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Chris Kirk recently won the Honda Classic to finish one shot over Eric Cole. The American golfer has won eight professional events in his career, including five on the PGA Tour and three Korn Ferry events.
He also competed at the Masters and went on to finish at T20 in 2014.
Kirk turned professional in 2007 after competing at the Walker Cup. He played on the Nationwide Tour for three seasons before finishing runner-up at the 2008 Knoxville Open. He lost to Jarrod Lyle.
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Kirk witnessed a successful year in his career in 2010. Despite having the season start with a defeat in the first tournament, he went on to finish runner-up in the BMW Charity Pro-Am. He then won the Fort Smith Classic and then registered the second victory of his career at the Knoxville News Sentinel Open in August.
After finishing second on the Nationwide Tour money list, Chris Kirk earned his PGA Tour card despite not competing in the last tournaments of the season due to a wrist injury.
A look into the PGA Tour career of Chris Kirk
Kirk started his PGA Tour career in 2011, finishing second to Phil Mickelson at the Shell Houston Open. He later competed at the Viking Open and finished a shot ahead of George McNeill and Tom Pernice Jr.
His victory helped him qualify for the PGA Championship, where he finished in 34th place. Kirk had an amazing start to the PGA Tour and he had four finishes in the top-10s. He ended the season finishing 42nd in the FedEx Cup standings and retained the card for the 2012 season.
Kirk clinched his second PGA Tour win at the McGladrey Classic in 2013, defeating Briny Baird and Tim Clark by one stroke and qualifying for the Masters.
His third PGA Tour title came at the Deutsche Bank Championship in 2014 and his fourth at the 2015 Crowne Plaza Invitational in Colonial.
Chris Kirk finally won the fifth PGA Tour title of his career on February 26 after lifting the 2023 Honda Classic trophy.
Chris Kirk opens up about his struggle with alcoholism
Back in 2019, Kirk was dealing with depression and alcoholism. His addiction affected his health. Nonetheless, he came out strong and finally won the PGA Tour title after almost nine years.
Speaking about alcoholism, Chris Kirk said:
"Yeah, I owe everything that I have in my entire life to my sobriety. I wouldn’t be doing this for a living anymore. I probably wouldn’t have the family that I have currently anymore. I came really close to losing everything that I cared about."
“For that to have happened and worked out for me, obviously there were some decisions that I made, but mostly the grace of God and a lot of other people that really helped me along the way," he added. "But yeah, it’s something that’s constantly on my mind, so it’s pretty easy for me to see that winning the Honda Classic is kind of a bonus when literally every good thing I have in my life I owe to that.”
