After high school, Kelley received a full scholarship to University of Iowa. While at U of I, Kelley was selected to both the All-Big 10 Team and the University World Cup Team, which competed against the world in Sardinia, Italy. 
After leaving University of Iowa, Kelley turned professional and competed on The Future’s Tour and the Player’s West Tour. After a year of competition, Kelley moved to New Jersey. In 1992, she began teaching at Port Imperial Driving Range in Weehawken, NJ.

In 1993, Kelley began teaching at the Staten Island Golf Practice Center on Staten Island. She quickly built her business into a highly successful career. In the past 15 years, Kelley has done many things to change the face of golf and recreation on Staten Island and Brooklyn. Recognizing that their was a void in women’s golf, she created the Kelley Brooke Women’s Golf Clinics, The Winter Strength Training Program (held at the South Shore Jewish Community Center), The Kelley Brooke Winter Golf School for Women and created a private lesson program for more than 1000 women per year. She also created a Psychology of Golf Program for men and women to follow.

One of her proudest accomplishments is the formation of the not-for-profit NYC Junior Golf Club, Inc. Also recognizing that youth golf in New York City wasn’t as strong as it could be, Kelley organized a Board of Directors consisting of 12 influential golfers on Staten Island and Brooklyn and created the not-for-profit entity. The club services economically disadvantaged youth along with the average junior golfer. Besides providing instruction, the club provides an eight-week golf league, Pee Wee Tournaments (ages 6-8), a club championship and an awards dinner. Recently, a scholarship program (The Shawn Hicks Memorial Scholarship Program) was started awarding four deserving members of the club with $500 savings bonds each. Currently the organization has 150 members.  

Following her passion for junior golf, Kelley created the Police Athletic League Golf Program, writing an instructional booklet and educating volunteers on how to teach kids golf. The P.A.L. is a city-wide program that services over 4,000 NYC youth. The Metropolitan New York Park and Recreation Society, Inc. gave Kelley the Community Volunteer Award for her work with junior golf and her involvement with the Police Athletic League. Each year Kelley donates her golf ranges to the Police Athletic League for their golf activities. 

In 2000 Kelley created the Kelley Brooke Junior Golf Camp. During it’s first two years the camp was sponsored by Coca-Cola. During the next two years Mc Donald’s held that title. The camp is attended annually by nearly 200 youths.  

During the winter months, Kelley conducted The Kelley Brooke Winter Golf School at Sportsfest on Staten Island. Over 100 kids attended each year.  
The MET PGA Golf In Schools Program partnered with Kelley in 2004, asking her to become the borough Director. As a result, over 6 high school teams were given weekly clinics and practice time in the Spring of 2005.  In the same year, Kelley began working with the City Parks Foundation. 

The NYC Board of Education asked Kelley to help them develop a “Fit for Life” Program for children with disabilities in 2000. Kelley donated her time to educate teachers on how to modify the golf swing to accommodate their student population. As a result, over 1,000 children with disabilities throughout the five boroughs have had an opportunity to play a game that would never have been presented to them.  

Through her work with the “Fit for Life” program, Kelley created the District 75 Summer Golf Program. Unbelievably, children in wheelchairs, children with Autism, children with Down’s Syndrome and children with Cerebral Palsy now play golf weekly throughout the summer. The program has grown to include more than 45 schools, city wide. Now 540 children and their teachers meet each week at Alley Pond Golf Center for organized clinics.  

In 1998, Kelley wrote a monthly instructional article for the national golf magazine, Junior Golf Magazine. Kelley has also been dubbed “The Apostle of Junior Golf” by one local sportswriter for her tireless devotion to the junior golf cause. 

In 1997, Kelley was published in Golf Digest. Her instructional tip appeared in the March, 1998 issue. She also created, produced and hosted an instructional golf television program called On the Tee with Kelley Brooke. The 26- week season originally aired on Staten Island Cable, but is now also viewed in Brooklyn, New Jersey and Kelley’s home state of Iowa. 

In 2002, Kelley created an after work golf league for adult golfers. The NYC Golf League ran for ten weeks on South Shore Golf Course on Staten Island.  

In May of 2002, Kelley volunteered her time to the Staten Island University Hospital on The National Amputee Golf Association’s First Swing Program. As a result, Kelley now works in the NYC Department of Education’s Adaptive Physical Education Program, advising staff on adaptive techniques for children with physical handicaps. 

In 2001, Kelley was also honored by The Soroptimist International of Staten Island, as a Woman of Distinction. She was honored at the “Making a Difference for Women Awards” luncheon. The “Boy Scouts of America” presented Kelley the “Woman of Achievement” award, for her work with New York’s youth in 2007. 

In 2005, Kelley was voted one of the Top 50 Golf Instructors in the country by Golf Range Magazine. 

In 2008, the Boys Scouts of America presented Kelley an award for her work with the children of NYC.

In Kelley’s spare time, she enjoys participating in triathlons, kayaking, flying single engine Cessna planes, running, ocean swims, surfing and playing golf or tennis. close