2001-02: One of the Jackets? top performers in 2002, recording a team high six top-10 finishes and ninetop-20s in ten events so far…Was named a second-team GCAA All-American…Earned All-ACC honors for the first time in his career in 2002…His 72.08 stroke average ranked second on the team…Top finish of the year was a tie for seventh place at the Puerto Rico Classic, as he finished at 4-under-par, 67-73-73?212, to help the Jackets to the team crown…Recorded a trio of ninth-place showings at the Long Cove Invitational, where he finished at 76-68-70?214, the Taylor Made/Waikoloa Intercollegiate, where he finished at 71-72-74?217 and the ACC Championships, where he finished at 67-74-70?211 in helping lead Tech to team wins in all three tournaments…Tied for 10th at both the Jerry Pate Intercollegiate (69-72-73?214) and the Las Vegas Collegiate (71-74-71?216)…Has figured in the Jackets? team scoring in 32 of 34 rounds in 2002, a percentage of .941, which led the team…Ranks sixth all-time at Tech with a 72.89 career scoring average.
2000-01: Named to the GCAA honorable mention All-America team, earning All-America honors for the first time in his career following his fourth-place finish at the NCAA Championships…Was Tech?s low individual at NCAAs, finishing with a score of 7-under-par, 66-72-72-71?281…Opening-round 66 was a career and season best…Competed in all of Tech?s tournaments, one of four players to do so…Finished in the top 10 on four occasions, with two of those finishes being ties for sixth at the Las Vegas Intercollegiate and the ACC Championships…Finished with a score of 69-73-71?213 at the ACCs to lead Tech to its seventh ACC crown…Recorded a 54-hole total of 74-69-70?213 in Vegas…Followed that effort two weeks later at the Morris Williams with a tie for ninth place in the rain-shortened event…Carded a two-day total of 1-under-par 70-73?143 to help lead the Jackets to their third-straight team title and fourth of the year…Tied his then-career-best round at the Golf World Invitational, as he carded a second-round 68 in Hilton Head, S.C. at the Arthur Hills Course…Finished second on the team with a 73.54 scoring average…Was the 26th-ranked player in the final Mastercard Collegiate Golf rankings….Named to the GCAA All-America Scholar list following the year.
1999-2000: Competed in three events for the Yellow Jackets during the 1999-2000 campaign…Top finish of the year came at the San Juan Shoot Out, as he tied for eighth place with a 2-under-par total of 72-73-69?214 in helping lead Tech to the team title in the event…His scoring average of 72.88 was good enough for third on the team, as all eight of his rounds counted toward the team total…Finished the year with the third-best par 5 scoring average on the team, as he recorded an average of 4.72 on par 5s during the season.
1998-99: Tech?s top freshman during the ?98-99 campaign…Finished second on the team with a 73.23 stroke average…In seven tournaments, he posted three top-20 and two top-10 finishes…In 21 rounds, had nine under par and two in the 60s…Best finish of the season was tied for second at the Golf World Invitational with a 4-under 72-70-70?212…Was Tech leader at the Puerto Rico Challenge after finishing fifth with an 8-under 70-70-68?208…Tied for 12th at the Golf Digest Intercollegiate with an even par 76-69-71?216…Had six top-50 finishes in seven tournaments overall.
Amateur?2001: Qualified for the U.S. Amateur at East Lake for the first time in his career, winning the qualifier at Wiltwyck Golf Club in Kingston, N.Y….Reached third round of match play by defeating David Griffiths (5 & 4) and John Engler (1 up) before falling to Jeff Quinney (1 up) in the third round…Finished fifth at The Players Amateur at 4-under-par, 69-73-70-68?280…2000: Top finish was a tie for seventh at the Players Amateur after shooting a 6-under-par, 71-69-71-71?282…Also finished tied for 24th at the Northeast Amateur with his four-day total of 72-69-74-70?285…Placed in a tie for 48th at the Southern Amateur with a 72-hole score of 74-75-74-74?297…1999: Tied for 13th at the Northeast Amateur after shooting a 70-71-70-75?286…Tied for 30th at the Dogwood Invitational with a 68-66-71-75?280…Tied for 24th at the Cardinal Amateur with a 72-73-71?216…1998: Was second in the AJGA/Rolex Tournament of Champions in 1998…Tied for third in the Cardinal Amateur…1997: Ranked fifth in the nation at the end of 1997…Was a 1997 first team AJGA All-American…Won honorable mention AJGA All-America honors in 1998…Represented the United States in the Izzo Cup versus Sweden…Represented the East in the East vs. West Canon Cup.
