Kevin Kisner
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Kevin Kisner is an American
United States
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 professional golf
Golf
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er.

Kisner was born in Aiken, South Carolina
Aiken, South Carolina
Aiken is a city in and the county seat of Aiken County, South Carolina, United States. With Augusta, Georgia, it is one of the two largest cities of the Central Savannah River Area. It is part of the Augusta-Richmond County Metropolitan Statistical Area. Aiken is home to the University of South...

. He played college golf at the University of Georgia
University of Georgia
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 and was a member of their 2005 NCAA Division I Championship
NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships
The NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships, played in late May or early June, is the top annual competition in U.S. men's collegiate golf. It is a stroke play team competition, starting in 2009 the competition changed to a stroke play/match play competition with the top 8 teams after 54 holes of...

 team along with Chris Kirk
Chris Kirk
Chris Kirk is an American professional golfer.Kirk was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, but subsequently lived in Woodstock, Georgia. He played college golf at the University of Georgia and was a member of their 2005 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship team along with Kevin Kisner, Richard Scott...

, Richard Scott
Richard Scott (golfer)
Richard Scott is a Canadian professional golfer.Scott was born in Kingsville, Ontario. He learned golf as a youth at the Kingsville Golf Club, south of Windsor, Ontario, near Lake Erie. He won the Canadian Amateur Championship in 2003, 2005, and 2006...

 and Brendon Todd
Brendon Todd
Brendon Todd is an American professional golfer who plays on the Nationwide Tour.Todd attended the University of Georgia where he was part of the 2005 team that won the National Championship. Todd joined the Nationwide Tour in 2008 and won the Utah Championship en route to finishing 19th on the...

. After graduating in 2006, he turned professional.

Kisner played on the mini-tours (NGA Hooters Tour
NGA Hooters Tour
The National Golf Association Pro Golf Tour is a developmental men's professional golf tour in the United States. It includes approximately twenty 72-hole Pro Series events and three 54-hole Qualifying School Prep Series events each year throughout the US South and Midwest. The NGA Pro Golf Tour...

 Tarheel Tour) and from 2007 to 2009, winning three times. He also played in six Nationwide Tour
Nationwide Tour
The Nationwide Tour is the developmental tour for the U.S.-based PGA Tour, and features professional golfers who have either failed to score well enough at that level's Qualifying School to earn their PGA Tour card, or who have done so but then failed to win enough money to stay at that level...

 events in 2009. He played the Nationwide Tour full-time in 2010, winning once at the Mylan Classic
Mylan Classic
The Mylan Classic presented by CONSOL Energy is a golf tournament on the Nationwide Tour. It was played for the first time in September 2010 at Southpointe Golf Club in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh...

. He finished the year 11th on the money list and earned his 2011 PGA Tour
PGA Tour
The PGA Tour is the organizer of the main men's professional golf tours in the United States and North America...

 card.

Other wins (3)

  • 2007 Tarheel Tour Match Play (Tarheel Tour)
  • 2008 Bermuda Run Open (Tarheel Tour), Savannah Lakes Resort Classic (NGA Hooters Tour
    NGA Hooters Tour
    The National Golf Association Pro Golf Tour is a developmental men's professional golf tour in the United States. It includes approximately twenty 72-hole Pro Series events and three 54-hole Qualifying School Prep Series events each year throughout the US South and Midwest. The NGA Pro Golf Tour...

    )

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