Skip Kendall

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title: "Skip Kendall" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["american-male-golfers", "unlv-rebels-men's-golfers", "pga-tour-golfers", "pga-tour-champions-golfers", "korn-ferry-tour-graduates", "golfers-from-milwaukee", "golfers-from-orange-county,-florida", "jewish-american-golfers", "jews-from-wisconsin", "jews-from-florida", "sportspeople-from-windermere,-florida", "1964-births", "living-people", "21st-century-american-jews", "20th-century-american-sportsmen"] description: "American professional golfer" topic_path: "sports" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skip_Kendall" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary American professional golfer ::

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Field	Value
name	Skip Kendall
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fullname	Jules Ira Kendall
nickname	Skip
birth_date
birth_place	Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
death_date
height
weight	150 lb
nationality
residence	Windermere, Florida, U.S.
spouse	TRaci
children	3
college	University of Nevada, Las Vegas
yearpro	1987
tour	PGA Tour Champions
extour	PGA Tour
Web.com Tour
prowins	6
nwidewins	4
champwins
seneurowins
otherwins	2
majorwins
masters	56th: 2000
usopen	T17: 2004
open	T11: 2004
pga	T10: 1998
wghofid
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award1
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| name = Skip Kendall | image = | imagesize = | caption = | fullname = Jules Ira Kendall | nickname = Skip | birth_date = | birth_place = Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = 150 lb | nationality = | residence = Windermere, Florida, U.S. | spouse = TRaci | partner = | children = 3 | college = University of Nevada, Las Vegas | yearpro = 1987 | tour = PGA Tour Champions | extour = PGA Tour Web.com Tour | prowins = 6 | nwidewins = 4 | champwins = | seneurowins = | otherwins = 2 | majorwins = | masters = 56th: 2000 | usopen = T17: 2004 | open = T11: 2004 | pga = T10: 1998 | wghofid = | wghofyear = | award1 = | year1 = | award2 = | year2 = | awardssection = Jules Ira "Skip" Kendall (born September 9, 1964) is an American professional golfer. He plays on the PGA Tour Champions and formerly played on the Web.com Tour and the PGA Tour.

Early life and amateur career

In 1964, Kendall was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He attended Nicolet High School in Milwaukee. In soccer, he made the All-State team as a senior. In basketball, he was team MVP and team captain in 1982. In golf, he finished second in the state as both a sophomore and a senior.

He then attended the University of Nevada-Las Vegas and graduated in 1987 with a degree in Business Education.

Professional career

In 1987, Kendall became a professional golfer and was medalist at the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament in 1992. Kendall has never won a PGA Tour event or a PGA Tour Champions event. However, he did have over two dozen top-10 finishes on the PGA Tour. These include runner-up finishes at the 1998 Buick Invitational, 1999 Canon Greater Hartford Open, 2000 Southern Farm Bureau Classic, and 2004 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic.

The 1999 season was among his best on the PGA Tour. In addition to his second place finish at Hartford he finished T10 at the Players Championship. That season he recorded his highest ranking on the Official World Golf Ranking of #68. Overall he recorded 13 top-25 finishes, made 24 cuts, and earned $962,642. He also earned $1,206,438 in 2004 with seven top-25 finishes.

He also has four Nationwide Tour victories.

Senior career

Since 2014, Kendall has played on the PGA Tour Champions and has had three top-10 finishes.

In 2015, Kendall missed the cut for the Puerto Rico Open and the Barbasol Championship, scoring 78 in both events on the first round and ended up getting 9-over-par in both tournaments. He did however finish 2015 ranked 69th on the 2015 Champions Tour money list, and finished T10 at the 2015 Shaw Charity Classic.

Kendall is credited with introducing Chris DiMarco to the "claw" putting grip.

Kendall finished his PGA Tour career with over $9.8 million in earnings.

Personal life

Kendall and his wife Traci have three children. They live in Windermere, Florida.

Professional wins (6)

Web.com Tour wins (4)

::data[format=table] | No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | 1 | Feb 6, 1994 | Nike Inland Empire Open | name=weather|Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.}} | 6 strokes | USA Emlyn Aubrey | | 2 | May 26, 1994 | Nike Carolina Classic | −12 (65-72-70-69=276) | 2 strokes | USA Pat Bates | | 3 | Mar 25, 2007 | Chitimacha Louisiana Open | −16 (66-66-66-70=268) | Playoff | USA Paul Claxton | | 4 | Feb 19, 2012 | Pacific Rubiales Colombia Championship | −10 (70-67-66-71=274) | 1 stroke | USA Andres Gonzales, USA Andrew Svoboda | ::

Web.com Tour playoff record (1–0) ::data[format=table]

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2007	Chitimacha Louisiana Open	USA Paul Claxton	Won with birdie on third extra hole
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Other wins (2)

• 1988 Wisconsin State Open
• 1989 Wisconsin State Open

Playoff record

PGA Tour playoff record (0–3) ::data[format=table]

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1998	Buick Invitational	USA Scott Simpson	Lost to birdie on first extra hole
2	2000	Southern Farm Bureau Classic	USA Steve Lowery	Lost to birdie on first extra hole
3	2004	Bob Hope Chrysler Classic	USA Phil Mickelson	Lost to birdie on first extra hole
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Results in major championships

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Tournament	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Masters Tournament									56
U.S. Open	CUT				T82					CUT			T17		T56
The Open Championship							CUT					T59	T11
PGA Championship							T10	T21	T27	T63	CUT	CUT	73
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CUT = missed the half-way cut

"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in The Players Championship

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Tournament	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
The Players Championship	68	T10	CUT	T26	CUT	T32	CUT	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
Match Play	R64
Championship	NT1
Invitational
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1Cancelled due to 9/11

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

NT = No tournament

Notes

References

References

1. Elling, Steve. (October 20, 2002). "Kendall Gets Close Once Again". Orlando Sentinel.
2. (December 25, 1987). "1987: Wisconsin Year in Review". The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle.
3. Wechsler, Bob. (2008). "Day by Day in Jewish Sports History". [[KTAV Publishing House]].
4. (1980). "On Center; Volumes 48–50". Jewish Community Center of Milwaukee.
5. "Sports Shorts," ''[[Jewish Sports Review]]'', Vol. 9, No. 10, Issue 106, p. 18 (November/December 2014), accessed November 12, 2014
6. In high school he played three sports.[http://www.nicolet.us/activities/2011_hall_of_fame.cfm Nicolet High School – 2011 Nicolet Athletic Hall of Fame]
7. "Skip Kendall – Profile". PGA Tour.
8. "Skip Kendall – 1999". Official World Golf Ranking.
9. Mair, Lewine. (February 21, 2002). "DiMarco gets to grips with putting game". Daily Telegraph.
10. "The grillroom: Chris DiMarco".

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