Michael Putnam | |||||
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Personal information | |||||
Full name | Michael John Putnam | ||||
Born | Tacoma, Washington | June 1, 1983||||
Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||
Weight | 215 lb (98 kg; 15.4 st) | ||||
Sporting nationality | United States | ||||
Residence | Lakewood, Washington | ||||
Career | |||||
College | Pepperdine University | ||||
Turned professional | 2005 | ||||
Former tour(s) | PGA Tour Web.com Tour | ||||
Professional wins | 3 | ||||
Number of wins by tour | |||||
Korn Ferry Tour | 3 | ||||
Best results in major championships | |||||
Masters Tournament | DNP | ||||
PGA Championship | DNP | ||||
U.S. Open | T35: 2017 | ||||
The Open Championship | CUT: 2007 | ||||
Achievements and awards | |||||
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Michael John Putnam (born June 1, 1983) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Web.com Tour.
Putnam was born in Tacoma, Washington. He played on the Nationwide Tour in 2006. He had two 2nd-place finishes on the Nationwide Tour in 2006 including losing in a playoff at the Rheem Classic. He finished 17th on the money list to earn his PGA Tour card for 2007. He finished 158th on the money list and dropped back to the Nationwide Tour in 2008. He played the Nationwide Tour through 2010 when he finished the year 24th on the money list and earned his 2011 PGA Tour card. Putnam finished 153rd on the PGA Tour money list and lost his Tour card after the 2011 season. In 2013, he finished the Web.com Tour (renamed from Nationwide Tour in 2012) regular season as the leading money winner and regained his PGA Tour card; Putnam was fully exempt as money leader. He was also voted Web.com Tour Player of the Year. [1]
Putnam played the 2013 Web.com Tour season with his older brother, Joel, serving as his caddie. His younger brother, Andrew, plays on the PGA Tour and won the 2018 Barracuda Championship.
this list may be incomplete
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1 | Sep 12, 2010 | Utah Championship | −18 (66-66-67-67=266) | 3 strokes | Jhonattan Vegas, Bradley Iles |
2 | May 26, 2013 | Mexico Championship | −13 (64-72-73-66=275) | 2 strokes | Kim Meen-whee, Alex Prugh, Wes Roach |
3 | Jun 2, 2013 | Mid-Atlantic Championship | −7 (71-64-70-68=273) | 2 strokes | Chesson Hadley |
Web.com Tour playoff record (0–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 2006 | Rheem Classic | Darron Stiles | Lost to par on first extra hole |
Tournament | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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Masters Tournament | ||||||||||||||
U.S. Open | CUT | T55 | T45 | CUT | T35 | CUT | ||||||||
The Open Championship | CUT | |||||||||||||
PGA Championship |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied for place
Tournament | 2014 | 2015 |
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The Players Championship | CUT | CUT |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
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