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Bobby Greenwood (golfer)
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Nationality
United States
Name
Bobby Greenwood
U.S. Open
T49: 1971
Professional wins
6
Masters Tournament
DNP
Status
Professional
Role
Golfer
Full name
Robert Stanton Greenwood, Jr.
Born
October 27, 1938 (age 85)
Cookeville, Tennessee (
1938-10-27
)
College
North Texas State University
Residence
Cookeville, Tennessee, United States
Education
University of North Texas
Former tours
PGA TOUR, Champions Tour
Robert Stanton Greenwood, Jr. (born October 27, 1938) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour for seven years (1969 through 1975). He is a PGA of America Life Member.
Greenwood was born in Cookeville, Tennessee. Prior to his amateur career, he was twice ranked in the Top Ten Amateurs in the United States by Golf Magazine and Golf Digest. He was a three-time NCAA-All American at North Texas State University and was inducted into University of North Texas Sports Hall of Fame on November 2, 2002 in Denton, Texas. He was inducted into the Tennessee Golf Hall of Fame on September 5, 2007 at Holston Hills Country Club in Knoxville, Tennessee. He was inducted as a charter member of the Riverside Military Academy Centennial All-Sports Hall of Fame on October 13, 2007 in Gainesville, Georgia. A PGA of America Life Member, Greenwood is now a golf course architect out of his hometown, Cookeville, Tennessee.
Awards and honors
2010 Tennessee PGA Distinguished Career Award (retroactive 2007)
2007 Tennessee Golf Hall of Fame
2007 Riverside Military Academy Centennial Sports Hall of Fame (Charter Member)
2005 PGA President's Council Award
2002 University of North Texas Athletic Hall of Fame
College golf career
1964 Member of the Prestigious Ten-Man Texas Cup Team, Dallas, Texas.
1963 NCAA All-America ~ First Team, North Texas State University, Denton, Texas.
1963 Runner-up Finish, Missouri Valley Conference Golf League Championship (Peoria, Illinois).
1962 Dick Smith Memorial Award for Outstanding College Golfer, North Texas State University, Denton, Texas.
1961 NCAA All-America ~ Honorable Mention, North Texas State University, Denton, Texas.
1961 Runner-up, Missouri Valley Conference Golf League Championship (Rolling Hills Country Club, Tulsa, Oklahoma).
1961 Colonial Invitational, Colonial Country Club, Memphis, Tennessee. (defeated Jack Nicklaus, 1 up in 19 holes, sudden death playoff, 9 months before Jack won the U.S. Open).
1961 Southwest Recreational Intercollegiate Champion, Fort Worth, Texas.
1958 Runner-up, Ohio Valley Conference Golf League Championship.
1964 Co-medalist U.S. Amateur, Canterbury Country Club, Cleveland, Ohio.
Qualified & played in four U.S. Amateurs.
Qualified and played in two U.S. Opens.
1964 Texas Cup Team (Ten member team) (defeated Byron Nelson in singles match.)
1968 Tennessee Cup Team. (After competing in the 10-member Texas Cup Team in 1964, Greenwood brought the idea and concept to his home State of Tennessee where he was co-founder and selected the entire amateur team for the inaugural event in 1968 which was held at Old Hickory Country Club.)
Top 10 Amateurs in U.S. by Golf Magazine, twice (ranked 6th and 8th respectively).
Top 10 Amateurs in U.S. by Golf Digest, 1968 (ranked 7th. His ranking was based on a victory in the Sunnehanna as well as the Tennessee State Open and his finished third in the Southern Amateur.)
1965 Sunnehanna Amateur Champion, Johnstown, Pennsylvania. (Tournament record of 269 set in 1965 and current course record of 63 set in second round in 1965).
1966 Tennessee Amateur Champion, Chickasaw Country Club, Memphis, Tennessee.
1968 Southern Amateur Championship, Finished 3rd, Lost Tree Village Golf Course, North Palm Beach, Florida. [Set course record 64 (-8), later tied by Calvin Peete) Jack Nicklaus Home Course.]
1968 Tennessee Open Champion, Old Hickory Country Club, Nashville, Tennessee. (won by 8 strokes, -8 par).
Irvin Cobb Open Championship, Paducah, Kentucky (Two-time Winner)
PGA Tour and Champions Tour career
1969 Attended PGA Tour Qualifying School, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida (tied Johnny Miller for 3rd).
1969 "Champions' Choice" ~ PGA Tour rookie. (Chosen to play in the Colonial Invitational (NIT) voted by past champions. Fort Worth, Texas.)
1969-1975 PGA Tour Player for seven years.
1970 Rhode Island Open Champion, Agawan Hunt & Golf Club, Rhode Island. (Satellite event of the PGA Tour).
