Austin Connelly (born September 18, 1996)
Amateur career
Connelly was born in Irving, Texas, to an American mother and Canadian father.
Connelly won the 2014 FJ Invitational by six strokes, and he won the Jones Cup Invitational the following year.
He played two 2015
PGA Tour events as an amateur, the AT&T Byron Nelson Championship and RBC Canadian Open, and made the cut in both. After committing to Southern Methodist University, and later the University of Arkansas, Connelly instead turned professional in August 2015.
Professional career
In 2015, Connelly played three events on PGA Tour Canada, making two cuts. The next season, he had four top-10 finishes and placed seventh on the tour's Order of Merit. He earned conditional status for the 2017
European Tour season via its qualifying school and had a pair of top-10 results at the ISPS Handa World Super 6 Perth and the
Nordea Masters.
Connelly qualified for the 2017 Open Championship through Final Qualifying at Royal Cinque Ports, winning a four-man playoff for the final place.
At the 2019 Pan American Games, Connelly teamed with amateurs Joey Savoie, Mary Parsons, and Brigitte Thibault, to win the bronze medal in the mixed team event.
Amateur wins
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2011 Hilton Head Junior, Junior All Star at Penn State
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2013 Under Armour/Hunter Mahan Championship
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2014 FJ Invitational, Copa Juan Carlos Tailhade
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2015 Jones Cup Invitational
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Results in major championships
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Team appearances
Amateur
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Junior Ryder Cup (representing the United States): 2014 (winners)
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Pan American Games (representing Canada): 2015, 2019
Professional
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Aruba Cup (representing PGA Tour Canada): 2016
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