Billy Andrade

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Billy Andrade
Personal information
Full nameWilliam Thomas Andrade
Born (1964-01-25) January 25, 1964 (age 60)
Bristol, Rhode Island
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight160 lb (73 kg; 11 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
ResidenceBristol, Rhode Island
Atlanta, Georgia
SpouseJody
ChildrenGrace, Cameron
Career
College Wake Forest University
Turned professional1987
Current tour(s) PGA Champions Tour
Former tour(s) PGA Tour
Professional wins12
Highest ranking 42 (June 2, 2002) [1]
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour4
PGA Tour Champions3
Other5
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament T38: 1999
PGA Championship 6th: 2001
U.S. Open T6: 1992
The Open Championship T13: 2001
Achievements and awards
Payne Stewart Award 2022

William Thomas Andrade (born January 25, 1964) is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Champions Tour. He was previously a member of the PGA Tour, where he was a four-time winner.

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Early life

Andrade was born in Bristol, Rhode Island. He is an American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) alum and 1981 Rolex Junior Player of the Year. [2]

He attended the Providence Country Day School for high school and then made his way to Wake Forest University where he helped lead the Demon Deacons to the 1986 NCAA Championship. He played on the U.S. team in the 1987 Walker Cup, and turned professional in the same year.

Professional career

He has four wins on the PGA Tour: the 1991 Kemper Open and Buick Classic, the 1998 Bell Canadian Open, and the 2000 Invensys Classic. He was the first golfer to win on the PGA Tour using the Titleist Pro V1 golf ball at the 2000 Invensys Classic at Las Vegas. He has been featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking. Andrade continues to play on a limited basis, and finished T5 at the Sanderson Farms Championship on the PGA Tour in July 2013, earning $114,000. He became eligible to compete on the Champions Tour on January 25, 2014, when he turned 50 years old. He had exempt status on the Champions Tour due to his position on the career earnings money list and his multiple victories on the PGA Tour.

Charity contributions

Andrade is also an active contributor to charity. He and fellow PGA Tour professional Brad Faxon received the Golf Writers of America's 1999 Charlie Bartlett Award for their "unselfish contributions to society", and the American Heart Association's 2002 Gold Heart Award in recognition of their charity efforts. Also in 2002, Andrade and Faxon were named winners of the 2002 Ambassadors of Golf Award. Together, they run Billy Andrade/Brad Faxon Charities for Children, Inc., a non-profit organization that, as of 2005, has donated over $3 million to needy children in Rhode Island and southern Massachusetts. Since 1999, Andrade and Faxon have also served as hosts of the CVS Charity Classic, a golf tournament held at the Rhode Island Country Club each June, whose proceeds benefit the two players' charity. Every fall Andrade and PGA Tour player Stewart Cink co-host the East Lake Invitational held at East Lake Golf Club which helps to benefit the East Lake Foundation. In 2022, Andrade received the Payne Stewart Award, given annually to a golfer who exemplifies Stewart's values of character, charitable efforts, and sportsmanship. [3]

Personal life

Andrade resides in Atlanta, Georgia, and Bristol, Rhode Island, with his wife, Jody, and their children Cameron and Grace. Unusual for a professional golfer, he is also a Democrat. [4]

Andrade has a close friendship with Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Sandy Koufax whom he met at La Cumbre Country Club in Santa Barbara, California when Andrade was still a college player. Koufax, an avid golfer, regularly played at Andrade's annual charity golf tournament at Wannamoisett Country Club in Rumford, Rhode Island. [5]

Amateur wins (4)

Professional wins (12)

PGA Tour wins (4)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1Jun 2, 1991 Kemper Open −21 (68-64-64-67=263)Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Sluman
2Jun 9, 1991 Buick Classic −9 (68-68-69-68=273)2 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Brad Bryant
3Sep 13, 1998 Bell Canadian Open −11 (68-69-69-69=275)Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Bob Friend
4Oct 15, 2000 Invensys Classic at Las Vegas −28 (67-67-63-67-68=332)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Phil Mickelson

PGA Tour playoff record (2–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 1991 Kemper Open Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Sluman Won with birdie on first extra hole
2 1993 Buick Southern Open Flag of the United States.svg Mark Brooks, Flag of the United States.svg Brad Bryant,
Flag of the United States.svg Bob Estes, Flag of the United States.svg John Inman 		Inman won with birdie on second extra hole
Andrade, Brooks and Bryant eliminated by birdie on first hole
3 1998 Bell Canadian Open Flag of the United States.svg Bob Friend Won with par on first extra hole

Other wins (5)

PGA Tour Champions wins (3)

Legend
Tour Championships (1)
Other PGA Tour Champions (2)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
1Apr 26, 2015 Big Cedar Lodge Legends of Golf
(with Flag of the United States.svg Joe Durant)		−19 (63-51-45=159)3 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Sandy Lyle and Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Ian Woosnam
2Aug 23, 2015 Boeing Classic −9 (69-65-73=207)1 stroke Flag of Germany.svg Bernhard Langer
3Nov 8, 2015 Charles Schwab Cup Championship −14 (65-67-70-64=266)Playoff Flag of Germany.svg Bernhard Langer

PGA Tour Champions playoff record (1–3)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2014 Shaw Charity Classic Flag of the United States.svg Fred Couples Lost to birdie on first extra hole
2 2015 Charles Schwab Cup Championship Flag of Germany.svg Bernhard Langer Won with birdie on first extra hole
3 2016 Allianz Championship Flag of Mexico.svg Esteban Toledo Lost to par on third extra hole
4 2019 PURE Insurance Championship Flag of the United States.svg Kirk Triplett Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament198719881989
Masters Tournament CUT
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship T54
PGA Championship CUT
Tournament1990199119921993199419951996199719981999
Masters Tournament T5461CUTT38
U.S. Open CUTT6T33T21T23T13CUT
The Open Championship T25CUTCUT70CUT
PGA Championship T14T32T12CUTT47CUTCUTCUTT44CUT
Tournament2000200120022003200420052006
Masters Tournament CUT
U.S. Open CUTCUTCUT
The Open Championship T13CUTCUT
PGA Championship 6CUTT10CUTCUTT41
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place.

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Masters Tournament 00000063
U.S. Open 000014115
The Open Championship 00000294
PGA Championship 000024178
Totals00003104320

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament1990199119921993199419951996199719981999
The Players Championship CUTT27CUTT20CUTT8CUT5T35T62
Tournament20002001200220032004200520062007
The Players Championship CUTT44T4T48CUTCUTCUTCUT
  Top 10

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament2002
Match Play R64
Championship
Invitational
  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play

Results in senior major championships

Results not in chronological order before 2022.

Tournament20142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
The Tradition T13T23T34T2NTT10T21T23T57
Senior PGA Championship T48T34T5T3T45T8NTT1472T59T34
U.S. Senior Open 64T5T48T23T16T33NTT42T27
Senior Players Championship T33T7T25T46T59T18T33T6358T32
Senior British Open Championship T19T9T3T12T24NT
  Top 10
  Did not play

"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

Professional

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References

  1. ↑ "Week 22 2002 Ending 2 Jun 2002" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  2. ↑ "American Junior Golf Association". AJGA Information. Retrieved November 15, 2012.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. ↑ "Billy Andrade honored with PGA Tour's Payne Stewart Award presented by Southern Company". PGA Tour. July 13, 2022.
  4. ↑ "A Player, Politician, and Musician". Golf Digest. September 22, 2008.
  5. ↑ Auclair, T. J. (October 12, 2017). "How oversleeping led to golfer's lifelong friendship with Sandy Koufax". PGA of America.
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