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Bob Gilder  |
EXEMPT STATUS: Top 31 on 2002 Champions Tour Money List FULL NAME: Bob Gilder HEIGHT: 5-9 WEIGHT: 180 BIRTHDATE: December 31, 1950 BIRTHPLACE: Corvallis, OR RESIDENCE: Corvallis, OR FAMILY: Wife, Peggy; Bryan (3/24/75), Cammy Lynn (6/10/77), Brent (3/4/81) EDUCATION: Arizona State University (1973, Business Administration) SPECIAL INTERESTS: Football, auto racing TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1973 JOINED TOUR: 2000 |
| PGA TOUR Victories |
| (6) 1976 Phoenix Open. 1980 Canadian Open. 1982 Byron Nelson Golf Classic, Manufacturers Hanover Westchester Classic, Bank Of Boston Classic. 1983 Phoenix Open. |
| Champions Tour Victories |
| (7) 2001 Verizon Classic, SENIOR TOUR Championship. 2002 SBC Senior Open, FleetBoston Classic, Allianz Championship, Kroger Senior Classic. 2003 Emerald Coast Classic. |
| Other Victories |
| 1974 New Zealand Open. 1982 Bridgestone International. 1988 Isuzu Kapalua International. 1988 Acom Team Championship (with Doug Tewell). 1990 Acom P.T. |
| Current Year Charles Schwab Cup Points and Positions |
| 636 (11) |
| Current Year Champions Tour Money and Positions |
| $679,736 (9) |
| Current Year Best Champions Tour Finishes |
| 1--Emerald Coast Classic, 3--Kinko's Classic of Austin, T4--Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf, T6--Bruno's Memorial Classic, T10--Senior PGA Championship |
| Current Year Champions Tour Best Round |
| 63 at Round 3, Emerald Coast Classic |
| Current Year Champions Tour Highlights |
| His 54-hole score of 17-under 193 shattered the Emerald Coast Classic tournament record by three strokes. Notched his seventh career title on the Champions Tour. Win in Pensacola made him the ninth different champion in the nine-year history of the event. Used a second-round 64 to vault himself into a tie with Tom Watson after 36 holes and then cruised easily to the title after shooting a 7-under 63 on Easter Sunday. Made 23 birdies over 54 holes, the most by any player in the field, and birdied both par-5s at The Moors all three days...Finished third at the Kinko's Classic of Austin, one stroke shy of the Hale Irwin-Tom Watson playoff...That effort capped an impressive four-week string which saw him win in Pensacola, finish T4 at the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf and grab a T6 at Bruno's Memorial Classic...Champions Tour's April Player of the Month. |
| Best PGA TOUR Finishes |
| 1--1976 Phoenix Open. 1980 Canadian Open. 1982 Byron Nelson Golf Classic, Manufacturers Hanover Westchester Classic, Bank Of Boston Classic. 1983 Phoenix Open. |
| Best Champions Tour Finishes |
| 1--2001 Verizon Classic, SENIOR TOUR Championship. 2002 SBC Senior Open, FleetBoston Classic, Allianz Championship, Kroger Senior Classic. 2003 Emerald Coast Classic. |
| Best Nationwide Tour Finishes |
| T3--1997 NIKE Dakota Dunes Open. |
| Best 2002 Champions Tour Finishes |
| 1--Allianz Championship, 2--SBC Championship, T2--Siebel Classic in Silicon Valley, 3--SENIOR TOUR Championship at Gaillardia, T3--Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf, The Countrywide Tradition, 5--SBC Senior Classic, AT&T Canada Senior Open Championship, T5--3M Championship, Napa Valley Championship presented by Beringer Vineyards, T7--Royal Caribbean Classic, 10--U.S. Senior Open, T10--Senior PGA Championship |
| 2002 Season Champions Tour |
| Tournaments Entered--34; in money--34; Top 10 finishes--16 |
| 2002 Season Highlights |
