Bob Burns (golfer)

Bob Burns
Personal information
Full name	Robert Donald Burns
Born	(1968-04-05) April 5, 1968 (age 56) Mission Hills, California, U.S.
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight	165 lb (75 kg; 11.8 st)
Sporting nationality	United States
Career
College	Cal State Northridge
Turned professional	1991
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour Nike Tour
Professional wins	4
Highest ranking	89 (January 12, 2003) [1]
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	1
Korn Ferry Tour	2
Other	1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	67th: 2003
U.S. Open	T51: 1995
The Open Championship	DNP
Achievements and awards
Nike Tour money list winner 1998 Nike Tour Player of the Year 1998

Robert Donald Burns (born April 5, 1968) is an American professional golfer. Burns has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.

Early life

Burns was born in Mission Hills, California. Burns went to John F. Kennedy High school located in the San Fernando Valley.

Amateur career

He attended college at Cal State Northridge and was a member of the golf team. He won All-American honors his junior year, and was the individual medalist at the 1990 NCAA Division II Championship.

Professional career

Burns turned pro in 1991 and joined the PGA Tour in 1994. During Burns's first month on the PGA Tour, his home in Northridge, California was rocked by the destructive 1994 Northridge earthquake. He ended his rookie season 101st on the money list but failed to qualify for the PGA Tour for 1995 by a single stroke, and spent the next two years on the Nike Tour (now Nationwide Tour). His career hit a low-point in 1997 when he failed to qualify for either tour. In 1998, his fortunes improved dramatically when he won two tournaments and finished first on the Nike Tour money list with $178,664 in earnings. ^[2]

Burns regained his PGA Tour card for the following season and continued to improve his game. In 2002, he won the Disney Golf Classic and earned over a million dollars in a single season for the first time in his career. His career took another downturn, however, and he was back on the Nationwide Tour in 2005 after failing to qualify by a single shot. ^[3]

Professional wins (4)

PGA Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	Oct 20, 2002	Disney Golf Classic	−25 (63-68-67-65=263)	1 stroke	Chris DiMarco

Nike Tour wins (2)

Legend
Tour Championships (1)
Other Nike Tour (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	May 17, 1998	Nike Dominion Open	−14 (71-66-65-72=274)	2 strokes	Pat Bates, Eric Johnson, Perry Moss, Mike Sullivan
2	Oct 25, 1998	Nike Tour Championship	−5 (73-69-67-74=283)	3 strokes	Jeff Gove

Nike Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1992	Ben Hogan South Texas Open	Brian Henninger	Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Other wins (1)

• 1997 Long Beach Open

Results in major championships

Tournament	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
U.S. Open	CUT			T51				T66				CUT
PGA Championship												67

Note: Burns never played in the Masters Tournament or The Open Championship

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
The Players Championship	CUT						CUT		T66	T10

  Top 10

  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament	2003
Match Play
Championship
Invitational	T77

  Did not play

"T" = Tied

See also

• 1993 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
• 1998 Nike Tour graduates
• 1999 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
• 2001 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates

References

1. "Week 2 2003 Ending 12 Jan 2003" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved October 29, 2019.
2. "Bob Burns – Career". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
3. "Q school". The Golf Blog. December 6, 2004. Archived from the original on November 20, 2006.

External links

• Bob Burns at the PGA Tour official site
• Bob Burns at the Official World Golf Ranking official site