IPT Player Biography

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Name: Shawn Putnam

Alias: Big Bubba

Residence: United States

D.O.B.: 5/30/1971 Age: 40

About Shawn Putnam

Shawn “The Love Sponge” Putnam was born in Newcastle, Pennsylvania on May 30, 1971. At the mere age of six, Putnam would sit on a bar stool, eating pretzels and drinking soda, silently absorbing the shots made by all the local hustlers. After letting all of the knowledge soak in, Putnam finally got serious about the sport of pool at the age of seventeen. Although he participated in his first professional tournament at nineteen, Shawn feels he really became professional in 1999. The Love Sponge was a six-time consecutive Viking Tour Player of the Year, and this year has won the Pittsburgh Open and the Valley Forge Players Championship, making him one of the only competitors to ever win back to back professional events.

Statistics:

2006 North American Open - Las Vegas, NV

Matches				Games				Winning Method				Prize Money Won
Total	Won	Lost	Win%	Total	Won	Lost	Win %	B&R	B&R%*	B&R%+	8 on B	Prize Money Won
18	10	8	55.56	235	115	120	48.94	26	22.61	11.06	1	$17,000.00

2006 World Open - Reno, NV

Matches				Games				Winning Method				Prize Money Won
Total	Won	Lost	Win%	Total	Won	Lost	Win %	B&R	B&R%*	B&R%+	8 on B	Prize Money Won
4	1	3	25	54	25	29	46.3	8	32	14.81	0	$5,000.00

Cumilative Statistics

Prize Money Won	Total Matches Won	Game Winning %	Break and Runouts	8 Balls on the Break
$22,000.00	11	48.44	34	1

* Denotes percentage of B&Rs out of total games won

+ Denotes percentage of B&Rs out of games played