Bob Estes

Bob Estes
Personal information
Full name	Bob Alan Estes
Born	February 2, 1966 (1966-02-02) Graham, Texas
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight	180 lb (82 kg; 13 st)
Nationality	United States
Residence	Austin, Texas
Career
College	University of Texas
Turned professional	1988
Current tour(s)	PGA Tour
Professional wins	4
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	4
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament	T4: 1999
U.S. Open	T11: 2005
The Open Championship	T8: 1995
PGA Championship	T6: 1993, 1995, 1999
Achievements and awards
Haskins Award	1988

Bob Alan Estes (born February 2, 1966) is an American professional golfer.

Estes was born in Graham, Texas and reared in Abilene, Texas. He first played golf at age 4 and decided to become a professional golfer at age 12. Estes attended the University of Texas from 1984–1988, and was a member of the golf team. He won the 1988 Haskins Award for most outstanding collegiate golfer in the nation.

Estes had four PGA Tour victories between 1994 and 2002. He is particularly well known for his excellent short game. Estes follows a strict physical conditioning routine that includes weightlifting, agility exercises, diet and short-distance wind sprints. In addition, he has experimented with the ten finger grip, which is rare in the modern game of golf.

In 2011, Estes was recovering from a wrist injury, but still managed to make twelve starts on the PGA Tour. Of the five cuts he made, one was a near-win at the Greenbrier Classic, where he lost in a playoff. Estes is 0-4 in PGA Tour playoffs. He still managed to finish 135th on the Tour's money list, but regained his Tour card through Q School.

Estes has featured in the top 20 of the Official World Golf Rankings.

Amateur wins (1)

this list may be incomplete

• 1985 Trans-Mississippi Amateur

Professional wins (4)

PGA Tour wins (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Oct 16, 1994	Texas Open	−19 (62–65–68–70=265)	1 stroke	Gil Morgan
2	Jun 10, 2001	FedEx St. Jude Classic	−17 (61–66–69–71=267)	1 stroke	Bernhard Langer
3	Oct 14, 2001	Invensys Classic at Las Vegas	−30 (65–66–67–68–63=329)	1 stroke	Tom Lehman, Rory Sabbatini
4	Jun 2, 2002	Kemper Insurance Open	−11 (65–69–69–70=273)	1 stroke	Rich Beem

PGA Tour playoff record (0–4)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1989	B.C. Open	Mike Hulbert	Lost to par on first extra hole
2	1993	Buick Southern Open	Billy Andrade, Brad Bryant, Mark Brooks, John Inman	Inman won with birdie on second extra hole Andrade, Bryant, and Brooks eliminated with birdie on first hole
3	2003	HP Classic of New Orleans	Steve Flesch	Lost to birdie on first extra hole
4	2011	Greenbrier Classic	Scott Stallings, Bill Haas	Stallings won with birdie on first extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	T29	T27	DNP	DNP	T4
U.S. Open	DNP	CUT	T44	T52	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	T30
The Open Championship	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	T24	T8	CUT	DNP	T24	T49
PGA Championship	CUT	DNP	T76	T6	T47	T6	CUT	DNP	T34	T6

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
The Masters	T19	DNP	45	22	T31	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	CUT	T30	CUT	CUT	CUT	T11	CUT	T58	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	T20	T25	T18	T34	T20	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	CUT	T37	CUT	T57	CUT	T28	CUT	DNP	DNP	T76

Tournament	2010	2011
The Masters	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	CUT	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	CUT
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10

See also

• 2011 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates

External links

• Bob Estes at the PGA Tour official site
• Bob Estes at the Official World Golf Ranking official site