Bob Byman

Bob Byman (born April 25, 1955) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and currently plays on the Champions 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". [ cite web | title=My Shot - Interview with Curtis Strange| publisher=Golfdigest.com |url=http://www.golfdigest.com/features/index.ssf?/features/gd200502myshot.html] He turned pro in 1976.

Byman spent the early part of his professional career playing overseas, where he had a great deal of success. He played full-time on the PGA Tour from 1979–1984. 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.cite web | title=Bio on PGA Tour's official site | url=http://www.pgatour.com/players/00/11/55/] His best finish in a major championship was T-7 in the 1979 British Open. [cite web|title=Golf Major Championships|url=http://golfmajorchampionships.com/players?player=335|accessdate=2008-01-24]

Byman made his debut on the Champions Tour at the 2005 Senior British Open, but missed the cut.

Amateur wins

"this list may be incomplete"
*1976 Northeast Amateur

Professional wins

PGA Tour

*1979 Bay Hill Citrus Classic

Other

*1977 Scandinavian Enterprise Open, Dutch Open, New Zealand Open
*1978 Dutch Open
*1982 Scandinavian Enterprise Open

Results in major championships

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

Notes and References

External links

* [http://www.pgatour.com/players/00/11/55/ Profile on PGA Tour's official site]