"We are profoundly saddened to hear of the passing of Brittany Kelly," Ball State women's golf head coach Katherine Mowat said. "Her impact on not only our program, but on the game of golf in the state of Indiana and the country is immeasurable. She was a fierce competitor who would never back down from a challenge, all the while being one of the most gracious teachers and promoters of the game. On behalf of the Ball State athletics family, we share our deepest condolences to the entire Kelly family."
Kelly, who was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in the fall of 2019, was recently named the 2022 Indiana PGA Golf Professional of the Year. The first female recipient of the honor, which originated in 1955, Kelly started her professional career at The Hawthorns Golf & Country Club in Fishers and most recently worked at Woodland Country Club in Carmel.
In addition, for her contributions over her entire golf career, starting as a player in junior events with the Indiana Junior Tour, the Indiana Section of the PGA named the Indiana PGA Women's Player of the Year Award in Kelly's honor.
Beginning this year, the award will be officially known as the Brittany Kelly Indiana PGA Women's Player of the Year Award.
A three-time All-Mid-American Conference selection and a two-time All-American Scholar over her Cardinals career which spanned from 2007-11, Kelly became the first Ball State women's golfer selected for an NCAA Regional during a phenomenal senior season in 2010-11. She set BSU records for single-season scoring average (75.06), career average (76.43) and 54-hole tournament score (215).
For her record-setting golf career at Ball State, Kelly will be inducted into the Ball State Athletics Hall of Fame on September 24, 2021. She will be the first women's golfer to earn a spot among the storied list of Ball State athletes and contributors.
After her Ball State playing career, Kelly went on to play two years on the LPGA Symetra Tour and developed into of the top playing and teaching PGA assistant professionals in the county.
In 2019, Kelly was named the Indiana Women's PGA Player of the Year after leading Team USA to victory at the inaugural Women's PGA Cup, competing in her first LPGA major at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship and winning the Indiana PGA Assistants Championship against a field of men.
Breaking barriers and refusing to let cancer break her.
You just keep inspiring us all, Brittany Kelly.
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— Golf Channel (@GolfChannel) May 19, 2021
Kelly also won her second Indiana Women's Open title in 2019 to go along with the Indiana Women's Amateur championship she won while at Ball State in 2009. Kelly qualified for the National PGA Assistants Championship in 2016, 2017 and 2019 and for the PGA Professional National Championship in 2018 and 2020, competing against the men in both.
The 2017 Indiana PGA Section Assistant of the Year, she also serves on the National PGA Tournament Committee and Indiana Section PGA Board of Directors.
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