 strokes South Korea Kim Hyung-sung

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2019 Golf Nippon Series JT Cup Japan Ryo Ishikawa Lost to birdie on third extra hole

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.YearTournamentOpponent(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 (4)

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

PGA of Australia Legends Tour wins (2)

  • 2024 Golf Car Parts & Repairs Brookwater Legends Pro-Am, Sanctuary Cove G&CC Legends Pro-Am hosted by Adam Scott & Peter Senior (with Scott Barr)

Results in major championships

Tournament 2011 20122013201420152016201720182019
U.S. Open
The Open Championship CUT CUT
Tournament 202020212022
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.

Tournament2012201320142015201620172018201920202021
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

Notes

  1. 1 2 Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

References

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


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