KelseyWylie
- class Freshman
- Hometown Katy, Texas
- Major Marketing
- High school Faith West Academy
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Chip Shots
Dream course: Old Course at St. Andrews
Dream foursome (including herself): Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas, Jesus
First time she broke par: Summer 2014
Favorite club: Driver
Favorite golf movie: Happy Gilmore
Golfer she tries to emulate: Stacy Lewis
2019-20 (Freshman): Appeared in two events in the shortened season … Posted a 76.4 stroke average in her inaugural season … Playing as an individual at UK’s home tournament, the Bettie Lou Evans Invitational, tied for 58th with a score of 17-over par at the University Club of Kentucky … Helped Kentucky to a championship at the Minnesota Invitational in Woodbury, Minnesota, in her first collegiate appearance … Tied for 35th at the Prestwick Golf Club with a 5-over-par 149 … Opened her college career with a 75, followed by a 74 … Dean’s List spring 2020.
Summer 2019: Reached the quarterfinals of the Women’s Texas Amateur Championship.
Before UK: First individual state championship at her high school … Not only the first female golfer out of Faith West Academy to compete at the regional and state levels, first to have won the district, regionals and the state title … Finished in the top three in each of the last four years at the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools state championship (5A) … Finished in first in 2017, was the runner-up this past year, placed third in 2016 and second in Class 4A in 2015 … Posted multiple top-three finishes during summer 2018 on the Texas Junior Golf Tour with the second-lowest scoring average in the 15-18-year-old division … Placed in the top 12 twice in AJGA events … Ranked in the top 150 in the American Junior Golf Association class of 2019 rankings.
Personal: Born Jan. 23 in Houston … Daughter of Rusty and Amy Wylie … Has a younger sister, Kayla … Father operates a Chick-fil-A store and her mother is an interior designer … Hails from Katy, Texas … Attended Faith West Academy for high school … Father, grandfather and two uncles all played at the Division I level in college … Made Academic All-State in 2017-18 … Member of the National Honors Society and Science National Honors Society in high school … Made two different mission trips in high school, one to Nicaragua and one to El Salvador … Also participated in National Charity League and helped with Hurricane Harvey relief … Chose UK over High Point, Samford and Belmont … She has a calligraphy business … Her most memorable moment as a golfer was playing St. Andrews with her dad … Major is marketing.
Why she chose UK: “I chose Kentucky because I can see myself growing here, not only as a golfer but as a person. I love the coaches, the team and the practice facilities.”
Wylie’s Scorecard
Year | Events | Rounds | Strokes | Stroke Avg. | Low 18 | Low 54 | Top 10* | Top 20* | Match Play | Best Finish |
2019-20 | 2 | 5 | 382 | 76.4 | 74 | 233 | 0 | 0 | – | T35 (Minnesota Invitational) |
Career | 2 | 5 | 382 | 76.4 | 74 | 233 | 0 | 0 | – | T35 (Minnesota Invitational) |
*Does not include dual matches