John Kelly (golfer) U.S. Open and gained an invitation to the 2007 Masters Tournament. Kelly also won the 2006 Missouri Stroke Play championship. CUT = missed the half-way cut John Kelly (golfer) John Kelly (born November 1, 1984) is an amateur golfer who plays for the University of Missouri and was runner-up in the 2006 U.S. Amateur. Kelly was born in St. Louis, Missouri and graduated from Christian Brothers College High School. During his run to the U.S. Amateur final, Kelly beat several nationally ranked players, including Trip Kuehne (who was runner-up to Tiger Woods in the 1994 U.S. Amateur). He lost the
Professional golf career of Tiger Woods strokes. The landmark victory made Woods the tournament's youngest-ever winner, as well as its first African-American winner (and its first Asian-American winner). Woods set 20 Masters records in 1997 and tied six others. He went on to win another three PGA Tour events that year, and on June 15, 1997, in only his 42nd week as a professional, rose to number one in the Official World Golf Ranking, the fastest-ever ascent to world No. 1. At the conclusion of the 1997 season, Woods was named PGA Player of the Year, the first time a golfer had won the award in