Bob Byman

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|4|25}}

| birth_place = Poughkeepsie, New York

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| college = Wake Forest University

| yearpro = 1976

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| usopen = CUT: 1983

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| pga = 77th: 1980

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Robert T. Byman (born April 25, 1955) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour.

Amateur career

Byman was born in Poughkeepsie, New York, but moved to Colorado when 13 years old. He only lived in Colorado for five years, but won the state amateur stroke-play championship three years in a row 1971–73, the first player since Hale Irwin 1963–65 to do so. As a 17-year-old, he won the U.S Junior Amateur, beating Scott Simpson in the final.{{cite web |title=Bob Byman – Inducted 2008 |url=https://www.coloradogolfhalloffame.org/person/bob-byman/ |publisher=Colorado Golf Hall of Fame Museum |accessdate=December 1, 2023}}

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 magazine |url=http://www.golfdigest.com/features/index.ssf?/features/gd200502myshot.html |magazine=Golf Digest |title=My Shot: Curtis Strange |first=Guy |last=Yocom |date=February 2005 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050305044526/http://www.golfdigest.com/features/index.ssf?%2Ffeatures%2Fgd200502myshot.html |archivedate=March 5, 2005 |url-status=dead }} At the end of 1976 Golf Digest ranked Byman the No. 2 amateur in the country behind only Scott Simpson.{{Cite news|date=1977-01-30|title=Dunaway Finds His Game...|pages=56|work=The Charlotte Observer|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80695350/dunaway-finds-his-game/|access-date=2021-07-03}}

Professional career

Byman turned pro in 1976. He spent the early part of his professional career playing on the European Tour, where he had a great deal of success, winning four times. Tiger Woods is the only American golfer with more regular European Tour wins. He played full-time on the PGA Tour 1979–84. 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=PGA Tour – Bob Byman – Season results |url=http://www.pgatour.com/players/player.01155.bob-byman.html/season/#uber |publisher=PGA Tour |accessdate=November 14, 2013}} 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=January 24, 2008}}

Byman also won the New Zealand Open, an official event on the Australian Tour. Almost uniquely for an American golfer he won more events internationally than domestically.

Byman played on the European Seniors Tour in 2005.

Amateur wins (6)

this list may be incomplete

1971 Colorado Amateur
1972 U.S. Junior Amateur, Colorado Amateur
1973 Colorado Amateur
1976 Northeast Amateur, Rice Planters Amateur

Professional wins (6)

=PGA Tour wins (1)=

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!No.

!Date

!Tournament

!Winning score

!Margin of
victory

!Runner-up

align=center|1

|Mar 4, 1979

|Bay Hill Citrus Classic

|−6 (67-70-70-71=278)

|Playoff

|{{flagicon|USA}} John Schroeder

PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

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!No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent!!Result

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|align=center|1

|1979

|Bay Hill Citrus Classic

|{{flagicon|USA}} John Schroeder

|Won with par on second extra hole

=European Tour wins (4)=

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!No.!!Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!Margin of
victory!!Runner-up

align=center|1

|align=right|Jul 24, 1977

|Scandinavian Enterprise Open

|−13 (70-69-68-68=275)

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|ZAF|1928}} Hugh Baiocchi

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|align=right|Aug 14, 1977

|Dutch Open

|−10 (69-70-68-71=278)

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|ZAF|1928}} Hugh Baiocchi

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|align=right|Jul 23, 1978

|Dutch Open (2)

|−2 (74-72-68=214)*

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|ZWE}} Nick Price

align=center|4

|align=right|Jul 4, 1982

|Scandinavian Enterprise Open (2)

|−9 (69-69-66-71=275)

|3 strokes

|{{flagicon|SCO}} Sam Torrance

*Note: The 1978 Dutch Open was shortened to 54 holes due to a player controversy.

=New Zealand Golf Circuit wins (1)=

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No. !Date !Tournament !Winning score !Margin of victory !Runner-up
align=center\|1 \|align=right\|Dec 11, 1977 \|New Zealand Open \| +6 (66-72-78-74=290) \|1 stroke \|{{flagicon\|AUS}} Terry Gale

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No.

!Date

!Tournament

!Winning score

!Margin of
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!Runner-up

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|align=right|Dec 11, 1977

|New Zealand Open

| +6 (66-72-78-74=290)

|1 stroke