High School: Four-year letterman and three-time captain for Buddy Walker at Etowah High School? Finished second in the Georgia 4A state championship as a senior and third as a sophomore…Won the Hardaway Invitational in 1998…Helped Etowah to a Region Championship in 1996…Was president of his junior and senior classes at Etowah.
Personal: Full name is Kris Keeling Mikkelsen…Born May 22, 1980…Parents are Scott and Emily Mikkelsen…Father is a retired Brigadier General in the Georgia Air National Guard, who graduated from Tech in 1963…Graduated with a degree in management.
Career Collegiate Finishes
1998-99
T44 Red River Classic 75-72-70?217 T33 Duke Golf Classic 75-72-76?223 T2 Golf World Palmetto Dunes Inv. 72-70-70?212 T21 Waikoloa Intercollegiate 70-85-75?230 5 Puerto Rico Classic 70-70-68?208 T12 Golf Digest Intercollegiate 76-69-71?216 T62 Chris Schenkel Invitational 79-78-75?232
1999-2000
T21 Carpet Capital Collegiate 72-72-73?217 T31 Iron Duke Golf Classic 78-74?152 T8 San Juan Shoot Out 72-73-69?214 2000-01 T71 Ping/Golfweek Preview Invit. 79-79?158 T23 Carpet Capital Collegiate 73-70-79?222 T33 Jerry Pate Intercollegiate 74-74-72?220 T24 Golf World Invitational 70-68-74?212 T96 Taylor Made/Waikoloa Intercollegiate 87-81-75?243 T28 Puerto Rico Classic 80-72-70?222 T6 Las Vegas Intercollegiate 74-69-70?213 T9 Morris Williams Intercollegiate 70-73?143 44 U.S. Collegiate Championships 73-74-79?226 6 ACC Championship 69-73-71?213 T75 NCAA East Regional 72-72-74?221 T4 NCAA Championship 66-72-72-71?281
2001-02
T43 Ping/Golfweek Preview Invit. 73-74-77?224 T11 Carpet Capital Collegiate 72-70-75?217 T10 Jerry Pate Intercollegiate 69-72-73?214 T9 Long Cove Invitational 76-68-70?214 T17 Savane College All-America Classic 69-73-73?215 T9 Waikoloa Intercollegiate 71-72-74?217 T7 Puerto Rico Classic 67-73-73?212 T10 Las Vegas Collegiate 71-74-71?216 T16 Ping/U.S. Collegiate Champs. 72-74-74?220 T9 ACC Championship 67-74-70?211 T18 NCAA East Regional 73-74-74?221 T33 NCAA Championship 70-74-71-71?286
Career Statistics
Year Trn T10 T20 Rnds/Cnt Strk Avg. Lo Hi 98-99 7 2 3 21/16 1538 73.23 68 85 9 2
99-2000 3 1 1 8/8 583 72.88 69 78 1 1
2000-01 12 4 4 35/28 2574 73.54 66 87 12 4
2001-02 11 6 9 34/32 2667* 72.08 67 77 11 4
Total 33 13 17 98/84 7362* 72.89 66 87 33 11
*-Includes three rounds at Savane College All-America Classic.
Low Round: 66, NCAA Championship, 2001 Low Tournament: 208, Puerto Rico Challenge, 1999 Best Finish: T2, Golf World Invitational, 1998-99