| Had his most productive season as a professional with four wins and earnings totaling $2,367,637...Was the Champions Tour's Player of the Month for July and September after recording a pair of victories in consecutive weeks during each month...Tied Hale Irwin in sub-par rounds with 67 and was third in top-10 finishes...In July, became the first player since Jim Thorpe in 2001 to claim back-to-back events and the first professional since Lee Elder (1985) to win consecutive tournaments on the Champions Tour in playoffs. Defeated John Mahaffey with a birdie-3 on the third extra hole to win the FleetBoston Classic at Nashawtuc. Became the first wire-to-wire winner in the 22-year history of the event and just the second player ever to win both a PGA TOUR (1982 Bank of Boston Classic) and Champions Tour event in the Boston area (Arnold Palmer, the other). Fell into playoff after making bogey on the final hole, ending a run of 64 straight holes without a bogey...Defeated Hale Irwin a week earlier with a par on the first hole of a playoff to win the SBC Senior Open in Chicago. Trailed Irwin by one stroke with two holes to play in regulation, but made a crucial 15-foot birdie putt on the 16th hole to send the tournament to a playoff. Moved into the lead on Saturday with a course-record 63 on the Port Course at Harborside International...In September, rallied from two strokes down with eight holes to play to win the Allianz Championship. Dueled John Bland down the stretch and took the lead for good when Bland made bogey on the 17th hole at Glen Oaks. Victory in Des Moines was his third of the season, a first for him since claiming three PGA TOUR events in 1982...Added a fourth victory, and his third in a playoff, when he bested Tom Jenkins with a birdie-3 on the second extra hole to win the Kroger Senior Classic. Had just one bogey during the event at the TPC at River's Bend (No. 3, second round). Helped his cause by posting the first hole-in-one of his Champions Tour career on Friday with an 8-iron on the 157-yard 12th hole...Also finished second along with Fuzzy Zoeller at the Siebel Classic in Silicon Valley, one stroke behind Dana Quigley and was also solo second to Quigley at the SBC Championship in San Antonio...Became the second player to go over the $2 million mark after pocketing $50,700 for a T5 at the Napa Valley Championship...Among his three third-place finishes was a solo third at the season-ending SENIOR TOUR Championship at Gaillardia where he won $213,000...His eight consecutive rounds in the 60s was the best streak on the Champions Tour in 2002...Led all players with 399 birdies. |
| Career Highlights |
| 2001: Was named Rookie of the Year thanks to a pair of victories and 11 other top-10 finishes...Earnings of over $1.6 million were more than five times greater than his best year on the PGA TOUR (1982-$308,648)...Started and ended the season on a positive note...Closed with a 4-under 67 at the TPC of Tampa Bay to win the Verizon Classic by three strokes over four players. Only needed 75 total putts over three days for his Verizon title, his first win on TOUR in 18 years and 18 days (1983 Phoenix Open)...Became a multiple champion for the first time since 1982 when he closed the year with a victory at the SENIOR TOUR Championship at Gaillardia. Was the first-round leader in Oklahoma City and stayed close to the lead over the next two days. Eventually edged Doug Tewell by a stroke in windy conditions despite carding a 1-over 73, the highest finishing score by a winner since the 1999 Lightpath Long Island Classic...Almost won the week prior at the SBC Championship. Was one stroke off the lead after 36 holes and eventually T2, falling two strokes short of Larry Nelson. 2000: Cruised to medalist honors at the 2000 Champions Tour National Qualifying Tournament despite playing all four days with a sprained left ankle and kidney stones. His 72-hole total of 19-under 269 shattered the Q-school scoring record and his seven-stroke margin of victory over Bill Holstead and Terry Mauney at Eagle Pines GC was the second largest winning margin ever in a National Qualifying final. |
| Personal |
| A collegiate teammate of Tom Purtzer and Howard Twitty at Arizona State. |
| PGA TOUR Playoff Record |
| 1-0 |
| Champions Tour Playoff Record |
| 3-0 |