In March of this year, the Washington Golf Foundation announced that Reese Isings of Puyallup, Wash., and Drake Lai of Sammamish, Wash., had been selected as the recipients of the inaugural Andrew Putnam Scholarship presented by TRUE linkswear.
Introduced in 2026, the annual scholarship – established by the Washington Golf Foundation in partnership with Tacoma native and PGA TOUR player Andrew Putnam – offers financial support to two standout junior golfers who have demonstrated strong character and community engagement in addition to both golf talent and financial need.
“We want to provide opportunity to those who show promise, and we want to assist in their growth as young people and as golfers, in developing character and skills,” Putnam says. “I benefited from an incredible junior golf program when I was growing up, and this scholarship is one way to provide others that same opportunity.”…