Kelsey Bennett Explained

Kelsey Bennett
Birth Date:17 February 2000
Residence:Mollymook, New South Wales, Australia
Yearpro:2022
Tour:WPGA Tour of Australasia (joined 2022)
LET Access Series (joined 2023)
Prowins:1
Alpgwins:1
Anainspiration:DNP
Lpga:DNP
Wusopen:DNP
Wbritopen:CUT: 2023
Evian:DNP

Kelsey Bennett (born 17 February 2000) is an Australian professional golfer who plays on the WPGA Tour of Australasia and LET Access Series. She won The Athena in 2024.

Early life and amateur career

Bennett grew up in Mollymook in New South Wales, Australia and has been member of Mollymook Golf Club since the age of 10. Her other home club is St. Michael's.[1]

She became a member of the NSW Women's Team in 2018.[2] In 2019, she was runner-up at the Malaysian Ladies Amateur and lost in the semi-final of the Queensland Women's Amateur won by Stephanie Kyriacou. She lost the final of the 2020 NSW Women's Amateur, 3 and 2, to Grace Kim. In 2021, she won the Victorian Women's Amateur over Jeneath Wong, 3 and 2, and finished runner-up at the Women's Amateur Asia-Pacific at Abu Dhabi Golf Club, a stroke behind Mizuki Hashimoto.

In 2022, Bennett advanced to the semi-finals of the Australian Women's Amateur, quarter-finals of The Women's Amateur Championship, and round-of-16 at the U.S. Women's Amateur. She also finished top-16 at both the Women's NSW Open and Australian Women's Classic, events co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour.

Bennett represented Australia at the 2022 Espirito Santo Trophy at Le Golf National in Paris, and at the 2022 Asia-Pacific Amateur Ladies Golf Team Championship for the Queen Sirikit Cup in Singapore.[3]

Professional career

Bennett turned professional in 2022 and joined the WPGA Tour of Australasia. In 2023, she joined the LET Access Series where she recorded six top-10s and finished 14th in the Order of Merit in her rookie season.[4]

Bennett came through a 13-way sudden-death playoff in final qualifying at Hankley Common to secure a place in the 2023 Women's British Open at Walton Heath, where she missed the cut by two strokes.[5]

In February 2024, she won The Athena at Peninsula Kingswood Golf Club in Melbourne by going one-under, one-under and even in her three four-hole matches on Sunday.[6] [7]

In Bennett's first event in Europe in 2024, she held a one stroke lead heading into the final round of the Montauban Ladies Open, ultimately finishing third, two strokes behind winner Helen Briem.[8]

Amateur wins

Source:[9]

Professional wins (1)

WPGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)

Team appearances

Amateur

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mollymook Golf Club’s Kelsey Bennett wins U.S. Women's Amateur Qualifying event in Georgia . Troon Golf . 9 June 2024 . 9 July 2022.
  2. Web site: Kelsey Bennett Profile . Golf NSW . 9 June 2024.
  3. News: Sweden snatches Espirito Santo Trophy from USA . 9 June 2024 . Golf Australia . 28 August 2022.
  4. Web site: Kelsey Bennett Bio . LET Access Series . 9 June 2024.
  5. News: Aussie Bennett among final Women's Open qualifiers . 9 June 2024 . Golf Australia . 8 August 2023.
  6. Bennett crowned queen of The Athena . 9 June 2024 . Golf Australia . 26 February 2024.
  7. News: Six things to know about every player at The Athena . 9 June 2024 . Australian Golf Digest . 22 February 2024.
  8. Web site: Bennett in Front Heading into the Final Round of the Montauban Ladies Open . LET Access Series . 10 June 2024.
  9. Web site: Kelsey Bennett . World Amateur Golf Ranking . 9 June 2024.