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BOB MAY
UNITED STATES
Height:
5 ft, 7 in
Weight:
155 lbs
Birthday:
10/06/1968
Nationwide Tour - Media Guide
| INTERNATIONAL VICTORIES | |
| (1) 1999 Victor Chandler British Masters [Eur]. | |
| Best PGA TOUR Finishes | |
| 2-- PGA Championship, B.C. Open presented by Turning Stone Resort. T2-- FedEx St. Jude Classic. | |
| Best Nationwide Tour Finishes | |
| 2-- Ben Hogan Wichita Charity Classic, NIKE Shreveport Open, Bank of America Open. T2-- NIKE Ozarks Open. | |
| 2011 Season PGA TOUR | |
| Tournaments Entered--2; in money--1; Top 10 finishes-- | |
| 2011 Season Nationwide Tour | |
| Tournaments Entered--6; in money--2; Top 10 finishes-- | |
| Career Highlights | |
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2011: Made only eight combined starts. Was two for six in cuts made on the Nationwide Tour, with a T30 at the Utah Championship his best finish. Was one for two on the PGA TOUR (a T57 at the Reno-Tahoe Open). 2010: Made 10 cuts in the 25 Nationwide Tour events he started. Ended the year No. 89 on the money list. First top-10 of the season was a T5 at the Cox Classic, where he finished with a career-best 19-under total. Matched his career-low score with a 63 in the second round. Was one of nine players tied for third and one shot off the lead entering the final round. A 3-under 68 left him four back of eventual winner Martin Piller. 2009: Ended the season No. 57 on the Nationwide Tour money list after making the cut in 14 of his final 16 starts. Had only one top-10 during a season in which he was No. 3 in Total Birdies. Was T9 at the Chitimacha Louisiana Open. Made his fourth career Nationwide Tour hole-in-one, at the Fort Smith Classic. It was his third ace in the last two seasons, with the others coming in 2008, at the South Georgia Classic and the Knoxville Open. His four aces tie him with Brendon de Jonge for most Nationwide Tour holes-in-one in history. 2008: Made the cut in 13 of 21 starts on the Nationwide Tour, with eight top-25 finishes and three top-10s. Had a hole-in-one on No. 15 with a 3-iron from 251 yards during the first round of the South Georgia Classic. Thanks to a closing round, 8-under 64, posted his first top-10 finish of the season, at the Bank of America Open, finishing runner-up to Kris Blanks by one stroke. It represented the third runner-up finish of his Nationwide Tour career and vaulted him from No. 133 to No. 26 on the money list. Finished T9 at the Knoxville Open, where he also had his second ace of the season, holing a 219-yard 4-iron at the 16th hole in the third round. First-round 63 led to a T7 at the Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open. 2007: After earning TOUR card via the PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament, missed more than three months due to a back injury suffered while working out on a stationary bicycle during the week of the Nissan Open. Did not play again until the AT&T Classic in May and was limited to 16 events during the season. Granted Minor Medical Extension. Made the cut in three of four starts, but a T12 at the Mayakoba Golf Classic was his only top-25. Recorded lone top-10 finish of the season with a T5 at the Frys.com Open benefiting Shriners Hospitals for Children in hometown of Las Vegas. Held a share of the first-round lead after posting a 9-under-par 63 at TPC Summerlin. 2006: Entered the season not having played on PGA TOUR since the 2003 EDS Byron Nelson Championship due to a back injury. Played in 21 events in on a Major Medical Extension. Best finish was runner-up at the B.C. Open presented by Turning Stone Resort, his highest finish on TOUR since a loss to Tiger Woods in a playoff at the 2000 PGA Championship. Finished No. 141 on the money list. 2005: Again did not play due to continued back injury. 2004: Did not playdue to rehabilitation from back injury. 2003: Made six cuts in seven starts before injuring back on tee shot of 72nd hole of the EDS Byron Nelson Championship. Did not play the rest of the season. 2002: Fell out of the top 125 for the first time since 1999. 2000: Lost playoff to Tiger Woods in the PGA Championship at Valhalla GC. After opening with a 72, came back with 66-66-66. Paired with Woods in the final round, both players birdied 18. May drained a 15-footer to match Woods with a 31 on the back nine. In the three-hole playoff, May recorded three pars (4-4-5) while Woods birdied the first extra hole. In final three rounds, May produced 20 birdies and only two bogeys and shares the PGA Championship scoring record with Woods at 18-under-par 270. 1999: Won the Victor Chandler British Masters on the European Tour. 1994: Gained exempt status on TOUR by virtue of his fourth-place finish on the 1993 Nationwide Tour money list, where he had 11 top-10s, including two seconds. |
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| Personal | |
| Introduced to golf by aunt and uncle, then spent time at Big Tee Golf Center in Buena Park, CA, where he picked up range balls and in return was allowed to hit them back out. At age 11 began taking lessons from legendary Eddie Merrins, the long time head pro at Bel Air CC in Los Angeles. Father, Jerry, who owned a gas station, would drive son every Sunday for 7 a.m. lesson with Merrins, an hour from the May's home in La Habra. At age 16, qualified to play in 1985 Los Angeles Open. | |
| PGA TOURPlayoff Record | |
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