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Encyclopedia > Billy Andrade

Billy Andrade (born January 25, 1964 in Bristol, Rhode Island) is an American golfer. He attended Wake Forest University and played on the U.S. team in the 1987 Walker Cup and turned professional in the same year. He has four wins on the PGA Tour. January 25 is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Bristol is a town in Rhode Island and the county seat of Bristol County. ... Golfer teeing off at the start of a hole Golf is an outdoor sport where individual players or teams hit a small ball into a hole using various clubs. ... Wake Forest University is a private university that is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and is known for its programs in the liberal arts. ... The Walker Cup is a series of golf matches conducted biennially in odd numbered years between teams comprising the leading amateur golfers of the United States and Great Britain and Ireland (in political terms the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland). ... The PGA Tour is an organization that is headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA. It operates the USAs main mens professional golf tours. ...


Andrade is the brother-in-law of current National Basketball Association player, Jon Barry. Look up Brother-in-law in Wiktionary, the free dictionary A brother-in-law is your: 1. ... NBA logo, depicting former star Jerry West The National Basketball Association, more popularly known as simply the NBA, is the worlds premier mens professional basketball league and one of the major professional sports leagues of North America. ... Jon Alan Barry (born July 25, 1969 in Oakland, California) is a professional basketball player with the NBAs Houston Rockets. ...


PGA Tour wins

The Westchester Classic has been a golf tournament on the PGA Tour, located at the Westchester Country Club in Rye, New York. ... The Canadian Open is a golf tournament which was founded in 1919. ...

External link

  • Profile on the PGA Tour's website
  • Golf Stars Online - Profiles and features

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Billy Andrade : USAToday.com - Billy Andrade Biography from USAToday.com (271 words)
ET Billy Andrade shot a 6-over par 78 on Saturday, low-lighted by a triple-bogey on the 17th hole to fall out of the top 30 at the PGA.
ET Billy Andrade fired a 3-under par 69 to take a share of the clubhouse lead with Henrik Stenson and Luke Donald (who's still playing) in the second round of the PGA Championship.
Andrade's story is remarkable, as he was at a movie with his wife on Tuesday night when he got the call that he was in the field.
The 85th PGA Championship / News / Interviews / Billy Andrade (08/15/03) (3303 words)
BILLY ANDRADE: I thought the golf course this morning, you could tell it was going to start changing and getting firmer and faster, and it did.
BILLY ANDRADE: Well, I think the winner could be over par, depending on how difficult it changes from right now until the end of the day and then the next two days.
BILLY ANDRADE: Well, as Joe would say, “as I struggle every year till the end of the year,” last year I played really well at the end of the year and had a chance to win a couple of times and kind of gave one tournament away in Pennsylvania.
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