Bob Stone (1930–1996) was an American

professional golfer A professional golfer is somebody who receives payments or financial rewards in the sport of golf that are directly related to their skill or reputation. A person who earns money by teaching or playing golf is traditionally considered a "golf pr ...

. Stone played on the

PGA Tour The PGA Tour (stylized in all capital letters as PGA TOUR by its officials) is the organizer of professional golf tours in the United States and North America. It organizes most of the events on the flagship annual series of tournaments also k ...

and

Senior PGA Tour PGA Tour Champions (formerly the Senior PGA Tour and the Champions Tour) is a men's professional senior golf tour, administered as a branch of the PGA Tour. History and format The Senior PGA Championship, founded in 1937, was for many years ...

and worked as a club professional. Stone played on the PGA Tour from 1968 to 1972 with a best finish of tied for second behind

Dale Douglass Dale Dwight Douglass (March 5, 1936 – July 6, 2022) was an American professional golfer who won tournaments at both the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour level. Douglass was born in Wewoka, Oklahoma. He grew up in Fort Morgan, Colorado, where g ...

at the 1969

Azalea Open Invitational The Azalea Open Invitational was a golf tournament in North Carolina on the PGA Tour, held at Cape Fear Country Club in Wilmington. Last played in November 1971 as an unofficial event; it was an official PGA Tour event in 1945 and from 1949 throu ...

. He played on the

from 1981 to 1987 with three second place finishes. In the 1981

U.S. Senior Open The U.S. Senior Open is one of the five major championships in senior golf, introduced in 1980. It is administered by the United States Golf Association (USGA) and is recognized as a major championship by both the PGA Tour Champions and the Eu ...

, Stone finished tied with

Arnold Palmer Arnold Daniel Palmer (September 10, 1929 – September 25, 2016) was an American professional golfer who is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most charismatic players in the sport's history. Dating back to 1955, he won numerous ev ...

and

Billy Casper William Earl Casper Jr. (June 24, 1931 – February 7, 2015) was an American professional golfer. He was one of the most prolific tournament winners on the PGA Tour from the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s. In his youth, Casper started as a caddie a ...

, but lost the resultant playoff to Palmer. He also finished second to

Don January Donald Ray January (born November 20, 1929) is an American retired professional golfer, best known for winning the 1967 PGA Championship. Early life Born in Plainview, Texas, January graduated from Sunset High School in Dallas. He was a member ...

at the 1983

Citizens Union Senior Golf Classic The Bank One Classic was a golf tournament on the Champions Tour from 1983 to 1997. It was played in Lexington, Kentucky at the Griffin Gate Golf Club (1983-1989) and at the Kearney Hill Links (1990-1997). The purse for the 1997 tournament was US$8 ...

and to Billy Casper at the 1984 Senior PGA Tour Roundup. Stone was inducted into the Kansas City Golf Association Hall of Fame in 2014.

Professional wins

''This list is incomplete.'' *1958

Iowa Open The Iowa Open is the Iowa state open golf tournament, open to both amateur and professional golfers. It is organized by the Iowa section of the PGA of America. It has been played annually since 1927 at a variety of courses around the state. Winners ...

*1959

*1960 Nebraska Open *1962

, Kansas Open *1963 Kansas Open, Nebraska Open *1966 Nebraska Open *1969 Midwest PGA Championship *1970

Florida Citrus Open Invitational The Arnold Palmer Invitational is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour. It is played each March at the Bay Hill Club and Lodge, a private golf resort owned since 1974 by Arnold Palmer in Bay Hill, a suburb southwest of Orlando, Florida ...

(PGA Tour satellite event) *1975 Midwest PGA Championship, Missouri Open *1976 Midwest PGA Championship *1979 Midwest PGA Championship *1982 Midwest PGA Championship

Playoff record

Senior PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stone, Bob American male golfers PGA Tour golfers PGA Tour Champions golfers 1930 births 1996 deaths