Andy Pope

Exempt status

• Korn Ferry Tour: Finishers 11-40 and Ties Qualifying Tournament (thru 2020)

JOINED TOUR

• Korn Ferry Tour: 2012

Personal

• Biggest thrill outside golf is playing craps, skiing and fishing.
• Enjoys watching Chicago's professional teams, the Bears, White Sox and Blackhawks.
• Watches "Seinfeld," "Taxi" and "Summer Heights High."
• Favorite movies are "The Hustler" and "Goodfellas."
• Listens to Fleetwood Mac.
• Top vacation spot is Red River, N.M.
• Favorite gadgets are Xbox and XM/Sirius satellite radio. Bucket list includes skydiving and heli-skiing.

Special Interests

• Fishing, playing Golden Tee, playing craps

Career Highlights

2015 Season

Played in 12 Korn Ferry Tour events, making six cuts. Had one top 10. Finished 120th on the Regular Season money list.

• Nova Scotia Open: Earned his lone top-10 finish at the Nova Scotia Open in July. Posted three consecutive rounds of 69 to T21 after 54 holes. Fired a Sunday 66 to move up 15 spots to T6, securing entry in the Albertsons Boise Open, where he would finish T52.

2014 Season

Entered 21 Korn Ferry Tour events. Made 10 cuts and had four top-25s to finish 89th on the Regular Season money list. Best showing was a pair of T15s.

• WinCo Foods Portland Open presented by Kraft: T21 at the WinCo Foods Portland Open.
• Nova Scotia Open: T23 at the Nova Scotia Open in July.
• United Leasing Championship Presented by PTI: T15 at the United Leasing Championship in June.
• WNB Golf Classic: T15 at the WNB Golf Classic in April.

2013 Season

Made the cut in eight of 15 starts on the Korn Ferry Tour. Did not qualify for the Tour Finals.

• Utah Championship Presented by Utah Sports Commission: T16 at the Utah Championship.
• Brasil Classic Presented by HSBC: T17 at the Brasil Classic.
• Tampa Bay Championship presented by EverBank: Missed the cut at the PGA TOUR's Tampa Bay Championship.

2012 Season

Played in 21 events on the Korn Ferry Tour after starting the season as a conditional player. Made bids for victory in two events early in the summer. Made five starts on the NGA Hooters Tour Winter Series and was T5 in the event at Diamond Back GC.

• Winn-Dixie Jacksonville Open Presented by Planters: Was T24 in his final appearance of the season, at the Winn-Dixie Jacksonville Open.
• Utah Championship Presented by Utah Sports Commission: Added another top-10 at the Utah Championship, shooting four rounds in the 60s at Willow Creek CC in mid-July that resulted in a T7, three shots shy of winner Doug LaBelle II.
• Mexico Open Presented by Banamex: Came back two weeks later with a strong showing at the Mexico Open. Followed a third-round 65 with a 2-under 70 Sunday to T6 to win $18,906, his largest Tour payday.
• BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by SYNNEX Corporation: Was in position to win his first Tour title in May, playing in the BMW Charity Pro-Am. Was a stroke off the lead through 54 holes, but a final-round 74 dropped him all the way to a T29.

2010 Season

Made two Korn Ferry Tour starts, missing the cut at both.

• Miccosukee Championship: Missed the cut at the Miccosukee Championship.
• South Georgia Classic Pres'd by First State Bank and Trust Company: Missed the cut at the South Georgia Classic.

2009 Season

• Price Cutter Charity Championship Presented by Dr Pepper: Made his Korn Ferry Tour debut, missing the cut at the Price Cutter Charity Championship.

Amateur Highlights

• Member of the all-state golf team for four years at Glenbard West High School.
• Named to the Atlantic-10 Conference team four years and won the Atlantic-10 Conference Championship in 2004.