Bob Shave
| Bob Shave Jr. | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Robert James Shave Jr. |
| Born | c.1936 Willoughby, Ohio, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Weight | 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st) |
| Sporting nationality | File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States |
| Residence | Weston, Florida, U.S. |
| Career | |
| College | Florida State University |
| Turned professional | 1960 |
| Professional wins | 4 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| PGA Championship | T49: 1966 |
| U.S. Open | T26: 1966 |
| The Open Championship | DNP |
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Robert James Shave Jr. (born c.1936[1]) is an American professional golfer.
Shave was born in Willoughby, Ohio. He played college golf at Florida State University, where he was a 2nd-Team All-American.[2]
He played on the PGA Tour for six years, and had 21 top-10 finishes.[3] In other professional outings, he won the Ohio Open three times, as well as the Pennsylvania Open Championship.
He later coached golf at Florida International University along with Bill Mehlhorn. Mehlhorn and Shave wrote the book, Golf Secrets Exposed, in the early 1980s to summarize Mehlhorn's golf secrets and insight. Shave was elected into the Florida State Hall of Fame in 2009.[4] He also demonstrated the Mehnhorn golf techniques and exercises in videos on his youtube channel.[5]
Amateur wins
[edit | edit source]- 1956 Northeast Ohio Amateur Championship[5]
- 1958 Northeast Ohio Amateur Championship
- 1959 Northeast Ohio Amateur Championship
- 1959 Pensacola Invitational
Professional wins (4)
[edit | edit source]- 1958 Ohio Open (as an amateur)
- 1962 Ohio Open[1]
- 1963 Ohio Open
- 1965 Pennsylvania Open Championship
References
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- American male golfers
- Florida State Seminoles men's golfers
- PGA Tour golfers
- College golf coaches in Florida
- Golfers from Ohio
- FIU Panthers coaches
- FIU Panthers golf
- Golfers from Cleveland
- People from Willoughby, Ohio
- Sportspeople from Lake County, Ohio
- Sportspeople from Weston, Florida
- 1936 births
- Living people
- 20th-century American sportsmen