
Robert Russell


- Turned Pro
- 1998
- Hometown
- Stilwell, Kan.
- College
- University of Missouri-Kansas City
PGA Club Professional
- PGA Membership
- 2018
- PGA Section
- Midwest
- Home Club
- Shamrock Hills Golf Club, Lee’s Summit, Mo.
- PGA Classification
- A-1, PGA Head Professional
Bio
PGA Teaching Professional at Shamrock Hills Golf Club…Finished second at the 2024 Senior PGA Professional Championship to earn a spot on the Corebridge Financial Team in the 2025 Senior PGA Championship at Congressional, his second straight appeance…Made his fifth straight start in the PGA Professional Championship in 2025…Winner, 2024, ’22, ’21, ’20 Midwest PGA Professional Championship…Winner, 2023, ’21, ‘18 Midwest PGA Section Match Play Championship…Winner, 2023, ’22, ’21, ’18, ’17 Midwest PGA Section Player of the Year…Winner, 2024 Midwest PGA Senior Player of the Year…Participated in the 1999 U.S. Open at Pinehurst Resort (No. 2)…Played college golf at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and was a two-time All-American...Before UMKC, he won the National Junior College Athletic Association National Championship while attending Kansas City Community College...Inducted into the National Junior College Athletic Association Hall of Fame in 2016 and UMKC’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 2008.