Bob May (golfer)


Robert Anthony May is an American professional golfer. He lost to Tiger Woods in a three-hole playoff for the 2000 PGA Championship at Valhalla.

Amateur career

May attended Oklahoma State University and was a member of the 1991 Walker Cup American team before turning professional later that year.

Professional career

May joined the PGA Tour in 1994. He did not win on the Tour, but he finished second three times, including a playoff loss to Tiger Woods at the 2000 PGA Championship at Valhalla, and most recently at the 2006 B.C. Open at Turning Stone Resort & Casino, where he lost by one to John Rollins. However he won the 1999 Victor Chandler British Masters on the European Tour. His career was curtailed by a back injury in 2003, and in 2006 he played the PGA Tour on a Major Medical Exemption. After the 2007 season he lost his PGA Tour card.
From 2008 through 2010, May played primarily on the Nationwide Tour along with some PGA Tour events. May lost his status on the minor-league tour after missing 15 of 25 cuts in 2010; he played in only eight tournaments in 2011 and just twice in 2012.
May was in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking for much of 2000 and 2001.

Professional wins (1)

European Tour wins (1)

European Tour playoff record
No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
12000PGA Championship Tiger WoodsLost three-hole aggregate playoff;
Woods: −1,
May: E

Playoff record

PGA Tour playoff record
No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
12000PGA Championship Tiger WoodsLost three-hole aggregate playoff;
Woods: −1,
May: E

Ben Hogan Tour playoff record
No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
11992Ben Hogan Wichita Charity Classic Jeff WoodlandLost to birdie on sixth extra hole

Results in major championships

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results in The Players Championship

"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

1Canceled due to 9/11
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied
NT = No Tournament

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur