Jon Mills (born March 6, 1978) is a Canadian

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. Mills was born in

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, and spent most of his childhood in

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. He developed his competitive game on the St. Lawrence Junior Tour in southeastern Ontario, and won the Ontario Junior Championship in 1996. He earned a golf scholarship to

Kent State University Kent State University (KSU) is a public research university in Kent, Ohio. The university also includes seven regional campuses in Northeast Ohio and additional facilities in the region and internationally. Regional campuses are located in As ...

, graduated in 2000, won the Ontario Amateur Championship in 2001, and turned professional later that year. His father David Mills served as Executive Director for Golf Ontario from 1997 to 2014. Mills was a member of the

Korn Ferry Tour The Korn Ferry Tour is the developmental tour for the U.S.-based PGA Tour, and features professional golfers who have either not yet reached the PGA Tour, or who have done so but then failed to win enough FedEx Cup points to stay at that level. Th ...

(formerly known as the Nationwide Tour). Mills was a member of the

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in 2008, but did not finish high enough on the money list to retain his card for 2009. He was also a member of the PGA Tour in 2006, and the Nationwide Tour in 2002, 2004, 2005 and 2007. He also played on the

Canada in 2002 and 2003. He won his first professional event on the Canadian Tour in 2003, and it helped him win the Order of Merit for the 2003 season. Mills earned his first PGA Tour card by finishing 5th on the 2005 Nationwide Tour money list. As a rookie on tour in 2006, he only made 6 of 27 cuts, and had to go back to the Nationwide Tour for 2007. Mills finished in 4th place on the

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money list to regain his PGA Tour card for 2008. Mills'

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was Randy Dietz, a teammate of Mills at

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. Former

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champion Ben Curtis also played with Mills and Dietz at Kent State. Mills was appointed as the Men's Head Golf Coach at Kent State University in 2019. Mills' brother Jeff played the PGA Tour Canada and is the Director of Golf at the Wildfire Golf Club in Ontario. His sister Jennifer is the Head Women's Volleyball Coach at Clarion University in Pennsylvania.

College Career - Player - Kent State University

* 4 Year Golf Scholarship at Kent State University. * Mid American Freshman of the Year - 1998. * Mid American Golfer of the Year - 2001. * All Conference Team - 1999, 2000, 2001. * Team won Conference Championship - 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001. * Won 5 Individual College Championships, including 2001 NCAA Central Region Championship. * 6th in 2001 NCAA Championship. * 3rd Team All America - 2000 * 1st Team All America - 2001 College Career - Men's Head Coach - Kent State University * Team won 2021 Rutherford Invitational at Penn State University. * Team won 2021 Mid American Conference Championship. * Mills awarded 2021 Kermit Blosser MAC Coach of the Year.

Professional wins (5)

Nationwide Tour wins (2)

Canadian Tour wins (1)

Other wins (2)

*2003 Toledo Open *2014 West Penn Open

Results in major championships

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
''Note: Mills only played in the U.S. Open.''

Team appearances

Amateur *1996 Ontario Provincial Junior Team. *2001 Ontario Willingdon Cup Team. *Golf Canada National Team - 1999 to 2001. *1999 Canadian Amateur Team - World Amateur Preview, Germany *

Eisenhower Trophy The Eisenhower Trophy (World Men's Amateur Team Championships) is the biennial World Amateur Team Championship for men organized by the International Golf Federation. Since the tournament was first played in 1958, it is named after Dwight D. Eisen ...

World Amateur(representing Canada):

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*2001 Canadian 4 Nations Cup - Won (Australia, New Zealand, Japan.)

Awards

* Score Canadian Male Golfer of the Year - 2007. * Inducted into Centennial High School Sports Hall of Fame - 2007. * Inducted into Kent State University Sports Hall of Fame - 2007. *2021 Kermit Blosser Mid American Conference Coach of the Year Personal Married - Megan Children - Son Benjamin, Daughter - Emma Resides - Kent, Ohio. Parents - Dave and Judy Mills, Belleville, Ontario Brother - Jeff Sister - Jennifer

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mills, Jon Canadian male golfers Kent State Golden Flashes men's golfers PGA Tour golfers Korn Ferry Tour graduates Golfing people from Ontario Sportspeople from Oshawa 1978 births Living people