47 Facts About Kenny Perry

James Kenneth Perry was born on August 10,1960 and is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour Champions.

Kenny Perry won 14 PGA Tour events and has won nine PGA Tour Champions events including four senior major championships: the 2013 Constellation Senior Players Championship, the 2013 US Senior Open, the 2014 Regions Tradition, and the 2017 US Senior Open.

Kenny Perry was born in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, and raised in Franklin, Kentucky.

Kenny Perry was introduced to the game of golf by his father at the age of seven.

Kenny Perry started his high school golf career at Franklin-Simpson High School.

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Kenny Perry attended high school and played on the golf team at McCracken County's Lone Oak High School, near Paducah.

Kenny Perry's mother, Mildred, died on October 1,2009, at the age of 79 at her home in Franklin while under Hospice care after a long battle with multiple myeloma a cancer of the plasma cells in bone marrow.

Kenny Perry is a member and deacon of Franklin Church of Christ in Franklin, Kentucky.

Kenny Perry failed in his first two attempts to qualify for the PGA Tour at Q-school.

Kenny Perry missed by 1 stroke one year and received word that his wife had gone into labor during the fourth round the next year.

Kenny Perry had been sponsored by a group of about twenty individuals, many local citizens from Franklin, in his early play on the mini-tours and his first two attempts at Q-school.

Kenny Perry tied for 40th at Q-school, earning his card with a two-shot cushion.

Kenny Perry made his first big check on the PGA Tour with a T-4 finish at the Panasonic Las Vegas Invitational in May 1987.

Shortly after that tournament, Kenny Perry repaid all of the money put up by all of his original sponsors, even though he had no legal obligation to do so.

Kenny Perry got his first win in 1991 at the Memorial Tournament.

In 1996, Kenny Perry was in contention at the PGA Championship held at Valhalla in his native Kentucky.

Kenny Perry had a one shot lead on the last hole but took a bogey and proceeded to be beaten in the playoff by Mark Brooks.

Kenny Perry played in the 2004 Ryder Cup at Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Township, Michigan.

In 2005, Kenny Perry won at the Bay Hill Invitational and the Bank of America Colonial.

Kenny Perry was in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Ranking for over 100 weeks from 2003 to 2005 and 2009 to 2010.

Since returning from arthroscopic knee surgery in early 2006, Kenny Perry struggled to find the previous form he had from 2003 to 2005.

Kenny Perry received some criticism for skipping major championships in 2008 in order to concentrate on qualifying for the Ryder Cup team.

Kenny Perry was eager to make the team as the event was being held in his native Kentucky, and he helped the USA win the cup for the first time since 1999.

Kenny Perry played in the 2008 Ryder Cup at the Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky.

Also on day two, Kenny Perry played an afternoon fourball with Furyk and they lost to Ian Poulter and Graeme McDowell.

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Kenny Perry won his first event in 2009 in his third start at the FBR Open, where he defeated Charley Hoffman on the third playoff hole with a birdie.

Kenny Perry maintained a rich vein of form throughout the first few months of the 2009 season, making ten cuts in ten events and registering five top-10 finishes during this streak.

Kenny Perry made par on the first extra hole, to match Cabrera, but Campbell was eliminated after he made bogey.

At the second extra hole, Kenny Perry missed the green from the middle of the fairway and then ran his pitch well past the hole, resulting in a bogey.

Kenny Perry would have become the oldest winner of The Masters at 48 years old, 8 months, and 2 days.

Kenny Perry received over 700 letters and emails in the aftermath of his playoff defeat, including a note from former President George W Bush.

Kenny Perry won his second event of 2009 at the Travelers Championship in June, coming from one stroke behind Paul Goydos.

Kenny Perry shot a final round 63 and won his 14th tour event, one win closer to his goal of 20 career wins.

Kenny Perry won the event by three strokes over Goydos and fellow American David Toms.

Kenny Perry is among the winningest and highest all-time PGA Tour money winners without a major championship, with fourteen wins and career earnings of over $32 million.

Kenny Perry is good friends with former World Number 1 player Vijay Singh, who calls him "Biggie".

Kenny Perry began playing on the Champions Tour after turning 50 in August 2010 while continuing to play on the PGA Tour.

Kenny Perry won his first event in October 2011 at the SAS Championship.

Kenny Perry nearly withdrew from the event after learning of his sister's death.

Kenny Perry finished 15th on the Champions Tour money list playing in ten events.

Kenny Perry won for the second time on the Champions Tour early in 2012 at the ACE Group Classic.

Kenny Perry shot rounds of 64 and 62 on the first two days to break the 36 hole scoring record on the Champions Tour and after ending with a 2 under par round of 70, he tied the overall tournament scoring record at 20 under par.

Kenny Perry was given a special invitation from the PGA of America to compete in the 2014 PGA Championship, held in his home state of Kentucky and site of his 1996 playoff loss; he finished T27.

Kenny Perry said he intended to play 18 events on the PGA Tour and only about seven on the Champions Tour, mainly the major tournaments.

Kenny Perry was named the winner of the 2002 Charles Bartlett Award, given to a professional golfer for his unselfish contributions to the betterment of society, by the Golf Writers Association of America.

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In 2007, Kenny Perry was inducted into the Western Kentucky University Hall of Distinguished Alumni.

On October 14,2008, Kenny Perry was inducted into Lipscomb University's Athletics Hall of Fame.