Bob Goalby

Bob Goalby
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name	Robert George Goalby
Born	(1929-03-14) March 14, 1929 Belleville, Illinois
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	195 lb (88 kg; 13.9 st)
Nationality	United States
Career
College	University of Illinois
Turned professional	1952
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour Champions Tour
Professional wins	14
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	11
PGA Tour Champions	2
Other	1
Best results in major championships (wins: 1)
Masters Tournament	Won: 1968
U.S. Open	T2: 1961
The Open Championship	DNP
PGA Championship	2nd: 1962

Robert George Goalby (born March 14, 1929) is a former American professional golfer on the PGA Tour, who won the Masters Tournament in 1968, his lone major championship among 11 Tour wins achieved between 1958 and 1971.

Goalby was born, raised, and has lived much of his life in Belleville, Illinois. He attended the University of Illinois, where he played on the football team. He turned professional in 1952. His first Tour win came in 1958, and he won and contended steadily until 1971, when he was 42 years old.

At the 1968 Masters, Goalby tied Roberto DeVicenzo at the end of 72 holes of regulation play, and would have had to face an 18-hole playoff the next day, had there not been a mistake on DeVicenzo's scorecard. In the final round, DeVicenzo's playing partner Tommy Aaron marked a par-4 on the 17th hole, when DeVicenzo had in fact made a birdie-3. DeVicenzo failed to catch the mistake and signed the scorecard. The rules of golf state that the higher written score signed by a golfer on his card must stand. As such, the error gave Goalby the championship. Goalby, playing in the group behind DeVicenzo, was not personally at fault for anything in the incident.^[1]^[2] The story received overwhelming attention at the time, and has remained high in public consciousness since. It was recounted in great detail in the 2005 book "The Lost Masters: Grace and Disgrace in '68" by Curt Sampson. The personal relationship between Goalby and DeVicenzo was unaffected by the difficult situation, and the two players formed a partnership years later, for a team event on the Champions Tour.

Goalby played on the Ryder Cup team in 1963 and retired from the PGA Tour after winning 11 tournaments. He joined the Senior PGA Tour (now the Champions Tour) in 1979, winning twice, and contributed key ideas to the formation and structure of that new Tour, before retiring to a home in his native Belleville, where he has designed several nearby golf courses. He also served as a golf commentator for NBC television in the 1970s and '80s.

Goalby's nephew, Jay Haas, currently plays on the Champions Tour, and another nephew, Jerry Haas, coaches the Wake Forest University golf team. His great-nephew, Bill Haas, plays on the PGA Tour, and won the Tour Championship tournament and FedEx Cup in 2011.^[1]

Goalby has lent his name each year since 1982 to a charity golf tournament, the Bob Goalby Golf Open, for the benefit of Maur Hill - Mount Academy, a Catholic, international, college preparatory school in Atchison, Kansas.^[3]

Professional wins (14)

PGA Tour wins (11)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Apr 13, 1958	Greater Greensboro Open	−9 (71-69-69-66=275)	2 strokes	Dow Finsterwald, Don January, Tony Lema, Sam Snead, Art Wall, Jr.
2	Dec 11, 1960	Coral Gables Open Invitational	−12 (67-67-71-67=272)	1 stroke	Dow Finsterwald
3	Jan 9, 1961	Los Angeles Open	−9 (67-70-71-67=275)	3 strokes	Eric Brown, Art Wall, Jr.
4	Mar 19, 1961	St. Petersburg Open Invitational	−23 (67-62-67-65=261)	3 strokes	Ted Kroll
5	Aug 5, 1962	Insurance City Open Invitational	−13 (69-69-66-67=271)	Playoff	Art Wall, Jr.
6	Sep 9, 1962	Denver Open Invitational	−3 (72-69-67-69=277)	1 stroke	George Bayer, Bob Duden, Jack Fleck, Bill Johnston, Billy Maxwell, Art Wall, Jr.
7	Jan 15, 1967	San Diego Open Invitational	−15 (68-64-68-69=269)	1 stroke	Gay Brewer
8	Apr 14, 1968	Masters Tournament	−11 (70-70-71-66=277)	1 stroke	Roberto De Vicenzo
9	Sep 28, 1969	Robinson Open Golf Classic	−15 (62-71-73-67=273)	Playoff	Jim Wiechers
10	Nov 29, 1970	Heritage Golf Classic	−4 (74-70-70-66=280)	4 strokes	Lanny Wadkins
11	Dec 12, 1971	Bahamas National Open	−9 (69-70-66-70=275)	1 stroke	George Archer

PGA Tour playoff record (2–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1962	Insurance City Open Invitational	Art Wall, Jr.	Won with birdie on seventh extra hole
2	1965	Hawaiian Open	Gay Brewer	Lost to birdie on first extra hole
3	1969	Robinson Open Golf Classic	Jim Wiechers	Won with birdie on first extra hole

Major championship is shown in bold.

