Austin Connelly

Austin Connelly (born September 18, 1996)^[1] is a professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. He holds dual citizenship in Canada and the United States.

Austin Connelly
Personal information
Full name	Austin William Connelly
Born	(1996-09-18) September 18, 1996 (age 28) Irving, Texas
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight	150 lb (68 kg; 11 st)
Sporting nationality	Canada  United States
Residence	Irving, Texas
Career
Turned professional	2015
Former tour(s)	European Tour Challenge Tour PGA Tour Canada
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	T14: 2017
Medal record Pan American Games 2019 Lima Mixed team

Amateur career

Connelly was born in Irving, Texas, to an American mother and Canadian father.^[2] Connelly won the 2014 FJ Invitational by six strokes, and he won the Jones Cup Invitational the following year.^[3][4] 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.^[4]

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.^[5][6]

Connelly qualified for the 2017 Open Championship through Final Qualifying at Royal Cinque Ports, winning a four-man playoff for the final place.^[6] Being tied for third after the third round shooting 67-72-66 (-5), he finished the tournament in a tie for 14th place. In September 2017 he had his best finish on the European Tour, finishing runner-up in the KLM Open.

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

• 2011 Hilton Head Junior, Junior All Star at Penn State
• 2013 Under Armour/Hunter Mahan Championship
• 2014 FJ Invitational, Copa Juan Carlos Tailhade
• 2015 Jones Cup Invitational

Source:^[7]

Results in major championships

Tournament	2017	2018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
The Open Championship	T14
PGA Championship

Tournament	2019
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open
The Open Championship	CUT

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Team appearances

Amateur

• Junior Ryder Cup (representing the United States): 2014 (winners)
• Pan American Games (representing Canada): 2015, 2019

Professional

• Aruba Cup (representing PGA Tour Canada): 2016