Keith Mitchell (golfer)

Keith Mitchell
Keith Mitchell
Personal information
Full name	Keith McKendree Mitchell
Born	January 7, 1992; Chattanooga, Tennessee
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st)
Sporting nationality	United States
Residence	Sea Island, Georgia
Career
College	University of Georgia
Turned professional	2014
Current tour(s)	PGA Tour
Former tour(s)	Web.com Tour; PGA Tour Latinoamérica
Professional wins	1
Highest ranking	44 (February 19, 2023); (as of January 28, 2024)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	1
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	T43: 2019
PGA Championship	T34: 2022
U.S. Open	T20: 2023
The Open Championship	CUT: 2019, 2021, 2022

Keith McKendree Mitchell (born January 7, 1992) is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour.

Early life and college career

Mitchell was born on January 7, 1992, in Chattanooga, Tennessee and attended the Baylor School there. He played college golf from 2011 through 2014 at the University of Georgia, where he majored in Business and Real Estate.

Professional career

2015 season

Mitchell played on the PGA Tour Latinoamérica in 2015 where his best finish was runner-up at the Brazil Open; he had four other top-ten finishes. He earned $44,295 in 14 starts on that tour.

2016–2017 seasons

Mitchell played on the Web.com Tour in 2016 and 2017. He began with a sponsor's invite to the 2016 Panama Claro Championship, where he finished 14th.

Mitchell played well enough in the 2017 Web.com Tour Finals to earn his PGA Tour card for 2018. His best finish on that tour, that year, was third at the 2017 News Sentinel Open. He also finished with a tie for 11th at a PGA event in March 2017, the Valspar Championship, earning $144,900.

2018 season

Mitchell finished runner-up at the 2018 Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship on the PGA Tour. He ranked No. 7 on the PGA tour in strokes gained off-the-tee, which measures player performance off the tee on all par 4s and par 5s, and was ranked No. 10 Mitchell for average driving distance, at 312.6 yards.

2019 season

On March 3, 2019, Mitchell got his first professional victory at The Honda Classic in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Sinking a 15-foot (4.6 m) birdie putt on the final hole, he won by one stroke, avoiding a playoff with runners-up Rickie Fowler and Brooks Koepka. In Mitchell's previous four events, he had made only one cut, 73rd at the Phoenix Open. The win moved him up 93 places in the world rankings, from 161 to 68.

2022 season

For the 2022 season, Mitchell had six top-ten finishes, a career high. He played in 26 tournaments, making the cut in 20 of them. His best result of the season was a tie for third at The CJ Cup.

When asked in June 2022 about a potential $20 million payout to join LIV Golf, Mitchell said "No chance". "If the LIV tour was such a good model, guys would go for free or for a lot less," Mitchell said.

Professional wins (1)

PGA Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	Mar 3, 2019	The Honda Classic	68-66-70-67=271	−9	1 stroke	Rickie Fowler, Brooks Koepka

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Masters Tournament	T43				53
PGA Championship	CUT	T43		T34	T58
U.S. Open	CUT				T20
The Open Championship	CUT	NT	CUT	CUT

Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
The Players Championship	T77	T47	C	CUT	T13	T35

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
C = Canceled after the first round due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Championship
Match Play	T40			T26	T52
Invitational	39
Champions		NT¹	NT¹	NT¹

¹Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic