Bob May (golfer)

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Bob May
Personal information
Full nameRobert Anthony May
Born (1968-10-06) October 6, 1968 (age 54)
Lynwood, California [1]
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight155 lb (70 kg; 11.1 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Residence Las Vegas, Nevada [1]
Career
College Oklahoma State University
Turned professional1991
Former tour(s) PGA Tour
European Tour
Web.com Tour
Professional wins1
Highest ranking 24 (September 10, 2000) [2]
Number of wins by tour
European Tour1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament T43: 2001
PGA Championship 2nd: 2000
U.S. Open T23: 2000
The Open Championship T11: 2000

Robert Anthony May (born October 6, 1968) is an American professional golfer. He is most notable for losing to Tiger Woods in a three-hole playoff for the 2000 PGA Championship at Valhalla.

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Early life and amateur career

May was born on October 6, 1968. He attended Los Altos High School in Hacienda Heights, California, and was featured in the Faces in the Crowd section in Sports Illustrated at age 16 in 1984. [3] He played college golf at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, [1] and was a member of the American Walker Cup team in 1991 before turning professional later that year.

Professional career

May joined the PGA Tour in 1994. He did not win on the Tour, but he finished second three times, including a playoff loss to Tiger Woods at the 2000 PGA Championship at Valhalla, and most recently at the 2006 B.C. Open at Turning Stone Resort & Casino, where he lost by one to John Rollins. However he won the 1999 Victor Chandler British Masters on the European Tour. His career was curtailed by a back injury in 2003, and in 2006 he played the PGA Tour on a Major Medical Exemption. After the 2007 season, he lost his PGA Tour card. From 2008 through 2010, May played primarily on the Nationwide Tour (now the Korn Ferry Tour) along with some PGA Tour events. He lost his status on the minor-league tour after missing 15 of 25 cuts in 2010; he played in only eight tournaments in 2011 and just twice in 2012. [4] May was in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking for much of 2000 and 2001.

Professional wins (1)

European Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
112 Sep 1999 Victor Chandler British Masters −19 (69-67-66-67=269)1 stroke Flag of Scotland.svg Colin Montgomerie

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2000 PGA Championship Flag of the United States.svg Tiger Woods Lost three-hole aggregate playoff;
Woods: −1 (3-4-5=12),
May: E (4-4-5=13)

Playoff record

PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2000 PGA Championship Flag of the United States.svg Tiger Woods Lost three-hole aggregate playoff;
Woods: −1 (3-4-5=12),
May: E (4-4-5=13)

Ben Hogan Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 1992 Ben Hogan Wichita Charity Classic Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jeff Woodland Lost to birdie on sixth extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament1998199920002001
Masters Tournament T43
U.S. Open T23T30
The Open Championship 74T11CUT
PGA Championship 273
  Top 10
  Did not play

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

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament2002
The Players Championship T36

"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament199920002001
Match Play R32
Championship T20T11NT1
Invitational

1Canceled due to 9/11

  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied
NT = No Tournament

Results in senior major championships

Tournament20192020202120222023
The Tradition NT
Senior PGA Championship T60NTCUT
U.S. Senior Open NTT58CUT
Senior Players Championship
Senior British Open Championship T79NT
  Did not play

"T" indicates a tie for a place
CUT = missed the halfway cut
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "PGA Tour profile". Archived from the original on May 1, 2012. Retrieved April 27, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Week 36 2000 Ending 10 Sep 2000" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Faces in the Crowd". Sports Illustrated. October 29, 1984. p. 109.
  4. ↑ "Bob May - Media Guide -PGA Tour". Archived from the original on July 30, 2012. Retrieved August 14, 2012.
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