Andrew Putnam

Andrew Putnam
Andrew Putnam
Personal information
Full name	Andrew David Putnam
Born	January 25, 1989 (age 35); Tacoma, Washington
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	170 lb (77 kg; 12 st)
Sporting nationality	United States
Career
College	Pepperdine University
Turned professional	2011
Current tour(s)	PGA Tour
Former tour(s)	Web.com Tour
Professional wins	3
Highest ranking	43 (August 18, 2019); (as of October 27, 2024)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	1
Korn Ferry Tour	2
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	CUT: 2020
PGA Championship	T59: 2018
U.S. Open	T43: 2019
The Open Championship	T32: 2019

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

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 earning 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

2010 Pacific Coast Amateur

Professional wins (3)

PGA Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	Aug 5, 2018	Barracuda Championship	47 pts (6-17-15-9=47)	4 points	Chad Campbell

Web.com Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Apr 26, 2014	WNB Golf Classic	−20 (66-66-64=196)*	7 strokes	Richard S. Johnson, Rod Pampling
2	Feb 19, 2017	Panama Claro Championship	−13 (64-68-67-68=267)	Playoff	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.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2017	Panama Claro Championship	Chris Baker	Won with birdie on first extra hole

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament	2010	2018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open	CUT
The Open Championship
PGA Championship		T59

Tournament	2019	2020
Masters Tournament		CUT
PGA Championship	T78	CUT
U.S. Open	T43	WD
The Open Championship	T32	NT

Did not play

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

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament	2019
The Players Championship	CUT

CUT = missed the halfway cut

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament	2018	2019
Championship
Match Play		T40
Invitational		T24
Champions	T4	T36

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