Billy Andrade

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Billy Andrade

William Thomas "Billy" Andrade (born January 25, 1964) is an American

United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
golf

Golf

Golf is a sport in which players using many types of Golf club including wood , iron , and putter , attempt to hit golf ball into each hole on a golf course in the lowest possible number of strokes....
er.

Andrade was born in Bristol, Rhode Island

Bristol, Rhode Island

Bristol is a New England town in and the historic county seat of Bristol County, Rhode Island, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 22,469 at the United States Census, 2000....
. He attended Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University is a Private university, coeducational university in the U.S. state of North Carolina, founded in 1834. The university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, North Carolina, near the state capital Raleigh, North Carolina....
where he helped lead the Demon Deacons to the 1986 NCAA Championship. He played on the U.S. team in the 1987 Walker Cup

Walker Cup

The Walker Cup is a golf trophy contested biennially in odd numbered years between teams comprising the leading amateur golfers of the United States and Great Britain and Ireland ....
, and turned professional in the same year. He has four wins on the PGA Tour

PGA Tour

The PGA Tour is an organization that operates the main professional golf tours in the United States. It is headquarters in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, a suburb of Jacksonville, Florida....
, including the 1991 Kemper Open and Buick Classic, the 1998 Canadian Open

Canadian Open

The Canadian Open is a golf tournament which was founded in 1904.As a national open, and especially as the most accessible non-U.S. national open for United States of America golfers, the event had a special status in the era before the professional Professional golf tours system became dominant in golf....
, and the 2000 Invensys Classic

Frys.com Open

The Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open is a golf tournament in the PGA Tour Fall Series of the PGA Tour. It is played annually in October in Las Vegas, Nevada....
, which marked the debut of the Titleist

Titleist

Titleist is a brand name owned by the Acushnet Company, headquartered in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, which produces golf equipment. Acushnet is best known for its Titleist golf balls, but also produces Golf club and other equipment and accessories under the brands Cobra Golf, FootJoy and Pinnacle in addition to Titleist....
Pro V1 golf ball, used by Andrade in the victory.

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William Thomas "Billy" Andrade (born January 25, 1964) is an American

United States

Golf

Bristol, Rhode Island

Wake Forest University

Walker Cup

PGA Tour

Canadian Open

Frys.com Open

Titleist

Official World Golf Rankings

The Official World Golf Rankings is a system for rating the performance level of male professional golfers. They were introduced in 1986 and are endorsed by the four Men's major golf championships and the six professional golf tours which make up the International Federation of PGA Tours, namely the PGA Tour, the European Tour, the Asian Tour...
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Andrade is also an active contributor to charity. He and fellow PGA Tour

PGA Tour

Brad Faxon

Bradford John Faxon, Jr. is an United States golfer.Faxon was born in Oceanport, New Jersey. He attended Furman University and turned professional in 1983....
received the 1999 Charles Bartlett Award for their "unselfish contributions to society", and the American Heart Association

American Heart Association

The American Heart Association is a non-profit organization in the United States that fosters appropriate Heart care in an effort to reduce disability and deaths caused by cardiovascular disease and stroke....
'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

Rhode Island

Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a U.S. state in the New England region of the United States....
and southern Massachusetts

Massachusetts

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. It borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north....
. Since 1999, Andrade and Faxon have also served as hosts of the CVS Charity Classic

CVS Charity Classic

The CVS Caremark Charity Classic is a professional golf tournament. It is contested annually as a two-day, two-man team event. It is held at Rhode Island Country Club in Barrington, Rhode Island....
, a golf tournament held at the Rhode Island Country Club

Rhode Island Country Club

Rhode Island Country Club is located in Barrington, Rhode Island. It overlooks the Narrangansett Bay and is situated at the intersection of Nayatt Road and Middle Highway....
each June, whose proceeds benefit the two players' charity.

Andrade resides in Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta is the Capital and most populous city in Georgia , as well as the 33rd largest city in the United States of America with a population of 519,145....
, and Bristol, Rhode Island

Bristol, Rhode Island

Brother-in-law

A brother-in-law is one's sister's husband, or one's spouse's brother. One's spouse's sister's husband is also considered a brother-in-law. The plural of this term is "brothers-in-law"....
of former National Basketball Association

National Basketball Association

The National Basketball Association is North America's premier professional men's basketball league, composed of thirty teams: twenty-nine in the United States and one in Canada....
player and ESPN analyst, Jon Barry

Jon Barry

Jon Alan Barry is a retired United States professional basketball player and current television analyst for American Broadcasting Company and ESPN....
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Amateur wins (4)

1981 Junior World Cup (with Sam Randolph
Sam Randolph

Samuel William Randolph is an United States professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.Randolph was born in Santa Barbara, California....
)
1983 New England Amateur
1986 North and South Amateur, Sunnehanna Amateur
Sunnehanna Amateur

The Sunnehanna Amateur is a men's amateur golf tournament. Founded in 1954, it is hosted annually at the Sunnehanna Country Club in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA....

