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Kelly Kraft – Men's Golf 2007-11

Kelly Kraft, the 2011 U.S. Amateur Champion, was a three-time All-Region selection and four-time All-C-USA golfer for SMU from 2007-11. He was named C-USA Golfer of the Year in 2010 and earned All-America honorable mention in 2011. He had an SMU-career scoring average of 72.34 and holds the program career records for number of rounds at par or better (81), number of rounds counted for team score (146) and conference player of the week honors (11). His four tournament wins ranks second in SMU history to the seven by 2020 SMU Hall of Famer and 2007 U.S. Amateur winner Colt Knost. He also claimed medalist honors at the 2008 and 2011 Texas Amateur, the 2008 Trans-Mississippi U.S. Amateur and the South Beach International Amateur. He was part of the 2011 U.S Walker Cup Team before going on to play more than 200 events on the PGA Tour. Kraft made the cut at the 2012 Masters, the 2017 PGA Championship and the 2019 PGA Championship. He won the 2015 Professional Chitimacha Louisiana on the Web.com Tour.

Right Place, Right Time by Kelly Kraft
"My parents, Tim and Barbara, supported me through it all... I wouldn’t be here without them. The same goes for SMU. The coaches, the teammates, the memories—those years shaped me more than I ever could’ve imagined." - Kelly Kraft