Bob Martin (golfer) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Bob Martin was a Scottish

Scotland

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golf

Golf

Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

er from the "Home of Golf", St Andrews

St Andrews

St Andrews is a university town and former royal burgh on the east coast of Fife in Scotland. The town is named after Saint Andrew the Apostle.St Andrews has a population of 16,680, making this the fifth largest settlement in Fife....

. He was runner up in The Open Championship

The Open Championship

The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...

at Prestwick

Prestwick Golf Club

Prestwick Golf Club is located in the town of Prestwick, South Ayrshire, Scotland. It is approximately southwest of Scotland's largest city, Glasgow. Prestwick is a classic links golf course, being built on the rolling sandy land that "links" the beach and the land further inland...

in 1875 and he won the Open at St Andrews in 1876 and 1885.

Wins (2)

Year	Championship	18 Holes	Winning Score	Margin	Runner-up
1876	The Open Championship 1876 Open Championship The 1876 Open Championship was a golf competition held at the Old Course at St Andrews. Bob Martin won the championship....	Tied for lead	(86-90=176)	Tied*	Davie Strath
1885	The Open Championship 1885 Open Championship The 1885 Open Championship was a golf competition held at the Old Course at St Andrews. Bob Martin won the championship.... (2)	1 shot deficit	(84-87=171)	1 stroke	Archie Simpson

Strath failed to participate in playoff, so by default Bob Martin won.

Results timeline

Tournament	1873	1874	1875	1876	1877	1878	1879
The Open Championship The Open Championship The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...	T9	4	2	1	T8	T4	17

Tournament	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888	1889
The Open Championship The Open Championship The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...	DNP	4	T3	DNP	DNP	1	DNP	2	T15	DNP

Tournament	1890	1891	1892	1893	1894	1895
The Open Championship The Open Championship The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...	DNP	T32	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT

Note: Martin played only in The Open Championship
The Open Championship
The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...

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DNP = Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

"T" indicates a tie for a place

Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10

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