Bob Rosburg
| Bob Rosburg | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Robert Reginald Rosburg |
| Nickname | Rossie |
| Born |
October 21, 1926 San Francisco, California |
| Died | May 14, 2009 (aged 82) Palm Springs, California |
| Nationality |
 United States
|
| Spouse | Eleanor |
| Children | Robert, Deborah, Bruce |
| Career | |
| College | Stanford University |
| Turned professional | 1953 |
| Former tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Professional wins | 10 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 6 |
| Best results in major championships (wins: 1) |
|
| Masters Tournament | T4: 1955 |
| U.S. Open | 2nd/T2: 1959, 1969 |
| The Open Championship | DNP |
| PGA Championship | Won: 1959 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| Vardon Trophy | 1958 |
Robert Reginald "Rossie" Rosburg (October 21, 1926 – May 14, 2009) was an American professional golfer who later became a sports color analyst for ABC television.
Rosburg was born in San Francisco, California. He played golf as a junior at the Olympic Club, and at the age of 12, he faced the then-retired baseball Hall of Famer, Ty Cobb, in the first flight of the club championship, and beat Cobb 7 and 6. Rosburg says Cobb was gracious in defeat and shook the young Rosburg's hand, but Cobb took so much kidding from the other Olympic Club members that for many years, Rosburg hardly ever saw Cobb back at the club. Rosburg was an outstanding baseball player at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California during the 1940s, and almost chose baseball as a career over golf. He graduated from Stanford in 1949, and turned pro in 1953. He is a member of the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame.
During his career, Rosburg was one of the most consistent top-10 finishers on the PGA Tour. Rosburg won the Vardon Trophy in 1958 for the lowest average score (70.11) on tour that year. Rosburg's career year was 1959, when he finished seventh on the money list and was named to the Ryder Cup team, after winning the PGA Championship and finishing second in the U.S. Open. In 1969, he won the PGA Club Professional Championship. He won six tour events during the course of his career, before moving into semi-retirement after the 1972 season, his most successful financially. That year, he won the Bob Hope Desert Classic by one stroke over Lanny Wadkins.
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