Bobby Greenwood (golfer)
Robert Stanton Greenwood, Jr. is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour from 1969 to 1975. He is a PGA of America Life Member.
Greenwood was born in Cookeville, Tennessee. Prior to his amateur career, he was thrice ranked in the Top Ten Amateurs in the United States by Golf Magazine and Golf Digest. He was a three-time NCAA-All American at North Texas State University and was inducted into University of North Texas Sports Hall of Fame on November 2, 2002 in Denton, Texas. He was inducted into the Tennessee Golf Hall of Fame on September 5, 2007 at Holston Hills Country Club in Knoxville, Tennessee. He was inducted as a charter member of the Riverside Military Academy Centennial All-Sports Hall of Fame on October 13, 2007 in Gainesville, Georgia where he was the leading scorer on the basketball team and he hit ten home runs on the RMA baseball team. A PGA of America Life Member, Greenwood also received the Tennessee 2007 PGA Distinguished Career Award and 2005 PGA President's Council Award. Greenwood is now a golf course architect out of his hometown, Cookeville, Tennessee.Golf credits
Awards and honors
- 2010 Tennessee PGA Distinguished Career Award
- 2007 Tennessee Golf Hall of Fame
- 2007 Riverside Military Academy Centennial Sports Hall of Fame
- 2005 PGA President's Council Award
- 2002 University of North Texas Athletic Hall of Fame
College golf career
- 1964 Member of the Prestigious Ten-Man Texas Cup Team, Dallas, Texas.
- 1963 NCAA All-America ~ First Team, North Texas State University, Denton, Texas.
- 1963 Runner-up Finish, Missouri Valley Conference Golf League Championship.
- 1963 Member, NCAA Championship North-South All-Star Matches
- 1963 Southern Intercollegiate Conference Champion, Athens, Georgia.
- 1963 All-American Intercollegiate, hosted by University of Houston at Pine Forest Country Club, Houston, Texas.
- 1962 NCAA All-America ~ Second Team, North Texas State University, Denton, Texas.
- 1962 Runner-up, Missouri Valley Conference Golf League Championship.
- 1962 Border Olympics Golf Tournament, Laredo, Texas..
- 1962 Dick Smith Memorial Award for Outstanding College Golfer, North Texas State University, Denton, Texas.
- 1961 NCAA All-America ~ Honorable Mention, North Texas State University, Denton, Texas.
- 1961 Runner-up, Missouri Valley Conference Golf League Championship.
- 1961 Colonial Invitational, Colonial Country Club, Memphis, Tennessee..
- 1961 Southwest Recreational Intercollegiate Champion, Fort Worth, Texas.
- 1958 Runner-up, Ohio Valley Conference Golf League Championship.
- 1958 Champion, T.I.A.C., Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tennessee.
Amateur career
- 1964 Co-medalist U.S. Amateur, Canterbury Country Club, Cleveland, Ohio.
- Qualified & played in four U.S. Amateurs.
- Qualified and played in two U.S. Opens.
- 1964 Texas Cup Team
- 1968 Tennessee Cup Team.
- Top 10 Amateurs in U.S. by Golf Magazine, twice.
- Top 10 Amateurs in U.S. by Golf Digest, 1968
- 1965 Sunnehanna Amateur Champion, Johnstown, Pennsylvania..
- 1966 Tennessee Amateur Champion, Chickasaw Country Club, Memphis, Tennessee.
- 1968 Sunnehanna Amateur Champion, Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
- 1968 Southern Amateur Championship, Finished 3rd, Lost Tree Village Golf Course, North Palm Beach, Florida.
- 1968 Tennessee Open Champion, Old Hickory Country Club, Nashville, Tennessee..
- Irvin Cobb Open Championship, Paducah, Kentucky
PGA Tour and Champions Tour career
- 1969 Attended PGA Tour Qualifying School, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
- 1969 "Champions' Choice" ~ PGA Tour rookie.
- 1969-1975 PGA Tour Player for seven years.
- 1970 Rhode Island Open Champion, Agawan Hunt & Golf Club, Rhode Island..
- 1971 PGA Member - Class A.
- 1972-1975 Tournament Players Division - PGA Tour..
- Made 72 cuts, six top-10 finishes, and 15 top-25s on the PGA Tour.
- 1988-1991 Champions Tour - six events
Golf professional playing career
- 1968, 1976, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2000 - Tennessee Cup Team.
- 1991, 1992, 1994 - Tennessee Senior PGA Champion.
- 1999 Tri-Cities Fall Pro-Am, Senior Champion, Bristol, Virginia.
- Winner of over 150 amateur and pro tournaments in playing career.
