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Bob Murphy  |
EXEMPT STATUS: Top 31 on All-Time Money List FULL NAME: Bob Murphy HEIGHT: 5-10 WEIGHT: 200 BIRTHDATE: February 14, 1943 BIRTHPLACE: Brooklyn, NY RESIDENCE: Delray Beach, FL FAMILY: Wife, Gail; Kimberly (1/11/69); one granddaughter EDUCATION: University of Florida (1966, Physical Education) SPECIAL INTERESTS: Fishing, stock market TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1967 JOINED TOUR: 1993 |
| PGA TOUR Victories |
| (5) 1968 Philadelphia Golf Classic, Thunderbird Classic. 1970 Greater Hartford Open Invitational. 1975 Jackie Gleason-Inverrary Classic. 1986 Canadian Open. |
| Champions Tour Victories |
| (11) 1993 Bruno's Memorial Classic, GTE North Classic. 1994 Raley's Senior Gold Rush, Hyatt Regency Maui Kaanapali Classic. 1995 The IntelliNet Challenge, PaineWebber Invitational, Nationwide Championship, VFW Senior Championship. 1996 Royal Caribbean Classic, Cadillac NFL Golf Classic. 1997 Toshiba Senior Classic. |
| International Victories |
| 1995 and 1996 Diners Club Matches (with Jim Colbert) |
| Other Victories |
| 1965 U.S. Amateur. 1966 NCAA Championship. 1967 Florida Open. 1970 Australian Masters. 1979 Jerry Ford Invitational. |
| Current Year Champions Tour Money and Positions |
| $59,467 (76) |
| Current Year Best Champions Tour Finishes |
| T11--Bruno's Memorial Classic |
| Current Year Champions Tour Best Round |
| 69 at Round 1, Bruno's Memorial Classic, at Round 2, Bruno's Memorial Classic |
| Best PGA TOUR Finishes |
| 1--1968 Philadelphia Golf Classic, Thunderbird Classic. 1970 Greater Hartford Open Invitational. 1975 Jackie Gleason-Inverrary Classic. 1986 Canadian Open. |
| Best Champions Tour Finishes |
| 1--1993 Bruno's Memorial Classic, GTE North Classic. 1994 Raley's Senior Gold Rush, Hyatt Regency Maui Kaanapali Classic. 1995 The IntelliNet Challenge, PaineWebber Invitational, Nationwide Championship, VFW Senior Championship. 1996 Royal Caribbean Classic, Cadillac NFL Golf Classic. 1997 Toshiba Senior Classic. |
| Best 2002 Champions Tour Finishes |
| T17--Verizon Classic |
| 2002 Season Champions Tour |
| Tournaments Entered--20; in money--18; Top 10 finishes--0 |
| 2002 Season Highlights |
| Continued to split time between playing the Champions Tour and his duties as a color analyst for NBC golf telecasts...T17 at the Verizon Classic thanks to opening rounds of 68-69...Carded an 8-under 64 in the second round of the FORD SENIOR PLAYERS Championship, his best score since the 1998 Vantage Championship...Aced the 202-yard, 12th hole at TwinEagles with a 7-wood during the second round of The ACE Group Classic, his third hole-in-one on the Champions Tour and 17th overall of his career. |
| Career Highlights |
| 2001: Had problems on the greens for most of the season, finishing 49th in putting (1.799) after being the fourth-best putter in 2000 (1.740)...Finished out of the top 50 on the money list for the first time...Best performance came in last start, a T8 at the SBC Championship, where he was tied for the 36-hole lead. 2000: T2 at The Instinet Classic after Gil Morgan overtook him with a final-round 66. Shared the second-round lead with Tom Jenkins after rounds of 68-65. 1999: Best performance was a runner-up at the Nationwide Championship. Appeared headed for a playoff with Hale Irwin before Irwin holed out from 74 yards for a dramatic eagle on No.18 to defeat him by two strokes at the Golf Club of Georgia. 1997: Scored a dramatic victory over Jay Sigel at the Toshiba Senior Classic. Went nine extra holes with Sigel before rolling in an 80-foot birdie putt to win the event, the second longest playoff in Champions Tour history. 1996: Fired a final-round 67 in windy, cold weather to hold off Hale Irwin by four strokes at the Royal Caribbean Classic...Opened with a course-record 62 on his way to a two-stroke triumph over Jay Sigel at the Cadillac NFL Golf Classic. Victory at Upper Montclair made him the ninth of 10 players to win both a PGA TOUR (1968 Thunderbird Classic) and Champions Tour event at the same site...Registered his 16th career hole-in-one during the first round of the Energizer SENIOR TOUR Championship (12th hole). 1995: Claimed four titles, tying good friend Jim Colbert for the most victories by any Champions Tour player that season...Started the season with a victory in the rain-curtailed IntelliNet Challenge...Outlasted Raymond Floyd and Larry Ziegler at the PaineWebber Invitational...Avenged a runner-up finish the year before by claiming the Nationwide Championship by two strokes over Hale Irwin and Bruce Summerhays...Blistered Loch Lloyd CC with a Champions Tour record-tying 126 total over the final 36 holes for the VFW Senior Championship, defeating Jim Colbert by a stroke. 1994: Defeated Dave Eichelberger with a bogey on the fifth hole of a playoff to claim the Raley's Senior Gold Rush. Went wire-to-wire in Hawaii at the Hyatt Regency Maui Kaanapali Classic. Opened with a 62 on Maui and never looked back, equaling the tournament record of 195. 1993: Debuted on the Champions Tour at the GTE Suncoast Classic near Tampa and finished T39 at the TPC of Tampa Bay...Voted the Champions Tour's Rookie of the Year on the strength of two tournament victories...Initial win came in Birmingham, AL, where he held off Lee Trevino and Bob Charles to claim the Bruno's Memorial Classic. Was also victorious later that same season at the rain-shortened GTE North Classic in Indianapolis. |
| Personal |
| Initially coaxed out of the ESPN broadcast booth by Lee Trevino, who advised him to play the Champions Tour on a full-time basis...Has a history of severe arthritis, which he overcame to continue his golf career...Recipient of the 1996 Ben Hogan Award from the Golf Writers Association of America for his comeback from arthritis...Serves as national spokesman for the Hook-A-Kid On Golf program...Returned to the television booth in 2000, joining NBC for a number of events. In addition to his Champions Tour schedule, is now a full-time member of its golf broadcast team. |
| PGA TOUR Playoff Record |
| 1-5 |
| Champions Tour Playoff Record |
| 2-0 |
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