Bob Hamilton
Hamilton, circa 1949
Personal information
Full name	Robert T. Hamilton
Born	(1916-01-10)January 10, 1916 Evansville, Indiana, U.S.
Died	December 6, 1990(1990-12-06) (aged 74) Evansville, Indiana, U.S.
Sporting nationality	United States
Career
Status	Professional
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour
Professional wins	10
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	5
Other	5
Best results in major championships (wins: 1)
Masters Tournament	3rd:1946
PGA Championship	Won:1944
U.S. Open	T29: 1947
The Open Championship	DNP

Robert T. Hamilton (January 10, 1916 – December 6, 1990) was an Americanprofessional golfer. He was born, raised, and died inEvansville, Indiana. He attended and graduated fromEvansville Reitz High School in 1934.

Hamilton won ten professional titles, including onemajor, thePGA Championship in1944 atManito Golf and Country Club inSpokane, Washington. Then amatch play event, he defeated heavily favoredByron Nelson in the finals, 1 up. Hamilton was a three-time winner of theIndiana Open, winning in 1938, 1942, and 1966. He won five times on thePGA Tour, including the 1948New Orleans Open, one stroke ahead of runner-upRoberto De Vicenzo. Hamilton was also a member of the 1949Ryder Cup team.

Hamilton also served as the golf pro atFort Lewis, south ofSeattle, during the latter stages ofWorld War II; he was also a member of the Warriors, the inter-base (intramural) team. Individually, he placed 3rd in the Pacific Northwest Servicemen's Championship (Seattle) and 3rd in theTacoma Open, aPGA Tour event.^[1]

Hamilton finished second toSam Snead in the 1967Senior PGA Championship at PGA National Golf Club inPalm Beach Gardens, Florida.

Hamilton set the overall record for youngest golfer to shoot his age when he shot a 59 at Hamilton Golf Club in Evansville in 1975.^[2]

Hamilton was inducted into the Indiana Golf Hall of Fame in 1965, as a member of the 2nd class so honored.

This list may be incomplete

• 1934IHSAA State Champion^[3]
• 1936 Indiana Amateur

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Mar 16, 1944	North and South Open	−2 (73-72-70-71=286)	7 strokes	Bobby Cruickshank
2	Aug 15, 1944	PGA Championship	1 up		Byron Nelson
3	Mar 31, 1946	Charlotte Open	−15 (70-71-67-65=273)	3 strokes	Pete Cooper,Jimmy Demaret, Sam Snead
4	Feb 22, 1948	New Orleans Open	−4 (70-71-70-69=280)	1 stroke	Roberto De Vicenzo,Fred Haas, Lawson Little
5	Jul 24, 1949	Inverness Invitational Four-Ball (withChick Harbert)	+19 points	14 points	Skip Alexander andClayton Heafner

PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1949	Miami Open	Fred Haas	Lost 18-hole playoff; Haas: −1 (69), Hamilton: +1 (71)

This list may be incomplete

• 1938Indiana Open
• 1942Indiana Open
• 1943Indiana PGA Championship
• 1944Indiana PGA Championship
• 1966Indiana Open

Year	Championship	Winning score	Runner-up
1944	PGA Championship	1 up	Byron Nelson

Note: The PGA Championship was match play until 1958

Note: Hamilton never played inThe Open Championship.

NT = no tournament
WD = withdrew
CUT = missed the half-way cut
R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = round in which player lost in PGA Championship match play
"T" indicates a tie for a place

• Most consecutive cuts made – 11 (1941 U.S. Open – 1949 Masters)
• Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (1952 PGA – 1953 Masters)

• Chronological list of men's major golf champions
• List of men's major championships winning golfers

• Indiana Golf Hall of Fame
• Funeral home card from Browning Genealogy database

• American male golfers
• PGA Tour golfers
• Ryder Cup competitors for the United States
• Winners of men's major golf championships
• Golfers from Indiana
• Sportspeople from Evansville, Indiana
• 1916 births
• 1990 deaths
• 20th-century American sportsmen

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