Richy Werenski

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Richy Werenski
Personal information
Full nameRichard Raymond Werenski
Born (1991-12-22) December 22, 1991 (age 32)
Springfield, Massachusetts
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Residence Jupiter, Florida [1]
Career
College Georgia Tech
Turned professional2014
Current tour(s) PGA Tour
Former tour(s) Web.com Tour
Professional wins5
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour1
Korn Ferry Tour1
Other3
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship T38: 2021
U.S. Open CUT: 2018, 2020
The Open Championship DNP

Richard Raymond Werenski (born December 22, 1991) is an American professional golfer.

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Early life

Werenski was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, but grew up in South Hadley and played golf at The Orchards Golf Club. He played college golf at Georgia Tech. [2] He won the 2012 Porter Cup.

Professional career

Werenski turned professional after graduating from Georgia Tech in 2014. He won his first two professional events, the Cutter Creek Classic, on the NGA Pro Golf Tour, and the Vermont Open; he added another NGA Pro Golf Tour win in July 2014. [1] [3]

In early 2015, Werenski won the Golf Channel's reality show Big Break The Palm Beaches, FL . [4] As the winner of The Big Break, he earned entry into the Barbasol Championship. He made the cut, finishing T72 in his first PGA Tour event.

Werenski earned his 2015 Web.com Tour card through qualifying school. He won for the first - and only - time on the Web.com Tour at the 2016 BMW Charity Pro-Am. [5] He finished the 2016 regular season second on the money list, which automatically earned him his PGA Tour card for 2017 as a Web.com graduate. [6]

On the PGA Tour in 2017, Werenski had a solid rookie year with three top-10s, including a playoff loss at the Barracuda Championship. [7] He made the 2017 FedEx Cup Playoffs and finished the season 106th in points to retain his card for 2018. [8] In 2018, he had another solid season, carding two top-10s, including another T-2 finish (this time at the Barbasol Championship), and made the playoffs again. He finished 110th in points and retained his card for 2019. [9]

In October 2019, Werenski broke a wrist in a car accident. He returned to the PGA Tour in January 2020. [10] At the 3M Open in July 2020, he led the field after the first round, [11] was tied for the lead after the second and third rounds, and finished with a T-3. [12]

On August 2, 2020, Werenski won the PGA Tour's opposite field event, the Barracuda Championship on Tahoe Mountain Club's Old Greenwood Course in Truckee, California. He holed a flop shot from the fairway on the par-4 16th for a five-point eagle and birdied the last for a one-point victory over Troy Merritt. Werenski won the event three years after losing to Chris Stroud on the second hole of a playoff. [13] The win made Werenski one of the last entrants into the 2020 PGA Championship.

Amateur wins

Professional wins (5)

PGA Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
1Aug 2, 2020 Barracuda Championship 39 pts (6-11-9-13=39)1 point Flag of the United States.svg Troy Merritt

PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2017 Barracuda Championship Flag of England.svg Greg Owen, Flag of the United States.svg Chris Stroud Stroud won with birdie on second extra hole
Owen eliminated by birdie on first hole

Web.com Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runners-up
1May 22, 2016 BMW Charity Pro-Am −21 (68-67-65-65=265)2 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Brian Campbell, Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brett Drewitt,
Flag of the United States.svg Zack Sucher

NGA Pro Golf Tour wins (2)

Other wins (1)

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order before 2019 and in 2020.

Tournament2018201920202021
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship CUTCUTT38
U.S. Open CUTCUT
The Open Championship NT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament20182019202020212022
The Players Championship T23T47CCUTCUT

"T" indicates a tie for a place
CUT = missed the halfway cut
C = Canceled after the first round due to the COVID-19 pandemic

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References

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