Jonathan Kaye

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title: "Jonathan Kaye" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["american-male-golfers", "colorado-buffaloes-men's-golfers", "pga-tour-golfers", "golfers-from-denver", "golfers-from-phoenix,-arizona", "jewish-american-golfers", "jews-from-colorado", "jews-from-arizona", "1970-births", "living-people", "21st-century-american-jews", "20th-century-american-sportsmen"] description: "American professional golfer (born 1970)" topic_path: "sports" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Kaye" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary American professional golfer (born 1970) ::

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Field	Value
name	Jonathan Kaye
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fullname	Jonathan Andrew Kaye
birth_date
birth_place	Denver, Colorado, U.S.
death_date
height
weight	165 lb
nationality
residence	Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
college	University of Colorado
yearpro	1993
retired
extour	PGA Tour
prowins	4
pgawins	2
eurowins
japwins
asiawins
sunwins
auswins
nwidewins
chalwins
champwins
seneurowins
otherwins	2
majorwins
masters	T43: 2001, 2005
usopen	T10: 2003
open	CUT: 2003, 2004
pga	T51: 2000
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wghofyear
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Early life

Kaye was born in Denver, Colorado, and is Jewish. He attended Sunnyslope High School in Phoenix, Arizona, where he was a star in golf, graduating in 1988. Kaye graduated from the University of Colorado in 1993.

Professional career

Kaye turned pro the year he graduated from college. Kaye successfully graduated from 1994 PGA Tour Qualifying School started playing on tour the following year.

Kaye has won twice on the PGA Tour, at the 2003 Buick Classic and the 2004 FBR Open, and he has over 30 top-10 finishes. He is a self-taught player who has never had a teacher. "There's nobody who could teach my swing," he has said.

Kaye has featured in the top 20 of the Official World Golf Ranking, though he has not played a PGA Tour event since 2011. Kaye briefly reappeared on the Web.com Tour in 2014, playing in three events and making the cut once with a T65 at the Panama Claro Championship. He also played on the Web.com Tour in 2017. In July 2017, 21 years after winning his first Colorado Open, he won it again with a record-tying 23-under-par 265 in the 53rd CoBank Colorado Open, earning $100,000.

2001 incident

Kaye was the co-leader at the 2001 Michelob Championship at Kingsmill after the second round. As he was heading to the locker room, a security guard refused him entry without his player ID badge, which Kaye then found and clipped provocatively to his belt buckle or the zipper of his pants. The guard took offense, and PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem reportedly suspended Kaye for two months (but the PGA Tour never divulges or even acknowledges player suspensions).

Professional wins (4)

PGA Tour wins (2)

::data[format=table] | No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | 1 | Jun 22, 2003 | Buick Classic | −13 (70-66-68-67=271) | Playoff | USA John Rollins | | 2 | Feb 1, 2004 | FBR Open | −18 (65-68-66-67=266) | 2 strokes | USA Chris DiMarco | ::

PGA Tour playoff record (1–1) ::data[format=table]

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2002	Reno–Tahoe Open	USA Chris Riley	Lost to par on first extra hole
2	2003	Buick Classic	USA John Rollins	Won with eagle on first extra hole
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Other wins (2)

• 1996 Colorado Open
• 2017 Colorado Open

Results in major championships

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Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Masters Tournament		T43			CUT	T43
U.S. Open	CUT			T10	CUT
The Open Championship			DQ	CUT	CUT
PGA Championship	T51	T63	CUT	T61	CUT	CUT
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CUT = missed the half-way cut

DQ = disqualified

"T" = tied

Results in The Players Championship

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Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
The Players Championship	CUT	T18	T57	T32	CUT	T53	CUT
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CUT = missed the halfway cut

"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

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Tournament	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Match Play	R64			R64	R64
Championship	NT1		20	T59
Invitational			2	T65
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1Cancelled due to 9/11

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play

"T" = Tied

NT = No tournament

References

References

1. Wechsler, Bob. (2008). "Day by Day in Jewish Sports History". [[KTAV Publishing House]].
2. Fine, Jeremy. "The Great Rabbino: Others; Current Golfers". JewishJournal.com.
3. "AGA : Arizona Golf Association".
4. [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/125477278/ Arizona Republic from Phoenix, Arizona on February 18, 2004 · Page 120]
5. "Jonathan Kaye profile". PGA Tour.
6. (23 July 2017). "Jonathan Kaye Ties Record in Winning CoBank Colorado Open".
7. Kensler, Tom. (November 1, 2001). "PGA Tour looking into incident involving Kaye Denver native could be facing disciplinary action". [[The Denver Post]].
8. Kensler, Tom. (December 7, 2001). "Kaye's agent disputes report Golfweek: Denver native suspended 2 months". The Denver Post.
9. Baines, Gary. (January 10, 2002). "Kaye remains mum on reported PGA suspension – But he probably won't make 2002 debut until next month". [[Daily Camera]].
10. Kensler, Tom. (February 28, 2002). "Secret PGA suspension excuse for Kaye's silence". The Denver Post.
11. (March 4, 2002). "The Week – O.B.".

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