Keith Nolan (golfer)

Keith Nolan
— Golfer —
Personal information
Born (1973-01-11) 11 January 1973
Bray, Ireland
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Nationality  Ireland
Residence Knoxville, Tennessee
Career
College East Tennessee State University
Turned professional 1997
Former tour(s) PGA Tour
Nationwide Tour

Keith Nolan (born 11 January 1973) is an Irish professional golfer. Nolan has been a member of the PGA Tour and Nationwide Tour.

Nolan was born in Bray.[1] He attended East Tennessee State University (ETSU) in the United States on a golf scholarship, where he studied Communications and was awarded All-American honors.[2] He had a successful amateur golf career which included winning both the Irish matchplay and strokeplay championships and representing Great Britain and Ireland in the 1997 Walker Cup.[3]

Since turning professional at the end of 1997, Nolan has competed on both the PGA Tour and its official development tour, the Nationwide Tour. Having found little success in tournament golf, he has also worked as an assistant coach at ETSU as well as caddying for Garrett Willis on the PGA Tour.[4]

Amateur wins

Team appearances

Amateur

See also

References

  1. ↑ Gallagher, Paul (4 May 2010). "Ploughing their own furrows". The Irish Times. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
  2. ↑ Bliss, Ron (26 May 2006). "Former Buc Nolan Gets Knoxville Open Exemption". TriCitiesSports.com. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
  3. ↑ "The Bray wanderer chases US dream". Irish Independent. 5 February 2000. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
  4. ↑ Keogh, Brian (11 February 2010). "Keith Nolans triple life". Irish Golf Desk. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
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