Bob Murphy
Summary
Wins
- 1965 U.S. Amateur Southern Hills Country Club · 291
Near misses
- 1970 PGA Championship Southern Hills Country Club · runner-up to Dave Stockton · 281
Ryder Cup
1 Cups, 4 matches: 2 won, 1 lost, 1 halved, 2.5 points. Foursomes 0-1-0, four-ball 0-0-1, singles 2-0-0.
- 1975 Laurel Valley Golf Club USA · USA won 21–11 · 2-1-1, 2.5 points
Rivals
Beat him
Ryder Cup partners
Ryder Cup opponents
Next in the chain: Dave Stockton's rivals →
Results by championship
Best day
1970 PGA Championship
Runner-up to Dave Stockton · 281.
Chosen by rule: the most recent of the best major finishes. Year page: 1970.
Career line, 1965–1975
3 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.
- Other win
- Runner-up
- Ryder Cup, USA
Bob Murphy was born in 1943 in Brooklyn, New York. Murphy's best major finish was second, at the 1970 PGA Championship. Murphy won the 1965 U.S. Amateur. Murphy played in 1 Ryder Cup for USA (1975), winning 2, losing 1 and halving 1 of 4 matches for 2.5 points.
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The record
Wins
- 1965 U.S. Amateur Southern Hills Country Club · 291
Near misses
- 1970 PGA Championship Southern Hills Country Club · runner-up to Dave Stockton · 281
Ryder Cup
Murphy played 1 Ryder Cups for USA: 4 matches, 2 won, 1 lost, 1 halved, 2.5 points (62.5% of those available). By format: foursomes 0-1-0, four-ball 0-0-1, singles 2-0-0 (won-lost-halved).
- 1975 Laurel Valley Golf Club USA · USA won 21–11 · 2-1-1, 2.5 points
Partners, with matches played together: Jack Nicklaus (1), Lee Trevino (1).
Other wins in championships we cover
- 1965 U.S. Amateur Southern Hills Country Club · 291
Sources
Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.