Ben Kohles

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Ben Kohles (born February 24, 1990) is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.

Career

Kohles was born in Dallas, Texas. He attended Green Hope High School in Cary, North Carolina. He played college golf at the University of Virginia where he won five events and was a three-time All-American and twice was ACC Player of the Year.

Kohles turned professional in July 2012 and won the first professional event he entered, the Nationwide Children's Hospital Invitational on the Web.com Tour. He won in a playoff over Luke Guthrie, with a birdie at the first extra hole to take victory. He was invited to the tournament because of his collegiate All-American status. He became the first player to win on his Web.com Tour debut since 2007 and the thirteenth overall that have achieved the feat; he is also the first without prior professional tournament experience. Kohles then won the following week at the Cox Classic, shooting a final round 62 to take the title by three shots. He became the first player in the history of the tour to win both of the first two tournaments he played. The win moved him to second on the Web.com Tour money list, which guaranteed that he would finish in the top 25 on the tour and receive a PGA Tour card for 2013.

Kohles made his PGA Tour debut at the 2012 Wyndham Championship.{{cite web , url=http://www.golfchannel.com/news/morning-drive/todd-lewis-august-17-2012/ , title=Morning Drive , date=August 17, 2012 , first=Todd , last=Lewis , publisher=Golf Channel , url-status=dead , archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120820084003/http://www.golfchannel.com/news/morning-drive/todd-lewis-august-17-2012/ , archivedate=August 20, 2012 Kohles was unable to maintain his Tour privileges and was playing on the third-tier PGA Tour Latinoamérica in 2016.

Amateur wins

* 2012 Dogwood Invitational

Professional wins (4)

Korn Ferry Tour wins (4)

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, Nationwide Children's Hospital Invitational
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, Cox Classic
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, 3 strokes
, {{flagicon, ZAF Dawie van der Walt
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, Astara Chile Classic
, align=68-66-66-67=267
, align=center, −21
, Playoff
, {{flagicon, AUS Dimitrios Papadatos
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, align=Apr 30, 2023
, HomeTown Lenders Championship
, align=68-62-67=197*
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, Playoff
, {{flagicon, CAN Ben Silverman

''*Note: The 2023 HomeTown Lenders Championship was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.''

Korn Ferry Tour playoff record (3–0)
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, Astara Chile Classic
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, HomeTown Lenders Championship
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Results in major championships

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, T56
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"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in The Players Championship

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, CUT

CUT = missed the half-way cut

See also

* 2012 Web.com Tour graduates
* 2021 Korn Ferry Tour Finals graduates
* 2023 Korn Ferry Tour graduates
* List of golfers with most Korn Ferry Tour wins

References

{{reflist

External links

* {{Official website, www.benkohlesgolf.com
* {{PGATour player, 36884
* {{OWGR, 16395

{{Korn Ferry Tour Player of the Year

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kohles, Ben
American male golfers
Virginia Cavaliers men's golfers
PGA Tour golfers
PGA Tour Latinoamérica golfers
Korn Ferry Tour graduates
Golfers from Dallas
1990 births
Living people
21st-century American sportsmen