He had participated in the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am tournament seven times as of 2007 and teamed with Phil Mickelson to share the AT&T pro-am title in 2001 with the team of Tiger Woods and Jerry Chang. He has been an avid golfer, with a handicap of +0.6. Kenny G filed for divorce in August 2012. Kenny G has long been the musician many jazz listeners love to hate. He started playing the saxophone when he was 10 years old, in 1966. Kenny G's main instrument is the soprano saxophone, but he also on occasion plays alto and tenor saxophone.
In January 2012, Benson-Gorelick filed for legal separation. His fourth album, Duotones, brought him breakthrough success in 1986. Kenny G married Lyndie Benson-Gorelick in 1992, and the couple had two sons. His first saxophone was a Buffet Crampon alto.
He learned how to play under the direction of trumpeter Gerald Pfister and by practicing along with records (mostly of Grover Washington, Jr.). He started playing the saxophone in 1966 when he was 10 years old. He came into contact with a saxophone when he heard someone performing with one on The Ed Sullivan Show. His mother was originally from Saskatchewan, Canada. Kenny G was born in Seattle, Washington, to Jewish parents and grew up in the city's Seward Park neighborhood, which is a center of the city's Jewish community.