Jonathan Kaye

Jonathan Kaye
Jonathan Kaye
Personal information
Full name	Jonathan Andrew Kaye
Born	August 2, 1970 (age 53); Denver, Colorado
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight	165 lb (75 kg; 11.8 st)
Sporting nationality	United States
Residence	Phoenix, Arizona
Career
College	University of Colorado
Turned professional	1993
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour
Professional wins	4
Highest ranking	14 (February 1, 2004)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	2
Other	2
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	T43: 2001, 2005
PGA Championship	T51: 2000
U.S. Open	T10: 2003
The Open Championship	CUT: 2003, 2004

Jonathan Andrew Kaye (born August 2, 1970) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour.

Early life

Kaye was born in Denver, Colorado, and is Jewish.^[2]^[3] He attended Sunnyslope High School in Phoenix, Arizona, where he was a star in golf, graduating in 1988.^[4]^[5] Kaye graduated from the University of Colorado in 1993.

Professional career

Kaye turned pro the year he graduated from college. Kaye successfully graduated from 1994 PGA Tour Qualifying School started playing on tour the following year.

Kaye has won twice on the PGA Tour, at the 2003 Buick Classic and the 2004 FBR Open, and he has over 30 top-10 finishes. He is a self-taught player who has never had a teacher. "There's nobody who could teach my swing," he has said.^[6]

Kaye has featured in the top 20 of the Official World Golf Ranking, though he has not played a PGA Tour event since 2011. Kaye briefly reappeared on the Web.com Tour in 2014, playing in three events and making the cut once with a T65 at the Panama Claro Championship. He also played on the Web.com Tour in 2017. In July 2017, 21 years after winning his first Colorado Open, he won it again with a record-tying 23-under-par 265 in the 53rd CoBank Colorado Open, earning $100,000.^[7]

2001 incident

Kaye was the co-leader at the 2001 Michelob Championship at Kingsmill after the second round. As he was heading to the locker room, a security guard refused him entry without his player ID badge, which Kaye then found and clipped provocatively to his belt buckle or the zipper of his pants. The guard took offense, and PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem reportedly suspended Kaye for two months (but the PGA Tour never divulges or even acknowledges player suspensions).^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]

Professional wins (4)

PGA Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	Jun 22, 2003	Buick Classic	−13 (70-66-68-67=271)	Playoff	John Rollins
2	Feb 1, 2004	FBR Open	−18 (65-68-66-67=266)	2 strokes	Chris DiMarco

PGA Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2002	Reno–Tahoe Open	Chris Riley	Lost to par on first extra hole
2	2003	Buick Classic	John Rollins	Won with eagle on first extra hole

Other wins (2)

1996 Colorado Open
2017 Colorado Open

Results in major championships

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Masters Tournament		T43			CUT	T43
U.S. Open	CUT			T10	CUT
The Open Championship			DQ	CUT	CUT
PGA Championship	T51	T63	CUT	T61	CUT	CUT

Top 10

Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
DQ = disqualified
"T" = tied

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
The Players Championship	CUT	T18	T57	T32	CUT	T53	CUT

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament	2001	2003	2004	2005
Match Play	R64		R64	R64
Championship	NT¹	20	T59
Invitational		2	T65

¹Cancelled due to 9/11