Michael Putnam
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"Michael John Putnam" 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.

Putnam played the 2013 Web.com Tour season with his older brother, Joel, serving as his caddie. In 2013, a younger brother, Andrew Putnam/Andrew, was also a Tour member who finished 49th on the money list.

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To make that putt shows some guts. I had two really good matches with him. For a 16-year-old, he's pretty good.

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It worked out perfectly.

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I was a little nervous. The first couple holes I hit my driver everywhere, but fortunately I hit some good recovery shots and made some birdies off of them.

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I finally did everything on the golf course. Made birdie, made par, made bogey. After that, I was pretty calm and ready to go.

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They have a little pro-am. Since I'm so young they didn't know if I was playing as a pro or as an amateur. I was asking where registration was. They didn't really know. I had to explain to about three security guards what I was doing.

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I guess I turned pro on an airplane.

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I was happy to be here. Once I got the call with the sponsor's invitation, I didn't think twice about (the U.S. Amateur).

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I waited all summer to turn pro until after the Walker Cup (two weeks ago). That was my whole goal this summer, to play in the Walker Cup, get the Cup back for the United States. After we did that, it was an easy decision to turn pro and not play in the Amateur.

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