Kelly began working in the golf industry while playing Division I golf at Seattle University, working at Stanford's summer golf camps and volunteering with the First Tee of Seattle. She started her professional career as an Assistant Golf Professional at Manchester Country Club in Bedford, NH in 2018 and was quickly promoted to First Assistant in 2019 where she worked until 2021. She found her passion in teaching and took a new role at Wellesley Country Club in Wellesley, MA in the spring of 2021 before heading to Florida during the winter at John's Island Club in Vero where she was a PGA Teaching Professional. While she was there, she was recruited to become the Director of Instruction at the Creek Club in Locust Valley. After getting married, her and her husband settled in Pennsylvania for two years where she was the Director of Instruction at Huntingdon Valley Country Club. They welcomed their daughter, Lucy, and decided to move closer to family in Indiana in 2025. Kelly now works at South Bend Country Club as the Assistant General Manager and Director of Golf. Kelly grew up playing every sport and is passionate about effective communication to her students, always having a positive attitude, and keeping things simple! She loves the game of golf and has helped share this passion with hundreds of students from the ages of 4 all the way to 98 throughout her career.