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Andrew Dwain Landry (born August 7, 1987) is an American
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who plays on the
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.


Early life

Born in
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, Landry played college golf at the
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in Fayetteville, where he was a three-time
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and won one individual title. He turned professional after graduating in 2009.


Professional career

Landry played on mini-tours, including the Adams Pro Tour where he won twice. He earned his 2015
Web.com Tour The Korn Ferry Tour is the developmental tour for the U.S.-based PGA Tour, and features professional golfers who have either not yet reached the PGA Tour, or who have done so but then failed to win enough FedEx Cup points to stay at that level. T ...
card after finishing runner-up in the Web.com Tour Qualifying Tournament. He won the third event of the year at the Cartagena de Indias at Karibana Championship. Landry made his
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debut as a Monday qualifier at the
Shell Houston Open The Texas Children's Houston Open is a professional golf tournament in Texas on the PGA Tour, played in March. As a part of a restructuring of the schedule, the event moved to the fall in 2019. Because the tour year starts the previous fall, the ...
in April
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, where he missed the cut with rounds of 76–73. This was the only event he played on the PGA Tour in 2015. He joined the PGA Tour for the 2016 season after qualifying through the
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. Landry qualified for his first
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, the 2016 U.S. Open at
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, through local qualifying in
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and sectional qualifying in
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. In the first round, which was disrupted by weather delays, Landry, ranked 624th in the world, shot a 4-under-par 66 to lead the championship by one stroke. His round of 66 was the best ever opening round in a U.S. Open hosted at Oakmont. He followed this up with a 71 in the second round, which placed him in the final group for round three, one stroke behind
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. He continued his fine play with a 70 in the third round to get into the final group on Sunday, four shots back of
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. Landry fell away in the final round though, shooting an 8-over-par 78 to finish T15 in his first major. In January 2018, Landry lost in a sudden-death playoff to
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on the fourth extra hole at the
CareerBuilder Challenge The Desert Classic (currently known as The American Express for sponsorship reasons; previously known as the CareerBuilder Challenge, Palm Springs Golf Classic, the Bob Hope Desert Classic, the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, and the Humana Challeng ...
. Landry had to birdie the final regulation hole to force a playoff with Rahm. During the playoff, Landry had a makeable putt for birdie on the second extra hole to win the tournament, but missed it to the right. After three pars, Rahm won the playoff with a birdie on the fourth extra hole. In April 2018, Landry won the
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for his first PGA Tour victory. On January 19, 2020, Landry won
The American Express The Desert Classic (currently known as The American Express for sponsorship reasons; previously known as the CareerBuilder Challenge, Palm Springs Golf Classic, the Bob Hope Desert Classic, the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, and the Humana Challeng ...
in La Quinta, California. This was his second PGA Tour victory. In the final round, Landry made three straight bogeys beginning at the par-3 13th. On the 17th tee, Landry, who had once led by six, was tied for the lead. Landry then birdied holes 17 and 18 to win the tournament by two strokes over
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.


Professional wins (6)


PGA Tour wins (2)

PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)


Web.com Tour wins (2)


Adams Pro Tour wins (2)

*2012 Cypresswood Open *2014 Bay Oaks Open


Results in major championships

''Results not in chronological order in 2020.'' CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place.
NT = No tournament due to
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Results in The Players Championship

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
C = Canceled after the first round due to the
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Results in World Golf Championships

1Cancelled due to
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pandemic
NT = No tournament
"T" = Tied


See also

* 2015 Web.com Tour Finals graduates * 2017 Web.com Tour Finals graduates


References


External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Landry, Andrew American male golfers Arkansas Razorbacks men's golfers PGA Tour golfers Korn Ferry Tour graduates Golfers from Austin, Texas People from Port Neches, Texas 1987 births Living people