Kelsey Bennett

Kelsey Bennett (born 17 February 2000) is an Australian professional golfer who plays on the WPGA Tour of Australasia and LET Access Series. She won The Athena in 2024.

Early life and amateur career
Bennett grew up in Mollymook in New South Wales, Australia and has been member of Mollymook Golf Club since the age of 10. Her other home club is St. Michael's.

She became a member of the NSW Women's Team in 2018. In 2019, she was runner-up at the Malaysian Ladies Amateur and lost in the semi-final of the Queensland Women's Amateur won by Stephanie Kyriacou. She lost the final of the 2020 NSW Women's Amateur, 3 and 2, to Grace Kim. In 2021, she won the Victorian Women's Amateur over Jeneath Wong, 3 and 2, and finished runner-up at the Women's Amateur Asia-Pacific at Abu Dhabi Golf Club, a stroke behind Mizuki Hashimoto.

In 2022, Bennett advanced to the semi-finals of the Australian Women's Amateur, quarter-finals of The Women's Amateur Championship, and round-of-16 at the U.S. Women's Amateur. She also finished top-16 at both the Women's NSW Open and Australian Women's Classic, events co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour.

Bennett represented Australia at the 2022 Espirito Santo Trophy at Le Golf National in Paris, and at the 2022 Asia-Pacific Amateur Ladies Golf Team Championship for the Queen Sirikit Cup in Singapore.

Professional career
Bennett turned professional in 2022 and joined the WPGA Tour of Australasia. In 2023, she joined the LET Access Series where she recorded six top-10s and finished 14th in the Order of Merit in her rookie season.

Bennett came through a 13-way sudden-death playoff in final qualifying at Hankley Common to secure a place in the 2023 Women's British Open at Walton Heath, where she missed the cut by two strokes.

In February 2024, she won The Athena at Peninsula Kingswood Golf Club in Melbourne by going one-under, one-under and even in her three four-hole matches on Sunday.

In Bennett's first event in Europe in 2024, she held a one stroke lead heading into the final round of the Montauban Ladies Open, ultimately finishing third, two strokes behind winner Helen Briem.

Amateur wins

 * 2018 Faldo Series Australia Championship, Savannah Harbour Junior Shootout
 * 2021 Tasmanian Open Championship, Northern Territory Women's Amateur, Victorian Women's Amateur

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Team appearances
Amateur
 * Australian Women's Interstate Teams Matches (representing New South Wales): 2018, 2019, 2022
 * Queen Sirikit Cup (representing Australia): 2022
 * Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Australia): 2022