BOB TWAY

'Bob Tway'

'Personal Information'
'Birth'	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
'Height'	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
'Weight'	195 lb (88 kg)
'Nationality'
'Residence'	Edmond, Oklahoma, USA
'College'	Oklahoma State University
Career
'Turned Pro'	1981
'Current tour'	PGA Tour (joined 1985)
'Professional wins'	9 (PGA Tour: 8, other: 1)
Best Results in Major Championships Wins: 1
Masters	T8: 1986
U.S. Open	3rd: 1998
British Open	T5: 1991
PGA Championship	'Won' 1986
Awards
PGA Player of the Year	1986

'Bob Tway' (born May 4, 1959) is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments including eight PGA Tour victories.
Tway was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was introduced to golf at the age of five by his father and grandfather. He participated in his first tournament at age seven. He won the Redding Country Club Championship as a junior. Tway attended Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma and turned pro in 1981. He joined the PGA Tour in 1985.
In 1986, he was named PGA Player of the Year and finished the season with four victories including one major, the PGA Championship.
The 1986 PGA championship was held at the Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio. Tway finished with a score of 276 - a two-stroke margin of victory over Greg Norman. Tway had holed a greenside bunker shot at the 18th hole on the final day, which is a memorable shot in golf history. ^[1]
Tway has PGA Tour career earnings in excess of 14 million dollars. He currently lives in Edmond, Oklahoma and enjoys snow skiing, fishing and a variety of other sports. Tway's son, Kevin, celebrated his 17th birthday by winning the U.S. Junior Amateur in 2005.^[1]

Contents

PGA Tour wins (8)

Other wins (1)

Results in major championships

See also

References

External links

PGA Tour wins (8)

★ 1986 (4) Shearson Lehman Brothers Andy Williams Open, Manufacturers Hanover Westchester Classic, Georgia-Pacific Atlanta Golf Classic, 'PGA Championship'

★ 1989 (1) Memorial Tournament

★ 1990 (1) Las Vegas Invitational

★ 1995 (1) MCI Classic

★ 2003 (1) Bell Canadian Open
Major championship is shown in 'bold'.

Other wins (1)

★ 1987 Chrysler Team Championship (with Mike Hulbert)

Results in major championships

Tournament	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
The Masters	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T8	CUT	T33	CUT
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T8	T68	T25	CUT
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T46	T35	T20	T61
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	'1'	T47	T48	CUT

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
The Masters	T36	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T12	CUT	CUT	T52
U.S. Open	T33	T26	DNP	CUT	CUT	T10	T67	T5	3	T62
The Open Championship	CUT	T5	CUT	DNP	DNP	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT
PGA Championship	T45	T66	T56	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	T13	T13	T57

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
The Masters	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	T27	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	T52	T59	CUT	CUT	T78	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT	DNP	T50	DNP	70	T41	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	CUT	T29	CUT	CUT	T55	CUT	T65	T50

DNP = Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

"T" indicates a tie for a place

Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10

See also

★ Golfers with most PGA Tour wins

References

1. Biography on the PGA Tour's official site
2. Biography on the PGA Tour's official site

External links

★ Profile on the PGA Tour's official site