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Robert Raymond Tway IV (born May 4, 1959) is an American professional golfer. He has won numerous tournaments including eight PGA Tour victories. He spent 25 weeks in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking in 1986–87.

Early life

Tway was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was introduced to golf at the age of five by his father and grandfather. He participated in his first tournament at age seven. He won the Redding Country Club Championship as a junior golfer in Redding, Connecticut. Tway attended Joseph Wheeler High School in Marietta, Georgia.

Amateur career

Tway attended Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma, where he had a distinguished career as a member of the golf team — a three-time, first-team All-American his last three years. In 1978, Tway's freshman year, the Cowboys, led by seniors Lindy Miller and David Edwards, won the NCAA Championship. When Oklahoma State won again two years later, Tway was their star player. He was the winner of the Haskins Award in his senior year.

Professional career

Tway turned pro in 1981 and joined the PGA Tour in 1985. In 1986, he was named PGA Player of the Year and finished the season with four victories including one major, the PGA Championship. He was second on the final money list that year — just a few dollars behind Greg Norman.

The 1986 PGA Championship was held at the Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio. Tway finished with a score of 276 — a two-stroke margin of victory over Greg Norman. Tway holed a greenside bunker shot at the 18th hole on the final day, among the most memorable shots in golf history.

Tway is also known for recording the worst score on the 17th Hole at TPC Sawgrass, which occurred during the third round of the 2005 Players Championship. His first four attempts ended up in the water. After finally hitting the green on his fifth attempt, he three putted for 12 to go from 7-under-par and 4 strokes out of the lead to 2-over-par and 13 behind the leader.

Tway has PGA Tour career earnings in excess of 15.7 million dollars. Upon reaching the age of 50 in May 2009, Tway began play on the Champions Tour. His best finish in that venue is T-2 at the 2009 Administaff Small Business Classic, two strokes behind tournament winner John Cook.

Personal life

Tway lives in Edmond, Oklahoma. His son, Kevin Tway, is a professional golfer and has won on the PGA Tour.

Amateur wins

this list may be incomplete

1978 Trans-Mississippi Amateur
1980 Southern Amateur

Professional wins (13)

PGA Tour wins (8)

Major championships (1)

Other PGA Tour (7)

1	Feb 9, 1986	Shearson Lehman Brothers Andy Williams Open	−12 (67-68-69=204)	Playoff	Bernhard Langer
2	Jun 8, 1986	Manufacturers Hanover Westchester Classic	−12 (73-63-69-67=272)	1 stroke	Willie Wood
3	Jun 22, 1986	Georgia-Pacific Atlanta Golf Classic	−19 (68-66-71-64=269)	2 strokes	Hal Sutton
4	Aug 11, 1986	PGA Championship	−8 (72-70-64-70=276)	2 strokes	Greg Norman
5	May 14, 1989	Memorial Tournament	−11 (71-69-68-69=277)	2 strokes	Fuzzy Zoeller
6	Oct. 14, 1990	Las Vegas Invitational	−26 (67-67-65-65-70=334)	Playoff	John Cook
7	Apr 16, 1995	MCI Classic	−9 (67-69-72-67=275)	Playoff	David Frost, Nolan Henke
8	Sep 7, 2003	Bell Canadian Open	−8 (70-70-66-66=272)	Playoff	Brad Faxon

PGA Tour playoff record (4–4)

1	1986	Shearson Lehman Brothers Andy Williams Open	Bernhard Langer	Won with par on second extra hole
2	1988	AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am	Steve Jones	Lost to birdie on second extra hole
3	1988	Southern Open	David Frost	Lost to birdie on first extra hole
4	1989	BellSouth Atlanta Golf Classic	Scott Simpson	Lost to par on first extra hole
5	1990	Las Vegas Invitational	John Cook	Won with par on first extra hole
6	1995	MCI Classic	David Frost, Nolan Henke	Won with par on second extra hole Frost eliminated by par on first hole
7	2001	Nissan Open	Robert Allenby, Brandel Chamblee Toshimitsu Izawa, Dennis Paulson, Jeff Sluman	Allenby won with birdie on first extra hole
8	2003	Bell Canadian Open	Brad Faxon	Won with bogey on third extra hole

Other wins (5)

1980 Georgia Open (as an amateur, tie with Tim Simpson)
1985 Oklahoma Open
1987 Oklahoma Open, Chrysler Team Championship (with Mike Hulbert)
1988 Fred Meyer Challenge (with Paul Azinger)

Playoff record

Asia Golf Circuit playoff record (0–1)

1

1983

Indian Open

Hsieh Yu-shu, Junichi Takahashi

Takahashi won with birdie on second extra hole

Masters Tournament	CUT	T8	CUT	T33	CUT
U.S. Open		T8	T68	T25	CUT
The Open Championship		T46	T35	T20	T61
PGA Championship		1	T47	T48	CUT

Masters Tournament	T36	CUT					T12	CUT	CUT	T52
U.S. Open	T33	T26		CUT	CUT	T10	T67	T5	3	T62
The Open Championship	CUT	T5	CUT			CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT
PGA Championship	T45	T66	T56	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	T13	T13	T57

Masters Tournament	CUT				T27
U.S. Open		T52	T59	CUT	CUT	T78
The Open Championship	CUT		T50		70	T41
PGA Championship	CUT	T29	CUT	CUT	T55	CUT	T65	T50	CUT	T56

CUT = missed the half way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place.

Summary

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13

8

14

Most consecutive cuts made – 7 (1987 U.S. Open – 1988 PGA)
Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (1986 Masters – 1986 U.S. Open)

Results in The Players Championship

The Players Championship

T10

CUT

T29

CUT

T41

T70

CUT

T68

CUT

T18

CUT

T40

T28

T17

T77

T56

CUT

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

WGC-Match Play	R32	R32			R64
WGC-Championship	T37		NT¹	T59	T28
WGC-Invitational					T6

¹Cancelled due to 9/11

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

Eisenhower Trophy: 1980 (winners)

Professional

Four Tours World Championship: 1986, 1991
World Cup: 2004

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