Bob Hamilton

For other people named Bob Hamilton, see Bob Hamilton (disambiguation).

Bob Hamilton
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name	Robert T. Hamilton
Born	(1916-01-10)January 10, 1916 Evansville, Indiana
Died	December 6, 1990(1990-12-06) (aged 74) Evansville, Indiana
Nationality	United States
Career
Status	Professional
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour
Professional wins	10
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	5
Other	5
Best results in major championships (Wins: 1)
Masters Tournament	3rd: 1946
U.S. Open	T29: 1947
The Open Championship	DNP
PGA Championship	Won: 1944

Robert T. Hamilton (January 10, 1916 – December 6, 1990) was an American professional golfer. He was born, raised, and died in Evansville, Indiana. He attended and graduated from Evansville Reitz High School in 1934.

Hamilton won ten professional titles, including one major, the PGA Championship in 1944 at Manito Golf and Country Club in Spokane, Washington. Then a match play event, he defeated heavily favored Byron Nelson in the finals, 1 up. Hamilton was a three-time winner of the Indiana Open, winning in 1938, 1942, and 1966. He won five times on the PGA Tour, including won the 1948 New Orleans Open, one stroke ahead of runner-up Roberto DeVicenzo. Hamilton was also a member of the 1949 Ryder Cup team.

Hamilton also served as the golf pro at Fort Lewis, south of Seattle, during the latter stages of World War II; he was also a member of the Warriors, the inter-base (intramural) team. Individually, he placed 3rd in the Pacific Northwest Servicemen's Championship (Seattle) and 3rd in the Tacoma Open, a PGA Tour event.^[1]

Hamilton finished second to Sam Snead in the 1967 Senior PGA Championship at PGA National Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

Hamilton set the overall record for youngest golfer to shoot his age when he shot a 59 at Hamilton Golf Club in Evansville in 1975.^[2]

Hamilton was inducted into the Indiana Golf Hall of Fame in 1965, as a member of the 2nd class so honored.

Amateur wins (2)

This list may be incomplete

1934 IHSAA Boys State Champion^[3]
1936 Indiana Amateur

Professional wins (10)

PGA Tour wins (5)

Legend
Major championships (1)
Other PGA Tour (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Mar 16, 1944	North and South Open^[4]	−2 (73-72-70-71=286)	7 strokes	Bobby Cruickshank
2	Aug 15, 1944	PGA Championship	1 up		Byron Nelson
3	Mar 31, 1946	Charlotte Open^[5]	−15 (x-x-x-65=273)	3 strokes	Pete Cooper, Jimmy Demaret, Sam Snead
4	Feb 22, 1948	New Orleans Open^[6]	−4 (70-71-70-69=280)	1 stroke	Roberto de Vicenzo, Fred Haas, Lawson Little
5	Jul 24, 1949	Inverness Invitational Four-Ball (with Chick Harbert)^[7]	+19 points	14 points	Skip Alexander & Clayton Haefner

Other wins (5)

This list may be incomplete

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	Winning score	Runner-up
1944	PGA Championship	1 up	Byron Nelson

Note: The PGA Championship was match play until 1958

Results timeline

Tournament	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	NT	NT	NT	3	44	T18	T23
U.S. Open	T45	NT	NT	NT	NT	DNP	T29	DNP	CUT
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	NT	1	R32	R32	R64	R64	R32

Tournament	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
Masters Tournament	T32	DNP	T40	4	DNP	DNP	DNP	WD	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	T42	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	R64	R32	SF	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	WD	DNP	T59

Note: Hamilton never played in The Open Championship.
NT = No tournament
DNP = Did not play
WD = Withdrew
CUT = missed the half-way cut
R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in PGA Championship match play
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

Summary

Tournament	Wins	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	1	2	2	4	8	7
U.S. Open	0	0	0	0	0	4	3
The Open Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
PGA Championship	1	1	2	2	6	11	10
Totals	1	2	4	4	10	23	20

Most consecutive cuts made – 11 (1941 U.S. Open – 1949 Masters)
Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (1952 PGA – 1953 Masters)

