Kyle Reifers (born October 13, 1983) is an American

professional golfer A professional golfer is somebody who receives payments or financial rewards in the sport of golf that are directly related to their skill or reputation. A person who earns money by teaching or playing golf is traditionally considered a "golf pr ...

who plays on the

Korn Ferry Tour The Korn Ferry Tour is the developmental tour for the U.S.-based PGA Tour, and features professional golfers who have either not yet reached the PGA Tour, or who have done so but then failed to win enough FedEx Cup points to stay at that level. ...

Amateur career

Reifers was born in

Columbus, Ohio Columbus (, ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of cities in Ohio, most populous city of the U.S. state of Ohio. With a 2020 United States census, 2020 census population of 905,748, it is the List of United States ...

and played college golf at

Wake Forest University Wake Forest University (WFU) is a private research university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1834, the university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina. The R ...

. He won the

Monroe Invitational The Monroe Invitational Championship is an annual amateur golf tournament in the United States, played since 1937 at Monroe Golf Club in Pittsford, New York, a suburb southeast of Rochester. Originally a match play event, it switched to 72-hole s ...

and Ohio Amateur in 2004 and the

Northeast Amateur The Northeast Amateur is an amateur golf tournament played annually at the Wannamoisett Country Club in Rumford, Rhode Island. It was first played in 1962. In December 2021, the Northeast Amateur joined with six other tournaments to form the Elit ...

in 2005. Reifers represented the United States at the 2005 Walker Cup where the US won 12–11. He was the runner-up at the 2006 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships.

Professional career

Reifers turned professional in 2006. He picked up his first professional victory on the Egolf Tarheel Tour at the Charlotte National Open only one week after his runner-up finish at the NCAA Men's Golf Championships. He picked up his second professional victory the following week at the Chattanooga Classic on the

Nationwide Tour The Korn Ferry Tour is the developmental tour for the U.S.-based PGA Tour, and features professional golfers who have either not yet reached the PGA Tour, or who have done so but then failed to win enough FedEx Cup points to stay at that level. ...

. He became the 11th player in Tour history to win his first career start and the 19th to win on Tour as a

Monday qualifier A Monday qualifier is a stroke play golf tournament held on the Monday before a professional golf tournament that awards top finishers entry into the professional tournament. Those who enter the Monday qualifiers are those with no status on the tou ...

. He earned his

PGA Tour The PGA Tour (stylized as PGA TOUR by its officials) is the organizer of professional golf tours in North America. It organizes most of the events on the flagship annual series of tournaments also known as the PGA Tour, the PGA Tour Champion ...

card for 2007 by finish T29 in

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 ...

in 2006. In his rookie season on tour he made 9 of 27 cuts. He played on the Nationwide Tour/

Web.com Tour The Korn Ferry Tour is the developmental tour for the U.S.-based PGA Tour, and features professional golfers who have either not yet reached the PGA Tour, or who have done so but then failed to win enough FedEx Cup points to stay at that level. T ...

in 2006, 2008–11, and 2013–14. He played on the PGA Tour in 2007, 2012, and 2015. In 2015, Reifers had three eagles on the back nine in the final round of the Barracuda Championship to shoot for 22 points and tie the leader, J. J. Henry. Reifers lost the playoff to Henry's eagle on the second playoff hole.

Personal life

Reifers father, Randy, played golf at

DePauw University DePauw University ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Greencastle, Indiana, United States. It was founded in 1837 as Indiana Asbury College and changed its name to DePauw University in 1884. The college has a Methodist heritage and was ...

and was inducted into the Ohio Golf Hall of Fame. Both his father and mother, Alison, have won Ohio State Amateur tournaments. His father played on the same college golf team as former

Vice President A vice president or vice-president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vi ...

Dan Quayle James Danforth Quayle (; born February 4, 1947) is an American retired politician who served as the 44th vice president of the United States from 1989 to 1993 under President George H. W. Bush. A member of the Republican Party (United States), ...

and golf analyst Mark Rolfing.

Amateur wins

*2004

, Ohio Amateur *2005

Professional wins (3)

Nationwide Tour wins (1)

Nationwide Tour playoff record (1–0)

Tarheel Tour wins (1)

Other wins (1)

Playoff record

PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur *

Walker Cup The Walker Cup is a golf trophy contested in odd-numbered years by leading male amateur golfers in two teams: United States, and Great Britain and Ireland featuring players from the United Kingdom and Ireland. The official name is the Walker Cup ...

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

(winners)

External links

* * *
Profile on Wake Forest's official athletic site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Reifers, Kyle American male golfers Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's golfers PGA Tour golfers Korn Ferry Tour graduates Golfers from Columbus, Ohio Golfers from Charlotte, North Carolina 1983 births Living people