Andrew Putnam absolutely TORCHES the course with a 61 (-9), rolling in multiple 20–25 footers early and barely missing a shot all day.
In this press conference, Putnam reveals:
🔥 Why everything was working — especially the putter
🎯 How perfect conditions mean “everyone might shoot 59 this week”
🩹 The truth about his back flare-up at John Deere and how he’s managing it
📉 Why his recent results don’t show how well he’s actually been playing
🏆 How returning to a course he loves instantly flipped the switch
⚠️ His candid take on next year’s reduced PGA TOUR spots: “They cut our jobs by 20%.”
Putnam looks healthy, confident and dangerous — and this might just be the start of a huge week.
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Andrew, what was working so well for you today? Uh, pretty much everything. I mean, 61. Uh, putter was nice. Those first, uh, few holes, I made made some good 20 25 footers, which is all all, you know, it’s kind of a bonus. And then, uh, yeah, I didn’t really hit many bad shots, honestly. With the weather conditions the way it is, the way they are and uh the way it’s going to be the rest of the week, you know, you’re not the last guys going to have a chance to put a 59 up there, are they? Yeah, I I don’t think so. Yeah, it’s I mean, the Greens are receptive. They’re they’re fast, but um yeah, there’s not a lot of protection when there’s no wind out here. Okay. And the uh back injury at John Deere, is that something that’s been bugging you since then? Uh you know, are you kind of over it? What’s what’s the status there? No, I’ve been good this year. I’ve been pretty healthy. It just flared up just, you know, one tournament really. And uh I mean, it’s been something that as I’ve been getting older, I’ve had to take care of my body better. And um yeah, that just that was just kind of a random week. It’s been pretty good. the results recently haven’t been probably what you were looking for. Did you kind of see a round of this coming or is there something you’ve been working on that kind of helped out today? Honestly, I I really haven’t been playing that bad. I mean, um just haven’t really puted well, which is is my strength and just so I haven’t really been able to get a lot of good momentum going when you can’t putt well. So, I’ve had some good good tournaments here at this course, some good uh putting rounds. So, I don’t know. There’s something about coming to a course that you’re comfortable on and greens that you’ve seen before. You just something can flip real quick and today it did. Andrew, you’ve had a pretty solid consistent career. Um any concern about the coming changes and reducing exemptions to field sizes? Is that going to make it guys kind of on that have had your career track a little bit difficult starting next year? I mean, yeah. I mean, they reduced our job by almost 20%. You know, less less jobs out here. So, it’s obviously going to affect uh you know, how many people get into tournaments. Hopefully, I just play well enough. It doesn’t matter. It’s kind of the motto in golf, just play better. So, can’t do a whole lot about it. Yeah. Thank you.