Bob Panasik

Bob Panasik
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name Robert R. Panasik
Nickname Panny
Born (1941-10-20) October 20, 1941
Windsor, Ontario
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Nationality  Canada
Residence Windsor, Ontario
Career
Status Professional
Former tour(s) Canadian Tour
Champions Tour
Professional wins 20
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open 42nd: 1964
The Open Championship DNP
PGA Championship DNP
Achievements and awards
Canadian Golf
Hall of Fame		 2005
Peter Jackson Tour
Order of Merit winner		 1974, 1975

Robert R. Panasik (born October 20, 1941) is a Canadian professional golfer.

Born in Windsor, Ontario, he was known as Bob Panasiuk until 1970 when he changed his name to Panasik so it would be "easier to pronounce".[1][2]

In 1957, at the age of 15, Panasik made the halfway cut in the Canadian Open to become the youngest player ever to play all four rounds in a PGA Tour event,[1][3] a record which stood until April 2013 when his record was broken by Guan Tianlang.[4] He went on to win the Canadian PGA Championship twice as well as many provincial tournaments in Canada. He also qualified for the U.S. Open on several occasions and represented Canada in three World Cups.

Panasik continued his success as a senior, playing one full season on the Senior PGA Tour (later known as the Champions Tour) in 1994. Back in Canada, he has won the Canadian PGA Seniors Championship three times and the Super Seniors Championship twice.[5]

Panasik was inducted into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame in 2005.[6]

Amateur wins

Professional wins

Regular wins

Senior wins

Team appearances

References

  1. 1 2 "Panasiuk devoted to golf". Windsor Star. July 28, 2009. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
  2. ↑ "Panasik winning with a new name and a new game". Windsor Star. Canadian Press. September 8, 1986. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
  3. ↑ Avery, Brett (July 24, 2007). "Little-known 15-year-old turned heads by making cut in 1957". PGA Tour. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
  4. ↑ "Masters 2013: Guan Tianlang, 14, makes cut despite penalty". BBC. BBC. April 13, 2013. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
  5. ↑ "Bob Panasik's Hall of Fame profile". Royal Canadian Golf Association.
  6. ↑ "Look at Bob Panasik, the youngest player to make a cut on the PGA Tour". Golf Observer. January 15, 2006. Retrieved 2010-01-17.

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