
Bob Sowards

- Age
- 54
- Turned Pro
- 1991
- Hometown
- Dublin, Ohio
- College
- Glenville State College
- Height
- 6 ft 1 in
PGA Club Professional
- PGA Membership
- 1994
- PGA Section
- Southern Ohio
- Home Club
- Kinsale Golf & Fitness Club, Powell, Ohio
- PGA Classification
- A-14, PGA Director of Instruction
Bio
PGA Director of Instruction at Kinsale Golf & Fitness Club... Finished T-17 at the 2022 Senior PGA Pro- fessional Championship to earn a spot on the Corebridge Financial PGA team... Winner, 2004 PGA Professional Championship at Longaberger Golf Club in Nashport, Ohio... Has earned spots in 11 PGA Championships, tied for second all-time among PGA Professionals... Winner, 2014, β05, β04, β03 PGA of America PGA Professional Player of the Year... Winner, 2022, β21, β19, β18 PGA of America Senior PGA Professional Player of the Year... His eight national PGA awards are the most in the history of the Association... Finished, T-5 at the 2021 KitchenAid Senior PGA Champi- onship at Southern Hills after leading for portions of the second round (earned the second-largest payday of his pro- fessional career with $106,000)... Also played in the 2022 and β19 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championships... Winner, 2018 Senior PGA Professional Championship... Member of 2005, β13, β15, and β19 United States PGA Cup Teams; Ig- nited final-day comeback victory in the 2019 PGA Cup by holing out an unimaginable (and blind) downhill pitch on the 18th hole for eagle to secure the first U.S. point of the day, βI have never hit a shot like that. I couldnβt see where it landed. Once I did see the ball, it was three feet from the hole and going soft. I thought it had a chance. What a feeling when it went in, what a feelingβ... Inducted into the Southern Ohio PGA Section Hall of Fame in 2019... Has won 20 Southern Ohio PGA Section Player of the Year honors (2022, 2011-20, 2002-07, 2000, 1997, 1995), the most in the sectionβs history... Has won the Southern Ohio PGA Section Senior Player of the Year in all five years of his eligibility (2018-22)... 10-time Southern Ohio PGA Section Cham- pion... Winner, 2022, β21, β20, β19, β18 Southern Ohio Senior PGA Professional Championship... Winner, 2022, β21, β20, β19 Ohio Senior Open... Winner, 2021, β20, β19, β18 Southern Ohio PGA Tour Championship... Winner, 2020, β19, β18, β17, β16 Southern Ohio PGA Match Play Championship... Win- ner, 2019 Southern Ohio PGA Senior Match Play Championship... Winner, 2010, β04, β02 Ohio Open... Five-time winner of PGA Stroke Play Championship (2016, β14, β13, β06, β05)... Three-time winner of PGA Match Play Champion- ship (2013, β12, β06)... Competed full-time on the Korn Ferry Tour in 1998, 2004, and 2009, playing a total of 76 events and making 31 cuts (he had five top-25 finishes, best was T-12th at the 1998 Lakeland Classic)... Competed full-time on the PGA Tour in 2008, with best finish T-9th in the 2008 Wyndham Championship... Has played a total of 41 events on the PGA Tour... At Glenville State, he was a two-time All-American, three-time conference golfer of the year and four-time all-conference selection... Was inducted into the Glenville State Athletics Hall of Fame in 2004... Made a name for himself early in life, finishing as a co-champion of the 1986 OHSAA AA state championship.