Patton Kizzire What's In The Bag And Player Profile

Patton Kizzire, whose last victory came at the 2018 Sony Open in Hawaii, turned a four-stroke 54-hole lead in the Procore Championship into a five-stroke victory over David Lipsky. 

A two-under 70 on the North Course at Silverado Resort gave Kizzire a 20-under 268 total that enabled him to end a drought of 176 starts. 

"It feels so good. I’ve worked really hard and to come out and play like I did and pull away from the field and keep the pedal down and play and play like I can play, it was so much fun," said Kizzire, who moved to 70th in the FedEx Cup standings. "I’ve underachieved for quite some time. It’s good to be back doing me."

Kizzire, who began working with a mental coach a month ago, won after surviving a shaky stretch around the turn, putting his new mindset of becoming more organized and 'unflappable' to the test. After taking the midway lead on Friday, Kizzire said he’d "had a lot of positive vibes and positive thoughts. I was looking forward to bringing it here, continuing it, and growing it."

• Player Profile
• Last 10 Events
• Key Stats
• What's In The Bag

Bogeys at holes 9 and 11 coupled with Lipsky’s three-footer for birdie at the par-3 11th whittled Kizzire’s lead to just two strokes. But the Alabama native responded like he’d been there before - even if it had been more than six years. Kizzire got up and down from a greenside bunker to birdie the par-5 12th and then played the 13th expertly, hitting fairway and green and easing in an eight-footer for birdie. 

That made his lead five strokes when Lipsky bogeyed the 13th and Kizzire was never threatened again.

Player Profile

Patton Kizzire was born in Montgomery, Alabama on March 3, 1986 and played his college golf at Auburn University. He won the 2007 SEC Championship and graduated in 2008 with a Business degree. 

In December 2014, Kizzire tied for 21st place at the Web.com Tour Qualifying School final stage.

In his 2015 season on the Web.com Tour he was the money list leader for most of the season. He had runner-up finishes at the Mexico Championship and the Rex Hospital Openbefore recording his first victory at the Utah Championship, which secured his PGA Tour card for the 2015-16 season. He was one of the most consistent players on the Web.com Tour, missing just two cuts in his first 15 events played on the tour. He had 10 finishes within the top-25 and nine top-10s. He also made an appearance on the PGA Tour at the Barbasol, where he missed the cut. He was named Web.com Tour player of the year.

In his rookie season on the PGA Tour, Kizzire recorded five top-10 finishes and made 20 out of 27 cuts. His season best finish being a runner-up placing at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. He ended the year at number 82 in the FedEx Cup standings.

On October 16, 2016, Kizzire finished runner-up to Brendan Steele at the Safeway Open. He had entered the final round with his first PGA Tour 54-hole lead, by one stroke. He finished with a two-under par round to miss out by a single stroke. Kizzire finished the year placed 99th on the FedEx Cup standings.

On November 12, 2017, he won his first PGA Tour title at the Mayakoba Classic. Due to poor weather, the players had to play 36 holes on Sunday, but Kizzire held off Rickie Fowler to claim a one stroke victory.

On January 14, 2018, Kizzire won his second title of the 2018 PGA Tour season at the Sony Open. He prevailed in a sudden-death playoff, defeating James Hahn with a birdie on the sixth extra hole to become the first multiple winner in the 2018 season. 

His success at the Procore was his first since 2018.

He has played in 242 PGA Tour events and made 141 cuts, with three wins, two runners-up, two thirds, nine top fives and 24 top-10 finishes. He has career earnings of more than $13.4m. He needed this win after starting the week in 134th place in the FedEx standings and in serious danger of losing his card.

Last 10 Events

Procore Championship - 1st

Wyndham Championship - CUT

3M Open - CUT

Barracuda Championship - T8th

Isco Championship - T50th

John Deere Classic - CUT

Rocket Mortgage Classic - T50th

Canadian Open - CUT

Myrtle Beach Classic - T10th

The CJ Cup Byron Nelson - T24th

Key Stats

Driving Distance - 300.7 Yards

Driving Accuracy - 62.33%

Greens in Regulation - 71.83%

Sand Saves - 59.32%

Putts Per Round - 29.57

Scoring Average - 68.83

What's In Patton Kizzire's Golf Bag?

Driver: Titleist GT3 (9 Degrees)

3-Wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (15 Degrees)

Irons: Titleist T200 (3, 4), Titleist T100 (5), Titleist 620 CB (6), Titleist 620 MB (7-9)

Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (48-10F, 52-08F, 56-08M, 60-04T)

Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Onyx Tour Issue X100

Putter: Ping Vault Bergen Stealth

Ball: Titleist Pro V1