Troy Kelly is an American

United States

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 professional golf

Golf

Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

er who plays on the PGA Tour

PGA Tour

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Kelly became the youngest player to ever compete in Washington State Junior Golf Association (WJGA) tournaments at the age of 6. He was the WJGA state champion at age 11 and 13. He won more than 40 tournaments in his junior golf career. He turned professional after graduating from the University of Washington

University of Washington

University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...

 in 2003.

Kelly played on mini tours from 2003 to 2008. He played on the Gateway Tour

Gateway Tour

The Gateway Tour is a third-level men's professional golf tour headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona that runs tournaments in Arizona, California, and Florida. The top level of men's professional golf in the United States is the PGA Tour. The second level is the Nationwide Tour, which is the official...

 in 2003, 2005 and 2006 where he won two events. He played on the Golden State Tour in 2007 and 2008 where he won multiple events. He also won the AG Spanos California Open on the AG Spanos Tour in 2006. He also played on the Canadian Tour in 2008.

Kelly joined the PGA Tour in 2009, earning his card through qualifying school

Qualifying school

In professional golf the term qualifying school is used for the annual qualifying tournaments for leading golf tours such as the U.S. based PGA and LPGA Tours and the European Tour. A fixed number of players in the event win membership of the tour for the following season, otherwise known as a...

. He struggled, making only 3 of 17 cuts. He also play in 10 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 that year and finished in second at the Chattanooga Classic

Chattanooga Classic

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. He only played in 10 Nationwide Tour events in 2010 due to an arthritic hip. In 2011 he recorded four top-10 finishes including two runner-up finishes and a third place finish en route to finishing 11th on the money list, good enough for a PGA Tour card for 2012.

Other wins (3+)

• 2005 Tournament 8 (Palm Valley Golf Club - Palms) (Gateway Tour
  Gateway Tour
  The Gateway Tour is a third-level men's professional golf tour headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona that runs tournaments in Arizona, California, and Florida. The top level of men's professional golf in the United States is the PGA Tour. The second level is the Nationwide Tour, which is the official...
  
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• 2006 AG Spanos California Open (AG Spanos Tour), Series B (Wigwam Golf Resort and Spa, The - Red) (Gateway Tour
  Gateway Tour
  The Gateway Tour is a third-level men's professional golf tour headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona that runs tournaments in Arizona, California, and Florida. The top level of men's professional golf in the United States is the PGA Tour. The second level is the Nationwide Tour, which is the official...
  
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• Unknown number of wins on Golden State Tour

Results in major championships

Tournament	2005
The Masters	DNP
U.S. Open U.S. Open (golf) The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...	CUT
The Open Championship The Open Championship The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...	DNP
PGA Championship PGA Championship The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four major championships in men's professional golf, and is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August, customarily four weeks after The Open Championship...	DNP

DNP = Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

"T" = tied

Yellow background for top-10.

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