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who has played on the

and the

. He won numerous junior tournaments, and most notably, the 2005

U.S. Junior Amateur The United States Junior Amateur Championship is one of the fourteen U.S. national golf championships organized by the United States Golf Association. It is open to amateur boys who are under 19 on the last day of the competition and have a USGA Ha ...

. Tway is the son of

Bob Tway Robert Raymond Tway IV (born May 4, 1959) is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments including eight PGA Tour victories. He spent 25 weeks in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking in 1986–87. Early life Tway w ...

, an eight-time winner on the

, including the

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. Following Kevin's maiden PGA Tour win at the

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in October 2018, they are one of only ten father-son pairs to have won

events.

Amateur career

Born in

Edmond, Oklahoma Edmond is a city in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, United States, and a part of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area in the central part of the state. The population was 94,428 according to the 2020 United States Census, making it the fifth largest cit ...

, Tway attended Edmond North High School where he was named

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's All-City Player of the Year in 2006 and 2007. He was a first-team

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All-American in 2006 and was a second-team pick in 2005. He won the Oklahoma Class 6A individual title in 2006 and 2007. Tway won the 2005

and advanced to the semifinals the following year. Tway played college golf at

. In his freshman year, he won the NCAA Central Regional and was named honorable mention All-American, first-team All-Big 12 and was selected to the All-Central Region squad. Tway qualified for the 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines but he failed to make the cut by four strokes after posting rounds of 75 and 78. Tway lost in the round of 16 at the 2008

U.S. Amateur The United States Amateur Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Amateur, is the leading annual golf tournament in the United States for amateur golfers. It is organized by the United States Golf Association and is currently held each August ov ...

Derek Fathauer Derek Fathauer (born January 20, 1986) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Web.com Tour. Fathauer was born in Stuart, Florida. He attended Martin County High School in Stuart, Florida. He and his twin brot ...

Professional career

Tway turned professional in 2011 after graduating from Oklahoma State. He made his professional debut at the 2011

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, with his father caddying for him. He played on the

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and picked up his first win in July at the

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, defeating

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on the first playoff hole with a birdie. Both had shot a tournament record 261 (–23). Tway finished 5th on the regular season money list to earn his PGA Tour card for 2014. During the 2014 season, Tway made only eight cuts in 23 events with no top-10 finishes. His best finish was a tie for 26th at the 2014

, and he finished the season 177th in FedEx Cup points, losing his PGA Tour card. Back on the Web.com Tour in

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, Tway carded two top-10s, with a runner-up finish at the

Mexico Championship The Mexico Championship is a golf tournament on the Korn Ferry Tour. It was first played in May 2013 at the El Bosque Country Club in León, Mexico. The Mexican Open had been a Web.com Tour event from 2008 to 2012, and was played at El Bosque t ...

, but he finished 28th on the money list; three spots shy of regaining his PGA Tour card. In

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, Tway returned to the Web.com Tour and his results improved from the previous season. He scored four top-10s in 20 starts, including a solo third at the

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, but he still finished the regular season money list a few spots shy of automatically earning his card in 27th. However, during the 2016 Web.com Tour Finals, Tway performed well, including a tie for third at the

Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship The Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship is a golf tournament on the Korn Ferry Tour. It was played for the first time in July 2007 at Ohio State University Golf Club, The Ohio State University Golf Club's Scarlet Course in Upper Arlington, ...

, which earned him back his PGA Tour card for 2017. In

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, Tway's season began with a slow start without having a top-30 finish in his first eleven starts, but in April, Tway knocked off three consecutive top-5s, finishing T3 at the

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, solo 3rd at the

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(partnering with

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), and T5 at the

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. Tway also moved from 175th in the

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to 55th in those events, virtually locking up his Tour card for the next season. He made the

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for the first time and finished the season 69th in points, easily retaining his card for 2018. Tway had a solid 2018 season, making 26 of 33 cuts and scoring three top-10s. Again, Kevin had a great spring with T9 at the

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, top-5 at the

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, and T6 at the Travelers Championship. He made the

for a second consecutive year and finished 87th in points, again easily retaining his PGA Tour card for the next season. On October 7, 2018 (beginning of 2019 season), Tway won the

, for his first career PGA Tour victory, in a playoff over

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and Ryan Moore. Tway birdied the last two holes in regulation to join a three-man playoff. Tway and Moore both birdied the first playoff hole, however Snedeker made par, eliminating him from the playoff. The next hole, Tway and Moore both birdied, forcing a third playoff hole. On the third playoff hole, Tway won with a 10 foot birdie putt. On December 15, 2019, Tway won the

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with partner

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Amateur wins (4)

*2005

, Wildcat Golf/Wichita Junior Championship *2006 OSSO Junior at Oak Tree *2010

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Professional wins (3)

PGA Tour wins (1)

PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

Web.com Tour wins (1)

Web.com Tour playoff record (1–0)

Other wins (1)

Results in major championships

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = Tied

Results in The Players Championship

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
C = Canceled after the first round due to the

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Results in World Golf Championships

"T" = Tied

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tway, Kevin American male golfers Oklahoma State Cowboys golfers PGA Tour golfers Korn Ferry Tour graduates Golfers from Oklahoma Sportspeople from Edmond, Oklahoma 1988 births Living people