References

↑ Fort Lewis Golf Course
↑ Kelley, Brent. ""Age-Shooter" Records in Golf". About.com. Retrieved October 24, 2013.
↑ "State Finals Preview: Prairie View Hosts Boys Golf Championships" (PDF). IHSAA. June 13, 2015.
↑ "North-South Honors Taken By Hamilton". St. Petersburg Times. Florida. AP. March 17, 1944. p. 14.
↑ "Bob Hamilton In Charlotte Open Win". Lodi News-Sentinel (California). UP. April 1, 1946. p. 5.
↑ "Bob Hamilton Golf Victor". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pennsylvania). AP. February 23, 1948. p. 16.
↑ Howell, Fritz (July 25, 1949). "Hamilton and Harmon (sic) Win Inverness Four-Ball". Daytona Beach Morning Journal (Florida). p. 7.

External links

PGA Championship champions

Match play era	1916 Jim Barnes 1917–18 Cancelled due to World War I 1919 Jim Barnes 1920 Jock Hutchison 1921 Walter Hagen 1922 Gene Sarazen 1923 Gene Sarazen 1924 Walter Hagen 1925 Walter Hagen 1926 Walter Hagen 1927 Walter Hagen 1928 Leo Diegel 1929 Leo Diegel 1930 Tommy Armour 1931 Tom Creavy 1932 Olin Dutra 1933 Gene Sarazen 1934 Paul Runyan 1935 Johnny Revolta 1936 Denny Shute 1937 Denny Shute 1938 Paul Runyan 1939 Henry Picard 1940 Byron Nelson 1941 Vic Ghezzi 1942 Sam Snead 1943 Cancelled due to World War II 1944 Bob Hamilton 1945 Byron Nelson 1946 Ben Hogan 1947 Jim Ferrier 1948 Ben Hogan 1949 Sam Snead 1950 Chandler Harper 1951 Sam Snead 1952 Jim Turnesa 1953 Walter Burkemo 1954 Chick Harbert 1955 Doug Ford 1956 Jack Burke, Jr. 1957 Lionel Hebert

Stroke play era	1958 Dow Finsterwald 1959 Bob Rosburg 1960 Jay Hebert 1961 Jerry Barber† 1962 Gary Player 1963 Jack Nicklaus 1964‡ Bobby Nichols 1965 Dave Marr 1966 Al Geiberger 1967 Don January† 1968 Julius Boros 1969‡ Raymond Floyd 1970 Dave Stockton 1971 Jack Nicklaus 1972 Gary Player 1973 Jack Nicklaus 1974 Lee Trevino 1975 Jack Nicklaus 1976 Dave Stockton 1977 Lanny Wadkins† 1978 John Mahaffey† 1979 David Graham† 1980 Jack Nicklaus 1981 Larry Nelson 1982‡ Raymond Floyd 1983‡ Hal Sutton 1984 Lee Trevino 1985 Hubert Green 1986 Bob Tway 1987 Larry Nelson† 1988 Jeff Sluman 1989 Payne Stewart 1990 Wayne Grady 1991 John Daly 1992 Nick Price 1993 Paul Azinger† 1994 Nick Price 1995 Steve Elkington† 1996 Mark Brooks† 1997 Davis Love III 1998 Vijay Singh 1999 Tiger Woods 2000‡ Tiger Woods† 2001 David Toms 2002 Rich Beem 2003 Shaun Micheel 2004 Vijay Singh† 2005 Phil Mickelson 2006 Tiger Woods 2007 Tiger Woods 2008 Pádraig Harrington 2009 Y. E. Yang 2010 Martin Kaymer† 2011 Keegan Bradley† 2012 Rory McIlroy 2013 Jason Dufner 2014 Rory McIlroy 2015 Jason Day

† indicates the event was won in a playoff; ‡ indicates the event was won wire-to-wire

United States Ryder Cup team – 1949

Skip Alexander Jimmy Demaret Bob Hamilton Chick Harbert E. J. Harrison Clayton Heafner Lloyd Mangrum Johnny Palmer Sam Snead Ben Hogan (non-playing captain)

Won: 7 – 5

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