Robert Panasik
Category: Player – Amateur/Professional
Bob Panasik
Induction: 2005
Born: October 20, 1941
Death: December 27, 2023
Place of Birth: Windsor, Ontario
- At 15, Bob Panasik played in the Canadian Open Championship. When he made the cut to stay for all four rounds he made history as well. In the 48 years since, no younger player has made the cut at a PGA Tour event. But his career does not stop there. Bob has spent all his life committed to the game of golf and to competitive play. Canadian Junior Champion in 1958 through to PGA of Canada Super Senior Champion in 2003, he has won a generous helping of tournaments, including 12 provincial titles, 2 PGA of Canada Championships, and 3 PGA of Canada Senior Championships. He also played his way into nine US Opens and 3 Canadian World Cup Teams.
International:
- Qualified for the US Open Championship 9 times through Regional/Sectional Qualifying process: 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1983
- 1968 Michigan PGA Assistants Champion: holds record margin of victory 10 strokes
- 1970 Michigan PGA Assistants Championship – winner
- Member of Canada’s World Cup Team: 1972-1973, 1975
- 1994 Exempt to the Senior Tour
- 2001 Qualified for the 2001 US Senior Open
National:
- 1958 Canadian Junior Champion
- 1972 and 1973 PGA of Canada Champion
- 1981 and 1993 PGA of Canada Club Professionals Champion
- 1997, 1998 and 2001 PGA of Canada Senior’s Champion: 1997-1998
- 2003 and 2004 PGA of Canada Super Seniors Champion
Provincial Amateurs:
- 1955 Ontario Bantam Boys’
- 1956 Ontario Juvenile
- 1958 and 1960 Ontario Junior
- Willingdon Cup Team Member Ontario: 1958-1960
- 1959 Ontario Amateur
Provincial Professional Titles:
- 1973 Newfoundland Open
- 1974 Saskatchewan Open
- 1974 and 1975 Alberta Open
- 1974 Quebec Open
- 1979 and 2002 Ontario Spring
- 1979 PGA of Ontario
- 1986 Manitoba Open
- 1998 Ontario Summer
Items of Note:
- Youngest to make the cut in a regular PGA Tour event – the 1957 Canadian Open, at 15 years old, 8 months. He finished T64.
- 14 Appearances in the Canadian Open
Awards:
1973, 1979, 1981, 1982 and 1984 PGA of Canada Order of Merit
1986 Order of Merit (Canadian Tour)
Inducted to Ontario Golf Hall of Fame in 2005
Inducted to PGA of Canada Hall of Fame in 2014
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