Professional wins (9)

PGA Tour wins (4)

1991
1991 PGA Tour

The 1991 PGA Tour season was played from January 3 to November 3. The season consisted of 44 official money events. Billy Andrade, Mark Brooks , Fred Couples, Andrew Magee, Corey Pavin, Nick Price, Tom Purtzer, and Ian Woosnam won the most tournaments, two, and there were 14 first-time winners....
(2) Kemper Open, Buick Classic
1998
1999 PGA Tour

The 1999 PGA Tour season was played from January 7 to November 7. The season consisted of 47 official money events. Tiger Woods won the most tournaments, eight, and there were nine first-time winners....
(1) Bell Canadian Open
2000
2000 PGA Tour

The 2000 PGA Tour season was played from January 6 to November 12. The season consisted of 49 official money events. Tiger Woods won the most tournaments, nine, and there were nine first-time winners....
(1) Invensys Classic at Las Vegas

Other wins (5)

1987 Rhode Island Open
Rhode Island Open

The Rhode Island Open is the Rhode Island state open golf tournament, open to both amateur and professional golfers. It is organized by the Rhode Island Golf Association....
1991 JCPenney Classic
JCPenney Classic

The JCPenney Classic was a mixed team golf tournament sponsored by the PGA Tour and the LPGA. Teams consisted of one PGA Tour player and one LPGA Tour player ....
(with Kris Tschetter
Kris Tschetter

Kris Tschetter is an United States golfer, currently playing on the LPGA Tour. Tschetter turned pro in 1988, and attended Texas Christian University graduating in 1987 as a Radio, Television and Film Major, where she was a three-time member of the All-Southwest Conference Team....
)
1992 Fred Meyer Challenge (with Tom Kite
Tom Kite

Thomas Oliver Kite, Jr. is an United Statesn professional golfer. He spent 175 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 1989 and 1994....
)
1999 Fred Meyer Challenge (with Brad Faxon
Brad Faxon

Bradford John Faxon, Jr. is an United States golfer.Faxon was born in Oceanport, New Jersey. He attended Furman University and turned professional in 1983....
)
2001 Fred Meyer Challenge (with Brad Faxon
Brad Faxon

Bradford John Faxon, Jr. is an United States golfer.Faxon was born in Oceanport, New Jersey. He attended Furman University and turned professional in 1983....
)

Results in major championships

Tournament	1987	1988	1989
Masters Tournament	CUT	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open U.S. Open (golf) The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual Open Golf Tournaments of the United States. It is the second of the four men's major golf championships in golf and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the PGA European Tour....	DNP	CUT	DNP
British Open The Open Championship The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four men's major golf championships in men's golf. It is the only major held outside the USA and is administered by the R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico....	T54	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship PGA Championship The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the Professional Golfers Association of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four men's major golf championships in professional golf, and it is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August ....	DNP	DNP	CUT

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	T54	61	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	T38
U.S. Open U.S. Open (golf) The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual Open Golf Tournaments of the United States. It is the second of the four men's major golf championships in golf and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the PGA European Tour....	DNP	CUT	T6	T33	DNP	T21	T23	T13	CUT	DNP
British Open The Open Championship The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four men's major golf championships in men's golf. It is the only major held outside the USA and is administered by the R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico....	DNP	DNP	T25	CUT	DNP	CUT	DNP	70	DNP	CUT
PGA Championship PGA Championship The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the Professional Golfers Association of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four men's major golf championships in professional golf, and it is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August ....	T14	T32	T12	CUT	T47	CUT	CUT	CUT	T44	CUT

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open U.S. Open (golf) The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual Open Golf Tournaments of the United States. It is the second of the four men's major golf championships in golf and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the PGA European Tour....	DNP	CUT	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP
British Open The Open Championship The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four men's major golf championships in men's golf. It is the only major held outside the USA and is administered by the R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico....	DNP	T13	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT
PGA Championship PGA Championship The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the Professional Golfers Association of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four men's major golf championships in professional golf, and it is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August ....	DNP	6	CUT	T10	CUT	CUT	T41

DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place.
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

Billy Andrade

Amateur wins (4)

Professional wins (9)

PGA Tour wins (4)

Other wins (5)

Results in major championships

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