Bob MacDonald (golfer)
| Bob MacDonald | |
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| — Golfer — | |
MacDonald, c. 1922
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Robert George MacDonald |
| Born |
24 February 1885 Evelix, Dornoch, Scotland |
| Died | 29 March 1960 (aged 75) West Hollywood, Florida |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Nationality |
 Scotland United States
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| Career | |
| Status | Professional |
| Former tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Professional wins | 3 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 3 |
| Best results in major championships |
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| Masters Tournament | T54: 1935 |
| U.S. Open | 3rd: 1915 |
| The Open Championship | DNP |
| PGA Championship | T3: 1919 |
Robert George MacDonald (24 February 1885 – 29 March 1960) was a Scottish-American professional golfer and club maker who played in the early 20th century. He had three top-10 finishes in the U.S. Open. His best performance came in 1915 when he was third. He finished eighth in 1916 and tenth in 1920. MacDonald was a frequent competitor in the PGA Championship, his best result coming in 1919 when he finished T3.
He won the 1922 Texas Open, pocketing $1,633 in prize money, and also won the Metropolitan Open twice, in 1921 and again in 1923. His career results could have been much better had it not been for the interruption caused by the First World War.
MacDonald was born on 24 February 1885 in Evelix, Scotland. As a young man he worked as a gardener and in 1900 served in the Second Boer War. He and his family emigrated to the United States in 1910 and his first posting as a professional was in New Jersey and he later took a job at Hyde Park Country Club in Cincinnati, Ohio. MacDonald also had two brothers, Bill and Jack, who both went on to become professional golfers.
The Aberdeen Journal described MacDonald as "a big brawny Scotsman of the Braid type, and has all the markings of a first-class player". MacDonald took up a post at North Berwick with his brother-in-law, Donald MacKay, and James Watt. MacDonald would marry three times, the first to a French girl probably around 1908 when he was professional at Aix-les-Bains and playing in tournaments at Hyères and Costebelle on the French Riviera.
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