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Billy Andrade
Personal information
Full nameWilliam Thomas Andrade
Born (1964-01-25) January 25, 1964 (age 60)
Bristol, Rhode Island, U.S.
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight160 lb (73 kg; 11 st)
Sporting nationality United States
ResidenceBristol, Rhode Island, U.S.
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
SpouseJody
ChildrenGrace, Cameron
Career
CollegeWake Forest University
Turned professional1987
Current tour(s)PGA Champions Tour
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
Professional wins13
Highest ranking42 (June 2, 2002)[1]
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour4
PGA Tour Champions3
Other6
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentT38: 1999
PGA Championship6th: 2001
U.S. OpenT6: 1992
The Open ChampionshipT13: 2001
Achievements and awards
Payne Stewart Award2022

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.

Early life

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Professional wins (13)

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PGA Tour wins (4)

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

PGA Tour playoff record (2–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 1991 Kemper Open United States Jeff Sluman Won with birdie on first extra hole
2 1993 Buick Southern Open United States Mark Brooks, United States Brad Bryant,
United States Bob Estes, United States 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 United States Bob Friend Won with par on first extra hole

Other wins (6)

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PGA Tour Champions wins (3)

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

PGA Tour Champions playoff record (1–3)

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

Results in major championships

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Tournament 1987 1988 1989
Masters Tournament CUT
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship T54
PGA Championship CUT
Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Masters Tournament T54 61 CUT T38
U.S. Open CUT T6 T33 T21 T23 T13 CUT
The Open Championship T25 CUT CUT 70 CUT
PGA Championship T14 T32 T12 CUT T47 CUT CUT CUT T44 CUT
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Masters Tournament CUT
U.S. Open CUT CUT CUT
The Open Championship T13 CUT CUT
PGA Championship 6 CUT T10 CUT CUT T41
  Top 10
  Did not play

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

Summary

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Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Masters Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3
U.S. Open 0 0 0 0 1 4 11 5
The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 4
PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 2 4 17 8
Totals 0 0 0 0 3 10 43 20
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 7 (1991 PGA – 1993 U.S. Open)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (three times)

Results in The Players Championship

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Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
The Players Championship CUT T27 CUT T20 CUT T8 CUT 5 T35 T62
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
The Players Championship CUT T44 T4 T48 CUT CUT CUT CUT
  Top 10

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

Results in World Golf Championships

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Tournament 2002
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

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Results not in chronological order before 2022.

Tournament 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
The Tradition T13 T23 T34 T2 NT T10 T21 T23 T57
Senior PGA Championship T48 T34 T5 T3 T45 T8 NT T14 72 T59 T34
U.S. Senior Open 64 T5 T48 T23 T16 T33 NT T42 T27 T31
Senior Players Championship T33 T7 T25 T46 T59 T18 T33 T63 58 T32 T17
Senior British Open Championship T19 T9 T3 T12 T24 NT
  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

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Amateur

Professional

See also

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References

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  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.
  6. ^ "Mickelson Eagles First Playoff Hole to Outduel Couples". The Spokesman-Review. July 10, 1996.
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