Player Highlights
It’s not much of a surprise that Pendrith’s dream foursome would include Tiger Woods, Dustin Johnson and Gary Woodland, three PGA TOUR players known for their distance off the tee. Pendrith, a 2014 graduate of Kent State University and one of only two players to represent the school all four years at the NCAA Championships, is a fellow power player who has impressed with his length in his rookie season on the Web.com Tour. Pendrith was leading the Tour in Driving Distance with a 316.6-yard average through the end of May. That he is atop the Driving Distance category would not be a surprise to anyone who saw him earn low-amateur honors at the 2014 RBC Canadian Open on the PGA TOUR, where he shot an opening 65 and ranked second in Driving Distance for the week to Patrick Rodgers. Given how early some juniors are immersed in golf these days, Pendrith was a relatively late starter, taking up the game at age 12 and also excelling in baseball during high school. He starred on the men’s golf team at Kent State, where he was a three-time All-Mid American Conference honoree and MAC Player of the Year his junior season. Pendrith earned three runner-up finishes in eight starts on the 2015 Mackenzie Tour–PGA TOUR Canada, securing a third-place finish on the Order of Merit and Web.com Tour status for this season. Golf runs through his family. His sister, Jennifer, is golf course superintendent at Kawartha Country Club in Ontario.
