Frank Kennedy

Frank Kennedy (born 2 October 2005) is an English professional golfer who currently plays on the Challenge Tour, where he won the 2024 Euram Bank Open. Prior to turning professional in 2023, aged 17, he won the 2022 Portuguese International Amateur Championship and the 2023 Lytham Trophy. In 2021, aged 15, he became the youngest player from Great Britain & Ireland to make the cut at a European Tour event at the Hero Open.

Amateur career Kennedy's first significant victory came in the 2016 Doral Publix Junior Classic in the 10/11 age group at Trump National Doral, in Miami, Florida. He won the U. S. Kids Golf British Championship in consecutive years in 2016 and 2017. He won the Wee Wonders Grand Final at St Andrews Scotland in 2018. In 2020, he won the Junior Honda Classic at PGA National Resort in Florida. In 2021, he won the George Henriques Salver award for the highest placed Great Britain & Ireland player under the age of 20 in the Brabazon Trophy (aged 15). In 2022, he became the youngest winner of the Portuguese International Amateur Championship with a championship record score of 19 under par. and later that year represented Great Britain & Ireland in the Jacques Léglise Trophy.

In 2023, Kennedy won the Lytham Trophy, becoming the joint youngest winner in the tournament's history aged 17. He turned professional at age 17, ranked 41st in the World Amateur Golf Ranking.

Professional career Kennedy made his professional debut at the 2023 British Masters at The Belfry and made the cut, eventually finishing in 65th place. During 2023, he played on the Challenge Tour, European Tour and Asian Tour and achieved his first top-10 finish when he placed 7th at the Australian PGA Championship at Royal Queensland Golf Club aged 18 years.

In 2024, Kennedy secured his first victory as a professional after winning the Euram Bank Open on the Challenge Tour, making him the third youngest winner in Challenge Tour history.

Professional wins (1) Challenge Tour wins (1)

Team appearances European Boys' Team Championship (representing England): 2022 Jacques Léglise Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2022