Kenny Perry
Summary
Near misses
- 1996 PGA Championship Valhalla Golf Club · runner-up to Mark Brooks · 277 · lost playoff
- 2003 The Open Royal St George's Golf Club · finished T8 · 287 (+3)
- 2009 The Masters Augusta National Golf Club · runner-up to Angel Cabrera · 276 · lost playoff
Ryder Cup
2 Cups, 6 matches: 2 won, 3 lost, 1 halved, 2.5 points. Foursomes 1-1-1, four-ball 0-1-0, singles 1-1-0.
Rivals
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Ryder Cup partners
Ryder Cup opponents
Next in the chain: Mark Brooks' rivals →
Results by championship
Best day
2009 Masters
Runner-up to Angel Cabrera · 276.
Chosen by rule: the most recent of the best major finishes. Year page: 2009.
Career line, 1996–2009
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- Runner-up
- Top 10
- Ryder Cup, USA
Kenny Perry was born in 1960 in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. Perry's best major finish was second, at the 1996 PGA Championship and the 2009 Masters. Perry played in 2 Ryder Cups for USA (2004, 2008), winning 2, losing 3 and halving 1 of 6 matches for 2.5 points.
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The record
Near misses
Top-10 finishes are listed for The Open, the one championship with a full top 10 every year.
- 1996 PGA Championship Valhalla Golf Club · runner-up to Mark Brooks · 277 · lost playoff
- 2003 The Open Royal St George's Golf Club · finished T8 · 287 (+3)
- 2009 The Masters Augusta National Golf Club · runner-up to Angel Cabrera · 276 · lost playoff
Ryder Cup
Perry played 2 Ryder Cups for USA: 6 matches, 2 won, 3 lost, 1 halved, 2.5 points (41.7% of those available). By format: foursomes 1-1-1, four-ball 0-1-0, singles 1-1-0 (won-lost-halved).
- 2004 Oakland Hills Country Club (South Course) USA · Europe won 18.5–9.5 · 0-2-0, 0 points · automatic
- 2008 Valhalla Golf Club USA · USA won 16.5–11.5 · 2-1-1, 2.5 points · automatic
Partners, with matches played together: Jim Furyk (3), Stewart Cink (1).
Sources
Elsewhere: Wikipedia.
Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.