Dan Ellis
Email
[email protected]
Mobile Number
5175993909
Hometown
South Bend, IN
College Team (Past, Present, or Future)
Michigan State 2008-2013
Which social media platform do you use the most?
none
What's your favorite food?
A brat from the tent behind No. 8 and No. 10 during the KCC Invitational
What's your favorite music or musician?
Rolling Stones
Home Course?
South Bend CC
What's Your Favorite Golf Course in the World
Wawonowin CC, Champion, MI (home course growing up in the UP)
Career Low Round/Location
63 (-9), South Bend CC, 2023
Hole in One? Where?
5 holes-in-one, most recently May 2024
Golf Achievements
2007 US Junior Amateur
2011 US Amateur Public Links, Round of 64
2014 US Mid-Amateur
2015 US Amateur
2019 US Mid-Amateur Round of 16
2021 US Amateur Four-Ball
2019 GAM Player of the Year
2020, 2021 Michigan PGA Pro-Am Champion
2008, 2012 Upper Peninsula Men's Champion
2023 South Bend CC Club Champion
Previous KCC Tournament Highlights
Longtime partners with Dan Hinkle. 1 quarterfinal appearance in 10 tries!
Career Golf Achievements
USGA Events 2007 US Junior Amateur 2011 US Amateur Public Links, Round of 64 2014 US Mid-Amateur 2015 US Amateur 2019 US Mid-Amateur, Round of 16 2021 US Amateur Four-Ball Other Accolades 2008, 2011 Upper Peninsula Golf Association Champion 2012 NCAA Regional, All-Midwest Region Team 2019 GAM Player of the Year 2017, 2020, 2021 GAM Four-Ball Champions (w/Jimmy Dewling) 2020, 2021 Michigan PGA Pro-Am Champions (w/Chad Kurmel) 2023, 2024 South Bend CC Champion
Proudest Golf Accomplishment
Having a complete amateur golf season in 2019 and beating out my former player/boss James Piot for the GAM Player of the Year.
Career Low Round
63 (-9), South Bend CC, 2024
Introduced to Golf
My father; too young to remember!
Biggest Golf Influence
The dozens of student-athletes I have coached at Michigan State.
Ultimate Golf Trip
St. Andrews, Scotland. Good luck stopping me from retiring there!
Tell us about your family?
My wife Caroline and I have a 1 year-old son named Dean (after my dad), and another child on the way in November. Caroline is headed into year 3 as the Head Coach of Notre Dame's women's golf team.
What's the best thing about the KCC Invitational? If it's your first time, what are you looking forward to the most?
Dan and I have played together something like 12 times in this event, and my favorite part by far is the camaraderie and friendships that we have made throughout the years. KCC has the most gracious and friendly membership I have ever been around!
[email protected]
Mobile Number
5175993909
Hometown
South Bend, IN
College Team (Past, Present, or Future)
Michigan State 2008-2013
Which social media platform do you use the most?
none
What's your favorite food?
A brat from the tent behind No. 8 and No. 10 during the KCC Invitational
What's your favorite music or musician?
Rolling Stones
Home Course?
South Bend CC
What's Your Favorite Golf Course in the World
Wawonowin CC, Champion, MI (home course growing up in the UP)
Career Low Round/Location
63 (-9), South Bend CC, 2023
Hole in One? Where?
5 holes-in-one, most recently May 2024
Golf Achievements
2007 US Junior Amateur
2011 US Amateur Public Links, Round of 64
2014 US Mid-Amateur
2015 US Amateur
2019 US Mid-Amateur Round of 16
2021 US Amateur Four-Ball
2019 GAM Player of the Year
2020, 2021 Michigan PGA Pro-Am Champion
2008, 2012 Upper Peninsula Men's Champion
2023 South Bend CC Club Champion
Previous KCC Tournament Highlights
Longtime partners with Dan Hinkle. 1 quarterfinal appearance in 10 tries!
Career Golf Achievements
USGA Events 2007 US Junior Amateur 2011 US Amateur Public Links, Round of 64 2014 US Mid-Amateur 2015 US Amateur 2019 US Mid-Amateur, Round of 16 2021 US Amateur Four-Ball Other Accolades 2008, 2011 Upper Peninsula Golf Association Champion 2012 NCAA Regional, All-Midwest Region Team 2019 GAM Player of the Year 2017, 2020, 2021 GAM Four-Ball Champions (w/Jimmy Dewling) 2020, 2021 Michigan PGA Pro-Am Champions (w/Chad Kurmel) 2023, 2024 South Bend CC Champion
Proudest Golf Accomplishment
Having a complete amateur golf season in 2019 and beating out my former player/boss James Piot for the GAM Player of the Year.
Career Low Round
63 (-9), South Bend CC, 2024
Introduced to Golf
My father; too young to remember!
Biggest Golf Influence
The dozens of student-athletes I have coached at Michigan State.
Ultimate Golf Trip
St. Andrews, Scotland. Good luck stopping me from retiring there!
Tell us about your family?
My wife Caroline and I have a 1 year-old son named Dean (after my dad), and another child on the way in November. Caroline is headed into year 3 as the Head Coach of Notre Dame's women's golf team.
What's the best thing about the KCC Invitational? If it's your first time, what are you looking forward to the most?
Dan and I have played together something like 12 times in this event, and my favorite part by far is the camaraderie and friendships that we have made throughout the years. KCC has the most gracious and friendly membership I have ever been around!
