Bob Stanton | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Robert James Stanton |
Born | Sydney, Australia | 20 January 1946
Sporting nationality | Australia |
Career | |
Status | Professional |
Former tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Professional wins | 8 |
Best results in major championships | |
Masters Tournament | CUT: 1967 |
PGA Championship | T22: 1970 |
U.S. Open | T22: 1969 |
The Open Championship | T27: 1966 |
Robert James Stanton (born 20 January 1946)[1] is a retired professional golfer from Australia. He had considerable success in the late 1960s, winning a number of tournaments in Australia and playing on the PGA Tour. As a 20-year-old, he won the 1966 Dunlop International, beating Arnold Palmer in a sudden-death playoff. He never won on the PGA Tour but was runner-up twice, in the 1969 AVCO Golf Classic and the 1970 Florida Citrus Invitational. He had a brief return of form in 1974/1975 and again for a few years from 1982.