Bob Shaw (golfer)

Bob Shaw
Bob Shaw
Personal information
Full name	Robert J. Shaw
Born	24 December 1944 (age 79); Sydney, Australia
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	200 lb (91 kg; 14 st)
Sporting nationality	Australia
Career
Turned professional	1965
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour
Professional wins	6
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	1
Other	5
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	CUT: 1973
PGA Championship	T20: 1972
U.S. Open	CUT: 1969, 1970
The Open Championship	T27: 1968

Robert J. Shaw (born 24 December 1944) is an Australian professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1970s.

Shaw was born in Sydney. He turned professional in 1965.

Shaw played in Europe in 1968, winning the Spanish Open. His best finishes in PGA Tour events were a T-2 at both the 1969 Tallahassee Open and the 1971 Greater Milwaukee Open plus a win at the 1972 Tallahassee Open with a 15-under-par 273 by two strokes over Leonard Thompson.^[1] His best finish in a major was T20 at the 1972 PGA Championship.^[2]

Professional wins (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	23 Apr 1972	Tallahassee Open	−15 (70-67-68-68=273)	2 strokes	Leonard Thompson

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up	Ref.
1	26 Oct 1980	CBA West Lakes Classic	−3 (72-67-71-75=285)	2 strokes	Ted Ball	^[3]
2	17 Jan 1982	Tooth's Illawarra Open	−11 (71-64-67-75=277)	1 stroke	Colin Bishop
3	6 Feb 1983	Tasmanian Open	−9 (68-71-66-66=271)	1 stroke	Ian Stanley

Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

^ "Today in Golf History: April 23". Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-19.
^ "Golf Major Championships".
^ ^a ^b "Swiss tourney to Australia". The Age. 26 August 1968. Retrieved 10 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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