Bob Byman
| Bob Byman | |
|---|---|
| — Golfer — | |
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Robert T. Byman |
| Born |
April 25, 1955 Poughkeepsie, New York |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Weight | 175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st) |
| Nationality |
 United States
|
| Career | |
| College | Wake Forest University |
| Turned professional | 1976 |
| Former tour(s) |
PGA Tour European Tour European Seniors Tour |
| Professional wins | 6 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 1 |
| European Tour | 4 |
| Other | 1 |
| Best results in major championships |
|
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| U.S. Open | CUT: 1983 |
| The Open Championship | T7: 1979 |
| PGA Championship | 77th: 1980 |
Robert T. Byman (born April 25, 1955) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour.
Byman was born in Poughkeepsie, New York. He attended Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and was a member of the golf team. He played with Jay Haas and Curtis Strange on the 1974 and 1975 teams, which won the NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships. Golf World has called the 1974–75 teams "the greatest college team of all time". He turned pro in 1976.
Byman spent the early part of his professional career playing on the European Tour, where he had a great deal of success, winning four times. He played full-time on the PGA Tour from 1979–84. His best year was 1979 when he won the Bay Hill Citrus Classic in a playoff against John Schroeder, earned $94,243, and made the cut in all 20 of his starts. His best finish in a major championship was T-7 in the 1979 British Open.
Byman played on the European Seniors Tour in 2005.
this list may be incomplete
PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)
Note: Byman never played in the Masters Tournament.
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.
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