Bob Tway

Bob Tway
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name	Robert Raymond Tway IV
Born	(1959-05-04) May 4, 1959 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight	195 lb (88 kg; 13.9 st)
Nationality	United States
Residence	Edmond, Oklahoma
Career
College	Oklahoma State University
Turned professional	1981
Current tour(s)	PGA Tour (joined 1985) Champions Tour (joined 2009)
Professional wins	13
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	8
Other	5
Best results in major championships (Wins: 1)
Masters Tournament	T8: 1986
U.S. Open	3rd: 1998
The Open Championship	T5: 1991
PGA Championship	Won: 1986
Achievements and awards
PGA Player of the Year	1986
PGA Tour Comeback Player of the Year	1995

Robert Raymond Tway IV (born May 4, 1959) is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments including eight PGA Tour victories. He spent 25 weeks in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking in 1986–87.^[1]

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 golfer in Redding, Connecticut. Tway attended Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma, where he had a distinguished career as a member of the golf team — a three-time, first-team All-American his last three years.^[2] In 1978, Tway's freshman year, the Cowboys, led by seniors Lindy Miller and David Edwards, won the NCAA Championship. When Oklahoma State won again two years later, Tway was their star player. He was the winner of the Haskins Award in his senior year. He turned pro in 1981 and 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. He was second on the final money list that year — just a few dollars behind Greg Norman.^[3]

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.^[3]

Tway is also known for recording the worst score ever on the 17th Hole at TPC Sawgrass, which occurred during the third round of the 2005 Players Championship. His first four attempts ended up in the water. After finally hitting the green on his fifth attempt, he three putted for 12 to go from 7-under-par and 4 strokes out of the lead to 2-over-par and 13 behind the leader.^[4]

Tway has PGA Tour career earnings in excess of 14 million dollars. Upon reaching the age of 50 in May 2009, Tway began play on the Champions Tour. His best finish in that venue is T-2 at the 2009 Administaff Small Business Classic, two strokes behind tournament winner John Cook.

Tway 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.^[3] Kevin turned professional in 2011 and won a Web.com Tour event in 2013.

Amateur wins

this list may be incomplete

1978 Trans-Mississippi Amateur
1980 Southern Amateur

Professional wins (13)

PGA Tour wins (8)

Legend
Major championships (1)
Other PGA Tour (7)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners up
1	Feb 9, 1986	Shearson Lehman Brothers Andy Williams Open	−12 (67-68-69=204)	Playoff	Bernhard Langer
2	Jun 8, 1986	Manufacturers Hanover Westchester Classic	−12 (73-63-69-67=272)	1 stroke	Willie Wood
3	Jun 22, 1986	Georgia-Pacific Atlanta Golf Classic	−19 (68-66-71-64=269)	2 strokes	Hal Sutton
4	Aug 11, 1986	PGA Championship	−8 (72-70-64-70=276)	2 strokes	Greg Norman
5	May 14, 1989	Memorial Tournament	−11 (71-69-68-69=277)	2 strokes	Fuzzy Zoeller
6	Oct. 14, 1990	Las Vegas Invitational	−26 (67-67-65-65-70=334)	Playoff	John Cook
7	Apr 16, 1995	MCI Classic	−9 (67-69-72-67=275)	Playoff	David Frost, Nolan Henke
8	Sep 7, 2003	Bell Canadian Open	−8 (70-70-66-66)	Playoff	Brad Faxon

PGA Tour playoff record (4–4)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1986	Shearson Lehman Brothers Andy Williams Open	Bernhard Langer	Won with par on second extra hole
2	1988	AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am	Steve Jones	Lost to birdie on second extra hole
3	1988	Southern Open	David Frost	Lost to birdie on first extra hole
4	1989	BellSouth Atlanta Golf Classic	Scott Simpson	Lost to par on first extra hole
5	1990	Las Vegas Invitational	John Cook	Won with par on first extra hole
6	1995	MCI Classic	David Frost, Nolan Henke	Tway won with par on second extra hole Frost eliminated with par on first hole
7	2001	Nissan Open	Robert Allenby, Brandel Chamblee Toshi Izawa, Dennis Paulson, Jeff Sluman	Allenby won with birdie on first extra hole
8	2003	Bell Canadian Open	Brad Faxon	Won with bogey on third extra hole

Other wins (5)

1980 Georgia Open (as an amateur, tie with Tim Simpson)
1985 Oklahoma Open
1987 Oklahoma Open, Chrysler Team Championship (with Mike Hulbert)
1988 Fred Meyer Challenge (with Paul Azinger)

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	54 holes	Winning score	Margin	Runner-up
1986	PGA Championship	4 shot deficit	−8 (72-70-64-70=276)	2 strokes	Greg Norman

Results timeline

Tournament	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Masters Tournament	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
Masters Tournament	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	2008	2009
Masters Tournament	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	T27	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	T52	T59	CUT	CUT	T78	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT	DNP	T50	DNP	70	T41	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	CUT	T29	CUT	CUT	T55	CUT	T65	T50	CUT	T56

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

Summary

Tournament	Wins	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	0	0	1	2	13	6
U.S. Open	0	1	2	4	5	18	13
The Open Championship	0	0	1	1	2	16	8
PGA Championship	1	0	1	1	3	24	14
Totals	1	1	4	7	12	71	41

Most consecutive cuts made – 7 (1987 U.S. Open – 1988 PGA)
Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (1986 Masters – 1986 U.S. Open)

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

Eisenhower Trophy: 1980 (winners)

Professional

World Cup: 2004

References

↑ 69 Players Who Have Reached The Top-10 In World Ranking
↑ "Hall of Honor 1999". Oklahoma State University Athletics.
1 2 3 "PGA Tour Profile – Bob Tway". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
↑ "Island fever: Catch it at The 17th". PGA Tour. March 17, 2006. Archived from the original on February 2, 2009.

External links

Bob Tway at the PGA Tour official site
Bob Tway at the Official World Golf Ranking official site

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

PGA and PGA Tour Players of the Year

PGA Players of the Year

PGA Tour Players of the Year

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