밥 바이맨, PGA 투어 선수 출신
미국 네바다주 TPC 골프클럽에서 학생을 지도
밥 바이맨
프로는 뉴욕에서
출생 해
8살때 아버지로
부터 골프를
배우기 시작해
16살때인 1971년 콜로라도
스테이트 아마추어
챔피언쉽에서 우승을
했고 17살때인 1972년에는
미국 주니어
챔피언쉽에서 우승을
하며 US Open에 출전
하게 되어
당시까지 잭
니클라우스가 세웠던
최연소 출전
기록을 3개월이나 당기며
또다른 기록을
세웠다
골프 명문 워이크 포레스트 대학(Wake Forest University) 에 입학한 밥은 재학중인74, 75년 PGA 투어 에서 대 활약을 펼치고 있는 제이 하스와 커티스 스트렌지와 팀을 이뤄 우승을 이끌었고 미국 대학 연맹은 밥을 대학 남자 골프 최고의 선수로 선정하기도 했다.
이어 73년에도 콜로라도 아마추어 우승과 76년 노스이스트 아마추어 라이스 프란터스 아마추어등 6회의 우승을 하며 아마추어 시절을 마감한 밥 바이맨은 1976년
프로로 전향한
이후 이듬해인
77년 뉴질랜드,수에덴
홀래드에서 개최된
3개의 국제
대회에서 우승했고
1978년 PGA 투어 시드를
받아 13개 대회
출전만에 1979년 베이힐
사이투루스 클래식에서
마침내 우승한것을
비롯 브리티쉬 오픈에 출전해서는 공동7위에 올라 세계 골프랭킹25위에
오르며 놀라운
실력을 자랑했다.
이후 유러피안 투어인 1977스칸디나비안 엔터프라이즈 오픈( Scandinavian Enterprise Open),독일 오픈( Dutch Open), 1978년 독일 오픈( Dutch Open)과, 1982년 스카니디나비안 엔터프라이즈 오픈( Scandinavian Enterprise Open) 등 4회의 우승했다.
New York native
Bob Byman, who learned golf at 8 years old from his father, won the Colorado
State Amateur Championship in 1971 at the age of 16, and the U.S. Junior
Championship the following year in 1972, breaking Jack Nicklaus’ record for the
youngest player to play in the U.S. Open by three months.
After high school, Byman
enrolled at Wake Forest University and joined its renown golf program, and was
part of the famous team featuring future PGA Tour standouts Jay Haas and Curtis
Strange that won two consecutive NCAA championships .
Byman
won his third consecutive Colorado State Amateur Championship in 1973, and in
1976 turned professional after a total of six amateur victories. In 1977 Byman
won three national opens in Sweden, Holland and New Zealand. After qualifying
for the PGA Tour in 1978, Byman competed in 13 events, and won his first PGA Tour
event in 1979 at the Bay Hills Classic. He also finished tied for 7th
in that year’s British Open, and climbed to 25th in the world golf
rankings.
Byman’s other professional wins include the 1977
Scandinavian Enterprise Open, the 1977 Dutch Open, the 1978 Dutch Open, and the
1982 Scandinavian Enterprise Open, for four total career victories.
From 1979 through 1984 Byman competed in between
20 and 30 PGA Tour and European Tour events, but left the touring
professional’s lifestyle the following year as a lifetime PGA Tour member to
pursue his passion of teaching others the game. Since 1985, Byman has taught
numerous professional and amateur golfers as an instructor at the Jim McLean
golf schools and various other famous golf clubs, and moved his golf
instruction business to Las Vegas in 2008. Currently, Byman teaches at the TPC
Las Vegas, as well as numerous other well-known clubs in the area.
Byman has always been
particularly interested in the rapid growth of professional golfers of Korean
descent, and finds great satisfaction in helping these up-and-coming players to
not only improve their golf game, but also deal with the various challenges of
being professional players.
As a former Tour player,
Byman is more familiar with the unique pressures and stresses that Tour
professionals experience, and uses his vast experience to assist players on the
PGA and European PGA Tour to make the most of their abilities. In March of next
year, Byman plans to travel to Korea to get acquainted with aspiring
professionals with the potential to succeed overseas on the PGA and LPGA Tours.
Bob Byman’s Golf
Institute offers individual lessons as well as lesson packages lasting from one
to ten days, and welcomes students of all skill levels from beginners to
aspiring professions. For further information call 702-862-0708 or visit www.bobbymangolf.com.