Andrew Novak

Exempt status

• PGA TOUR: Top 50 from 2020-21 Korn Ferry Tour (thru 2021-22)

JOINED TOUR

• Korn Ferry Tour: 2019
• PGA TOUR: 2022

Korn Ferry Tour Victories (1)

2020-21 Season

• LECOM Suncoast Classic

Personal

• Says his first tee song would change every week.
• Has been on SportsCenter top-10 plays in the past.
• Always marks his ball with the same coin.
• Won four times in college at Wofford, 2017 Southern Conference Player of the Year, two-time NCAA regional individual at-large bid.
• 2017 Wofford Intramural Basketball champion.
• Would love to coach football when he retires from golf.
• First job was a range assistant at 16 years old.
• Earliest golf memory is Carl Pettersson giving him his ball at a college tournament when he was 3 years old. Novak still has it at home; it has a North Carolina State logo on it.

Special Interests

• All sports, especially basketball

Career Highlights

2021 Season

Earned his first PGA TOUR card as he finished the 2020-21 combined season No. 18 on the Korn Ferry Tour Points List (after he ended the regular season No. 16), recording a win at the 2020 LECOM Suncoast Classic, 10 top-10s and 14 top-25s across 42 starts. At one point recorded five consecutive top-10s, leaving him one shy of tying the all-time record for consecutive top-10s.

• Utah Championship presented by Zions Bank: Carded rounds of 66-68-65-66 for a 19-under 265 and T8 finish, his 10th top-10 of the 2020-21 season, at the Utah Championship presented by Zions Bank.
• Memorial Health Championship presented by LRS: Closed with a final-round 8-under 63 for a 23-under 261 and a solo third finish at the Memorial Health Championship presented by LRS.
• REX Hospital Open: Opened with a tournament-leading 10-under 61 and held a share of the 54-hole lead, but shot a 1-over 72 Sunday and finished T9 with a 16-under 268 at the REX Hospital Open.
• Simmons Bank Open for the Snedeker Foundation: Made two eagles in the second round en route a 7-under 65, which led to a T7 finish (his fifth consecutive top-10) at 10-under 278 at the Simmons Bank Open for the Snedeker Foundation.
• Huntsville Championship: Shot a pair of 4-under 66s and totaled an 11-under 269 for a T7 finish – which was his fourth consecutive top-10 – at the Huntsville Championship.
• Veritex Bank Championship: Carded a final-round 64 to rise to a T5 finish at 19-under at the Veritex Bank Championship.
• MGM Resorts Championship at Paiute: Carded a final-round 68 to rise to a T9 finish at the MGM Resorts Championship at Paiute.
• Emerald Coast Classic at Sandestin: Opened the week with an 8-under 62 and led solo after 18, 36, and 54 holes, but played Sunday’s first 11 holes at 4-over par, carded a final-round 1-over 71 and missed a playoff by one stroke, finishing solo 3rd (his first top-20 since winning the LECOM Suncoast Classic in February 2020) at 13-under 267 at the Emerald Coast Classic at Sandestin.

2020 Season

Finished the season at No. 62 on the Regular Season points list. Recorded seven top-25 finishes in 25 starts, including a season-best T5 finish at the Country Club de Bogota Championship. Finished T93 in the Korn Ferry Tour Finals.

• LECOM Suncoast Classic: Birdied each of his final two holes to win his first career Korn Ferry Tour title at 23-under 265 at the LECOM Suncoast Classic. Carded back-to-back 66s on the weekend to edge John Chin by one stroke.
• Country Club de Bogota Championship: Used a final-round 7-under 64 to finish T9 at the Country Club de Bogota Championship.

2019 Season

• Country Club de Bogota Championship: Fired a second-round 62 on the way to a career-best T5 finish in Bogota.

2018 Season

• Ellie Mae Classic at TPC Stonebrae: Posted four sub-70 rounds at the Ellie Mae Classic at TPC Stonebrae to finish the week T10, picking up the first top-25 finish of his Tour career.

2017 Season

Made five cuts in 11 events on the Mackenzie Tour – PGA TOUR Canada. Recorded two top-25 finishes. Finished at No. 81 on the Order of Merit.

• Mackenzie Tour-PGA TOUR Canada Q-School-Canada: While still an amateur, opened with an even-par 72 then posted three consecutive 69s to finish T8 and earn Mackenzie Tour status for the first time.
• The RSM Classic: Monday qualified into the RSM Classic but failed to make the cut.

Amateur Highlights

• Southern Conference POY.
• Became the only player in Wofford College history to qualify for NCAA Regionals twice.
• Holds Wofford College records for lowest tournament total (13-under), most career wins (4) and second-lowest round (65).