Biography

Robert Panasik

At 15 Bob Panasik played in the Canadian Open Championship. When he made the cut to stay for all four rounds he made history as well. In the 48 years since that event no younger player has survived the cut at a PGA Tour event. But his career does not stop there. Bob has spent all his life committed to the game of golf and competitive play. Canadian Junior Champion in 1958 through to CPGA Super Senior Champion in 2003, he has won a generous helping of tournaments along the way, including 12 provincial titles, 2 CGPA Championships, 3 Senior CPGA Championships and has played his way into nine US Opens and three Canadian World Cup Teams.

International Record:

1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1983 - Qualified for the US Open Championship through sectional qualifying
1994 - Exempt to the Senior Tour
2001 - Qualified for the US Senior Open Championship
1972 - Member of Canada's World Cup Team
1973 - Member of Canada's World Cup Team
1975 - Member of Canada's World Cup Team

Canadian Record:

1958 - Canadian Junior Champion
1972 - CPGA Champion
1973 - CPGA Champion
1981 - CPGA Club Professionals Champion
1997 - CPGA Seniors Champion
1998 - CPGA Seniors Champion
2001 - CPGA Seniors Champion
2003 - CPGA Super Senior Champion
2004 - CPGA Super Senior Champion

Provincial:

1958 - Ontario Junior Champion
1958 - Willingdon Cup team member - Ontario
1960 - Willingdon Cup Team Member - Ontario
1959 - Ontario Junior Champion
1960 - Ontario Junior Champion
1973 - NFLD Open Champion
1973 - CPGA Ontario Hunt Trophy
1974 - Saskatchewan Open Champion
1974 - Alberta Open Champion
1974 - Quebec Open Champion
1975 - Alberta Open Champion
1979 - Ontario Spring Open Champion
1979 - Ontario PGA Champion
1979 - Ontario Hunt Trophy winner
1981 - Ontario Hunt Trophy winner
1982 - Ontario Hunt Trophy winner
1998 - Ontario Summer Champion
2002 - Ontario Spring Champion

Items of Note:

Youngest to make the cut in a regular PGA Tour Event - the 1957 Canadian Open.
Honoured Member of the Ontario Golf Hall of Fame

References:

http://www.rcga.org/english/HallOfFame/hall_ofFamers.asp?ID=65