Amid a Successful Gig, Kevin Kisner’s Career Hangs on the Edge After Recent Sony Open Disaster

Such a strange dichotomy. One week, Kevin Kisner received all the claps from golfers and fans alike at the Sentry. A week later, the four-time PGA Tour winner was hoping he had more time to practice. “It’s karma”, that’s how Kisner analyzed his game with his characteristic sarcasm. 

But the 39-year-old has been struggling on the greens long before his verbal chops made him the talk of the golf town. Kisner had missed eight cuts last year, failing to break within the top 30. The Sony Open disaster is just the latest episode of a long struggle.

Kisner’s year-long struggle on the greens

Kisner’s woes on the greens were visible at the Wai’alae Country Club. The veteran missed a four-foot putt that put him at the butt end of all jokes because of his “knock it in” jab at Jordan Spieth a week earlier. A struggling Kisner eventually finished 5-over par in the first round and carded 1-over 71 in the second round, eventually crashing out of his first event this year.

The Sony Open was the fifth time in his last ten outings that Kisner missed the cut. The last time Kisner broke into the top 50 was in March at the WGC-Dell Technologies, where the Aiken native finished in the 31st position. 

In his last outing prior to the Sony Open, the 39-year-old managed to stay at 78 in the RSM Classic. The poor show has impacted his world ranking as well. When Kevin Kisner teed off at Pebble Beach last year, he was 32nd in the OWGR table. Nine months later, the 39-year-old was out of the top 100 when he lined up for the RSM Classic.

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After finishing last year at 164th, the Sony Open catastrophe has also kicked him out of the top 200. Currently, Kisner is 230th in the OWGR. This, however, stands as the polar opposite of his off-the-greens performance, where the PGA Tour pro is still reigning in the hearts of fans.

Kevin Kisner still rules the booth

Kisner has time and again insisted that his place is on the greens, not in the booth. No matter how swiftly his sharp tongue lashes at golfers’ mistakes, Kisner prefers to be on the other side. So, after the Sony Open, the four-time PGA Tour winner will once again step on the greens at the American Express. 

After that, however, he is back at the booth, trading his Ping driver for his “little brain” and “big mouth.” Kisner is getting used to that, it seems, as he joked after his strange performance, “It’s a lot less stressful in the booth.” Next week, Kisner will look to blow the cobwebs out in American Express. After that, he will once again be back in the booth at the WM Phoenix Open.

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