Chris Kirk | |||||
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Personal information | |||||
Full name | Christopher Brandon Kirk | ||||
Nickname | Captain Kirk[1] | ||||
Born | Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. | May 8, 1985||||
Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||
Weight | 175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st) | ||||
Sporting nationality | United States | ||||
Residence | Athens, Georgia, U.S. | ||||
Spouse | Tahnee | ||||
Career | |||||
College | Georgia | ||||
Turned professional | 2007 | ||||
Current tour(s) | PGA Tour | ||||
Former tour(s) | Nationwide Tour | ||||
Professional wins | 9 | ||||
Highest ranking | 16 (May 31, 2015)[2] | ||||
Number of wins by tour | |||||
PGA Tour | 6 | ||||
Korn Ferry Tour | 3 | ||||
Best results in major championships | |||||
Masters Tournament | T16: 2024 | ||||
PGA Championship | T5: 2022 | ||||
U.S. Open | T26: 2024 | ||||
The Open Championship | T19: 2014 | ||||
Achievements and awards | |||||
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Christopher Brandon Kirk (born May 8, 1985) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He won four tournaments on the PGA Tour between 2011 and 2015 and won again in 2023 after an almost eight-year drought and again in 2024. He finished second in the 2014 FedEx Cup Playoffs and reached a career-high of 16 in the world rankings during 2015.