KENNY PERRY

'Kenny Perry'

'Personal Information'
'Birth'	Elizabethtown, Kentucky, USA
'Height'	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
'Weight'	220 lb (100 kg)
'Nationality'
'Residence'	Franklin, Kentucky, USA
'College'	Western Kentucky University
Career
'Turned Pro'	1982
'Current tour'	PGA Tour
'Professional wins'	10 (PGA Tour: 9, other: 1)
Best Results in Major Championships
Masters	T12: 1995
U.S. Open	T3: 2003
British Open	T8: 2003
PGA Championship	2nd: 1996

'James Kenneth Perry' (born August 10, 1960) is an American professional golfer.
Perry was born in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, but lived most of his formative years in Franklin, Kentucky, in Simpson County. He started high school at Franklin-Simpson High School, but transferred to Lone Oak High School in McCracken County, Kentucky, when his father's job took him to work in Paducah, Kentucky. Kenny graduated from Lone Oak High School and attended Western Kentucky University. He turned professional in 1982. He failed in his first two attempts to qualify for the PGA Tour at Q-school. He missed by 1 stroke one year and received word that his wife had gone into labor during the fourth round the next year. He had been sponsored by a group of about twenty individuals, many local citizens from Franklin, Kentucky, in his early play on the mini-tours and his first two attempts at Q-school. In 1985 a Franklin, Kentucky businessman and David Lipscomb University graduate loaned him $5000 for a last shot at Q-school. Rather than repay the loan, he was asked to give a percentage of his tour earnings to Lipscomb University if he qualified. He tied for 40th at Q-school, earning his card with a two-shot cushion. Perry and his benefactor agreed on 5 percent, and he has maintained that commitment to Lipscomb ever since in the form of a scholarship for residents of Simpson County, Kentucky. In his first few seasons he found it a struggle to retain his qualified status. He made his first big (for the time) check on the PGA Tour ($55,000) with a T-4 finish at the Panasonic Las Vegas Invitational in May, 1987. Shortly after that tournament, Kenny repaid all of the money put up by all of his original sponsors, even though he had no legal obligation to do so. Kenny got his first win in 1991 at the Memorial Tournament. Two more wins followed in the mid 1990s, another in 2001, and three victories in 2003. He was in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings for a short time. Perry won in 2005 at the Bay Hill Invitational and the Bank of America Colonial. In 2006 he became the tenth man to reach US$20 million in PGA Tour career earnings in addition to taking an 8-week break from the tour to recover from knee surgery.
He is a deacon in the Franklin, Kentucky, Church of Christ.

Contents

PGA Tour wins (9)

Other wins (1)

Results in major championships

National teams

See also

External links

PGA Tour wins (9)

★ 1991 (1) Memorial Tournament

★ 1994 (1) New England Classic

★ 1995 (1) Bob Hope Chrysler Classic

★ 2001 (1) Buick Open

★ 2003 (3) Bank of America Colonial, Memorial Tournament, Greater Milwaukee Open

★ 2005 (2) Bay Hill Invitational, Bank of America Colonial

Other wins (1)

★ 2005 Franklin Templeton Shootout (with John Huston)

Results in major championships

Tournament	1988	1989
The Masters	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	T54	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	T51

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
The Masters	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	T12	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	T25	DNP	CUT	T50	CUT	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	T49	77	DNP	DNP	T55	T49	2	T23	T10	T34

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
The Masters	DNP	DNP	CUT	T39	CUT	T29	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	T45	T3	CUT	T23	58	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	T8	T16	T11	CUT	DNP
PGA Championship	T30	T44	T29	T10	CUT	T23	T49	T23

DNP = Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

"T" = tied

Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

National teams

★ Presidents Cup: 1996, 2003, 2005

★ Ryder Cup: 2004

See also

★ Golfers with most PGA Tour wins

External links

★ Profile on the PGA Tour's official site

★ Results in ranking events for the last two years from the Official World Golf Ranking site

★ Lipscomb University press release - on the occasion of the honoring of Perry's benefactor

★ Golf Today profile from 2003

★ article in Louisville's Courier-Journal from 2006