Bob Rosburg

United States · born October 21, 1926, San Francisco, California, USA · died May 14, 2009

1major championship

PGA Championship1 win
U.S. Open2 2nds
Ryder Cup1 Cup

Summary

First major 1959 PGA Championship
Ryder Cup 1 Cups · 2-0-0 · 2 points (100.0%)
Runner-up in majors 2 times

Wins

1959 PGA Championship Minneapolis Golf Club · 277 (-3) · by 1 stroke from Jerry Barber and Doug Sanders

Near misses

1959 U.S. Open Winged Foot G.C. · runner-up to Billy Casper
1969 U.S. Open Champions G.C. · runner-up to Orville Moody

Ryder Cup

1 Cups, 2 matches: 2 won, 0 lost, 0 halved, 2 points. Foursomes 1-0-0, four-ball 0-0-0, singles 1-0-0.

1959 Eldorado Country Club USA · USA won 8.5–3.5 · 2-0-0, 2 points

Rivals

Beat him

Ryder Cup partners

Ryder Cup opponents

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Moments

1959 PGA Championship Bob Rosburg started the final round six strokes back and shot a front-nine 30, a tournament nine-hole record until 1982, on the way to a 66.
1959 PGA Championship Jerry Barber regained the lead with a birdie at 15 but bogeyed the last two holes to tie Doug Sanders for second, one behind.

Records and firsts

1959 PGA Championship largest 36-hole deficit overcome · 9 (1959; 1986) (Bob Rosburg; Bob Tway)

Results by championship

Best day

1959 PGA Championship

Minneapolis Golf Club, St. Louis Park, Minnesota · 277 (-3) · by 1 stroke from Jerry Barber and Doug Sanders

Bob Rosburg started the final round six strokes back and shot a front-nine 30, a tournament nine-hole record until 1982, on the way to a 66.

Jerry Barber regained the lead with a birdie at 15 but bogeyed the last two holes to tie Doug Sanders for second, one behind.

Chosen by rule: his widest winning margin in a major. Year page: 1959.

Career line, 1959–1969

PGA Championship

1959 PGA Championship: won

U.S. Open

1959 U.S. Open: runner-up to Billy Casper 1969 U.S. Open: runner-up to Orville Moody

Ryder Cup

1959 Ryder Cup (USA): 2-0-0

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Major win
Runner-up
Ryder Cup, USA

Bob Rosburg was born on October 21, 1926, in San Francisco, California, USA. Rosburg won one major championship: the 1959 PGA Championship. Rosburg played in 1 Ryder Cup for USA (1959), winning 2, losing 0 and halving 0 of 2 matches for 2 points.

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The record

Wins in the majors (1)

1959 PGA Championship Minneapolis Golf Club, St. Louis Park, Minnesota · 277 (-3) · by 1 stroke from Jerry Barber and Doug Sanders

Near misses

1959 U.S. Open Winged Foot G.C. · runner-up to Billy Casper
1969 U.S. Open Champions G.C. · runner-up to Orville Moody

U.S. Open top-10 finishes in his career: 6 (GNN U.S. Open room data).

Ryder Cup

Rosburg played 1 Ryder Cups for USA: 2 matches, 2 won, 0 lost, 0 halved, 2 points (100.0% of those available). By format: foursomes 1-0-0, four-ball 0-0-0, singles 1-0-0 (won-lost-halved).

1959 Eldorado Country Club USA · USA won 8.5–3.5 · 2-0-0, 2 points

Partners, with matches played together: Mike Souchak (1).

Records and firsts

Rows from our record tables that name this player, worded as the tables word them.

1959 PGA Championship largest 36-hole deficit overcome · 9 (1959; 1986) (Bob Rosburg; Bob Tway)

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.