Player Profiles

BOB ACKERMAN

Birthdate: March 27, 1953

Birthplace: Benton Harbor, Mich.

Age: 53 Ht: 5'11" Wt: 220

Home: West Bloomfield, Mich.

College: Indiana

Turned Professional: 1975

Player Notes: A PGA Master Professional and owner and operator of Bob Ackerman Golf Academy in Bloomfield, Mich…Tied for 26th in the 2005 Callaway Golf PGA Senior Club Professional Championship… Winner of 1975 Big Ten Championship, 1975 Michigan Open and 1989 Illinois Open. Other victories include: four Illinois PGA Match Play championships, 1982 Michigan PGA Match Play Championship, 1988 & '93 Illinois PGA Championships... Was four-time Illinois Player of the Year ... Played in the 1981 U.S. Open at Merion finishing T-43rd; a rst-round 68 placed him in third place… Missed the cut in 1985 & '86 PGA Championship… Played in 12 PGA Club Professional Campionships, with finish T-18th in 1984…Has seven holes-in-one…Most memorable golf moment is winning the Chicago Open.