Eastern Washington University Athletics

Kyle Kelly is a former Eastern golfer from 1996-2000 who turned pro and made an impact regionally by winning the 2010 Rosauers Open Invitational Golf Tournament at Indian Canyon Golf Course in Spokane, Wash. He had a 15-under-par three-round total of 198 to win the title by one stroke. Kelly graduated in 1996 from North Central High School in Spokane, and played the next four seasons for the Eagles (letter winner in 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-2000). He was the Big Sky Conference runner-up in the 1998-99 season to earn All-Big Sky Conference honors, and also earned All-BSC honors in 1996-97 with a seventh-place finish. As a team, Eastern was second in the league in his freshman and sophomore seasons, third as a junior and sixth as a senior. In 1997-98, Eastern lost the title by a single stroke. Four times he was selected to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team. 

As a professional, Kelly spent 17 years as Director of Golf at Tamarisk Country Club in Rancho Mirage, Calif. The Club has a storied history, with Ben Hogan serving as the first golf professional in 1952.  Notable members include Frank Sinatra, Red Skelton, The Marx Bros, Bob Hope and others. Prior to that, he worked as an assistant professional at The Creek at Qualchan in Spokane. After his time in California, he has recently relocated back to Spokane and has taken over duties as Director of Golf at The Creek at Qualchan. Besides the 2010 Rosauers title, as a professional golfer Kelly won the Desert Chapter PGA title in 2012 and 2015.  Kelly has qualified for, and competed five times, in the PGA Professional National Championship, the most prestigious event for club professionals. Worth noting is he actually provided the winning nickname "The Inferno" for Roos Field in a contest prior to the debut of EWU's new red Sprinturf football surface in 2010.