Andrew Putnam

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Andrew Putnam
Personal information
Full nameAndrew David Putnam
Born (1989-01-25) January 25, 1989 (age 35)
Tacoma, Washington
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight170 lb (77 kg; 12 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Career
College Pepperdine University
Turned professional2011
Current tour(s) PGA Tour
Former tour(s) Web.com Tour
Professional wins3
Highest ranking 43 (August 18, 2019) [1]
(as of May 19, 2024)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour1
Korn Ferry Tour2
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament CUT: 2020
PGA Championship T53: 2024
U.S. Open T31: 2022
The Open Championship T32: 2019

Andrew David Putnam (born January 25, 1989) is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour.

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Early years

Born and raised in Tacoma, Washington, Putnam graduated high school in 2007 from Life Christian Academy. His older brother Michael has also played on the PGA Tour.

Putnam played college golf in southern California at Pepperdine University in Malibu from 2007 to 2011. He won two tournaments and was a three time All-American. [2]

Career

2011–2017

Putnam turned professional in 2011, and he played on the eGolf Professional Tour in 2012. [3] He first played on the Web.com Tour in 2013 and was 49th on the money list, not enough to earn a PGA Tour card. Putnam won for the first time as a professional in April 2014 at the WNB Golf Classic on the Web.com Tour. [4] He made his PGA Tour debut at the Shell Houston Open in 2014, where he played in the same tournament as Michael, but missed the cut. Putnam finished eighth in the Web.com Tour Finals that year to earn his PGA Tour card for the 2014–15 season. [5]

In the 2014-15 PGA Tour Season Putnam missed the cut in 13 out of 23 events. He finished 192nd in the season-long FedEx Cup and lost his tour card, returning to the Web.com Tour for the 2016 season. [6]

In the 2016 Web.com Tour season he finished 41st on the money list and won $125,981, this was not enough to earn a PGA Tour card. In the 2017 Web.com Tour Putnam won $266,296 and finished 8th in the regular season. He also won the Panama Claro Championship in February 2017. He regained his PGA Tour card for the 2017-18 PGA Tour Season. [7]

2017–18 PGA Tour season

Putnam gained his first PGA Tour win in August 2018 at the Barracuda Championship, an alternate event near Reno, Nevada. He finished the 2017-18 PGA Tour Season with 5 Top 10s and earned $2,387,382. He finished 35th in the season-long FedEx Cup.

2018–19 PGA Tour season

On October 28, 2018, Putnam tied for 4th in the WGC-HSBC Champions tournament in China, earning $393,000. [8]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (3)

PGA Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1Aug 5, 2018 Barracuda Championship 47 pts (6-17-15-9=47)4 points Flag of the United States.svg Chad Campbell

Web.com Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
1Apr 26, 2014 WNB Golf Classic −20 (66-66-64=196)*7 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Richard S. Johnson, Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rod Pampling
2Feb 19, 2017 Panama Claro Championship −13 (64-68-67-68=267)Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Chris Baker

*Note: The 2014 WNB Golf Classic was shortened to 54 holes due to strong winds.

Web.com Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2017 Panama Claro Championship Flag of the United States.svg Chris Baker Won with birdie on first extra hole

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament201020112012201320142015201620172018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship
PGA Championship T59
Tournament201920202021202220232024
Masters Tournament CUT
PGA Championship T78CUTCUTT53
U.S. Open T43WDT31T43
The Open Championship T32NTT55
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament201920202021202220232024
The Players Championship CUTCCUTCUTCUT53

CUT = missed the halfway cut
C = Canceled after the first round due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament201820192020202120222023
Championship
Match Play T40NT1R16
Invitational T24
Champions T4T36NT1NT1NT1

1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Top 10
  Did not play

NT = No tournament
"T" = tied
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
Note that the Championship and Invitational were discontinued from 2022. The Champions was discontinued from 2023.

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References

  1. ↑ "Week 33 2019 Ending 18 Aug 2019" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Pepperdine Golf: Records Book: 2013–14 Men's Golf" (PDF). pp. 6, 12, 29. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 30, 2014. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Andrew Putnam profile". PGA Tour . Retrieved April 29, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Andrew Putnam wins on Web.com". ESPN. Associated Press. April 27, 2014.
  5. ↑ Andrew Putnam at the PGA Tour official site
  6. ↑ Andrew Putnam at the PGA Tour official site
  7. ↑ Andrew Putnam at the PGA Tour official site
  8. ↑ "2018 WGC-HSBC Championship Winner's Purse and Payout". Golfnewsnet.com. 28 October 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
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