Bob Panasik

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| fullname = Robert R. Panasik

| nickname = Panny

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| birth_place = Windsor, Ontario, Canada

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|12|27|1941|10|20}}

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| status = Professional

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| extour = Canadian Tour
Champions Tour

| prowins = 27

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| masters = DNP

| usopen = 42nd: 1964

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| award1 = Peter Jackson Tour
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| year1 = 1974, 1975

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Robert R. Panasik ({{ne}} Panasiuk; October 20, 1941 – December 27, 2023) was a Canadian professional golfer.

Early life

Born in Windsor, Ontario, he was known as Panasiuk until 1970 when he changed his name to Panasik so it would be "easier to pronounce".{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LWA_AAAAIBAJ&pg=6242,1498486 |title=Panasik winning with a new name and a new game |newspaper=Windsor Star |agency=Canadian Press |place=Victoria, British Columbia |date=September 8, 1986 |page=C1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231229174030/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LWA_AAAAIBAJ&pg=6242,1498486 |archive-date=December 29, 2023 |access-date=December 29, 2023}}

In 1957, at the age of 15, Panasik made the halfway cut in the Canadian Open to become the youngest player ever to play all four rounds in a PGA Tour event,{{cite news |url=http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/sports/story.html?id=b1fc3d58-b44f-4e1c-8289-9b406d5c8bf3 |title=Panasiuk devoted to golf |newspaper=Windsor Star |date=July 28, 2009 |access-date=December 29, 2023 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109202011/http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/sports/story.html?id=b1fc3d58-b44f-4e1c-8289-9b406d5c8bf3 |archive-date=November 9, 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.pgatour.com/2007/tournaments/r032/07/24/history/index.html |title=Little-known 15-year-old turned heads by making cut in 1957 |work=PGA Tour |first=Brett |last=Avery |date=July 24, 2007 |access-date=December 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014013953/https://www.pgatour.com/2007/tournaments/r032/07/24/history/index.html |archive-date=October 14, 2012 }} a record which stood until April 2013 when his record was broken by Guan Tianlang.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/golf/22129753 |title=Masters 2013: Guan Tianlang, 14, makes cut despite penalty |work=BBC Sport |date=April 13, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231011053821/https://www.bbc.com/sport/golf/22129753 |archive-date=October 11, 2023 |access-date=December 29, 2023}}

Professional career

Panasik went on to win the Canadian PGA Championship twice as well as many provincial tournaments in Canada. He also qualified for the U.S. Open on several occasions and represented Canada in three World Cups.

Panasik continued his success as a senior, playing one full season on the Senior PGA Tour in 1994. Back in Canada, he has won the Canadian PGA Seniors Championship three times and the Super Seniors Championship twice.{{cite web |url=https://heritage.golfcanada.ca/hall-of-fame-members/bob-panasik/ |title=Robert Panasik |work=Canadian Golf Hall of Fame |publisher=Golf Canada |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209223444/https://heritage.golfcanada.ca/hall-of-fame-members/bob-panasik/ |archive-date=December 9, 2022 |access-date=December 29, 2023}}

Death

Panasik died on December 27, 2023, at the age of 82.{{cite web |url=https://www.golfcanada.ca/articles/golf-community-mourns-the-passing-of-bob-panasik/ |title=Golf community mourns the passing of Bob Panasik |work=Golf Canada |date=December 28, 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231229034426/https://www.golfcanada.ca/articles/golf-community-mourns-the-passing-of-bob-panasik/ |archive-date=December 29, 2023 |access-date=December 29, 2023}}

Awards and honors

Panasik was inducted into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame in 2005.{{cite web |url=http://www.golfobserver.com/features/Rubenstein/Panasik_011507.php |title=Look at Bob Panasik, the youngest player to make a cut on the PGA Tour |last=Rubenstein |first=Lorne |author-link=Lorne Rubenstein |work=Golf Observer |date=January 15, 2006 |access-date=December 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090123063147/http://www.golfobserver.com/features/Rubenstein/Panasik_011507.php |archive-date=January 23, 2009 |url-status=dead }}