Senior PGA Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	Jun 28, 1981	Marlboro Classic	−2 (70-68-70=208)	2 strokes	Art Wall, Jr.
2	Jun 27, 1982	Peter Jackson Champions	−15 (68-68-64-73=273)	1 stroke	Gene Littler

Senior PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponents	Result
1	1985	Bank One Senior Golf Classic	Miller Barber, Gene Littler	Littler won with par on third extra hole Goalby eliminated with par on first hole

Other senior wins (1)

1983 Shootout at Jeremy Ranch (with Mike Reid)

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	54 holes	Winning score	Margin	Runner-up
1968	Masters Tournament	1 shot deficit	−11 (70-70-71-66=277)	1 stroke	Roberto De Vicenzo

Results timeline

Tournament	1957	1958	1959
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	CUT	DNP	T38
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	T5

Tournament	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
Masters Tournament	CUT	36	T25	CUT	T37	T39	T59	CUT	1	T40
U.S. Open	T19	T2	T14	CUT	DNP	CUT	T22	T6	T39	DNP
PGA Championship	T32	T15	2	T17	CUT	T68	T49	T7	T8	CUT

Tournament	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
Masters Tournament	CUT	T36	T17	T6	T22	CUT	CUT	CUT	52	CUT
U.S. Open	T36	T19	DNP	T58	CUT	T63	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	CUT	T46	T62	T18	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986
Masters Tournament	CUT	CUT	46	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

Note: Goalby never played in The Open Championship.
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10

Summary

Tournament	Wins	2nd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	1	0	1	2	5	27	13
U.S. Open	0	1	1	2	6	14	11
The Open Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
PGA Championship	0	1	2	4	7	15	12
Totals	1	2	4	8	18	56	36

Most consecutive cuts made – 9 (1971 PGA – 1974 Masters)
Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (1967 U.S. Open – 1968 Masters)

References

1 2 Criddle, Dean (April 7, 2010). "The Master speaks: Bob Goalby talks about the tournament, his great-nephew and Tiger Woods". Belleville News-Democrat. Retrieved 2010-05-06.
↑ "Today in Sports History: April 14th". Inhistoric sports history blog. Retrieved 2010-05-06.
↑ "Alumni and Friends: Bob Goalby". Maur Hill-Mount Academy. Retrieved 2010-05-06.

External links

Bob Goalby at the PGA Tour official site

Masters Tournament champions

1934 Horton Smith 1935 Gene Sarazen† 1936 Horton Smith 1937 Byron Nelson 1938 Henry Picard 1939 Ralph Guldahl 1940 Jimmy Demaret 1941‡ Craig Wood 1942 Byron Nelson† 1943–45 cancelled due to World War II 1946 Herman Keiser 1947 Jimmy Demaret 1948 Claude Harmon 1949 Sam Snead 1950 Jimmy Demaret 1951 Ben Hogan 1952 Sam Snead 1953 Ben Hogan 1954 Sam Snead† 1955 Cary Middlecoff 1956 Jack Burke Jr. 1957 Doug Ford 1958 Arnold Palmer 1959 Art Wall Jr. 1960‡ Arnold Palmer 1961 Gary Player 1962 Arnold Palmer† 1963 Jack Nicklaus 1964 Arnold Palmer 1965 Jack Nicklaus 1966 Jack Nicklaus† 1967 Gay Brewer 1968 Bob Goalby 1969 George Archer 1970 Billy Casper† 1971 Charles Coody 1972‡ Jack Nicklaus 1973 Tommy Aaron 1974 Gary Player 1975 Jack Nicklaus 1976‡ Raymond Floyd 1977 Tom Watson 1978 Gary Player 1979 Fuzzy Zoeller† 1980 Seve Ballesteros 1981 Tom Watson 1982 Craig Stadler† 1983 Seve Ballesteros 1984 Ben Crenshaw 1985 Bernhard Langer 1986 Jack Nicklaus 1987 Larry Mize† 1988 Sandy Lyle 1989 Nick Faldo† 1990 Nick Faldo† 1991 Ian Woosnam 1992 Fred Couples 1993 Bernhard Langer 1994 José María Olazábal 1995 Ben Crenshaw 1996 Nick Faldo 1997 Tiger Woods 1998 Mark O'Meara 1999 José María Olazábal 2000 Vijay Singh 2001 Tiger Woods 2002 Tiger Woods 2003 Mike Weir† 2004 Phil Mickelson 2005 Tiger Woods† 2006 Phil Mickelson 2007 Zach Johnson 2008 Trevor Immelman 2009 Ángel Cabrera† 2010 Phil Mickelson 2011 Charl Schwartzel 2012 Bubba Watson† 2013 Adam Scott† 2014 Bubba Watson 2015‡ Jordan Spieth 2016 Danny Willett

† indicates the event was won in a playoff; ‡ indicates the event was won wire-to-wire

United States Ryder Cup team – 1963

Julius Boros Billy Casper Dow Finsterwald Bob Goalby Tony Lema Gene Littler Billy Maxwell Johnny Pott Dave Ragan Arnold Palmer (playing captain)

Won: 23 – 9

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