Bobby Mitchell
About Bobby Mitchell
Bobby Mitchell once dubbed himself golf’s “Invisible Man,” a nod to the lack of publicity he received after a second-place finish at the Masters. He was hardly invisible to those he touched in the Danville golf scene, however, both as a teacher and a professional player.
Crowning Moment…
Made a 20-foot downhill putt for birdie on the first playoff hole at the 1972 MONY Tournament of Champions to defeat Jack Nicklaus in a playoff.
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PGA Tour victories
24
Top-10 finishes in PGA Tour events
1
Top-10 finish in a major, a tie for second at the 1972 Masters
15
Age at which Mitchell dropped out of high school to turn professional
Achievements & Media
Special thanks to the USGA, PGA Tour, VSGA, MAPGA, WVGA and inductee family members for contributing photos and videos to this project.
Statistics
Date of Birth: February 23, 1943
Date of Death: March 20, 2018
Tournaments won
1965 – VSGA Open, Virginia PGA Open
1967 – Carolinas PGA Championship
1971 – PGA Tour Cleveland Open
1972 – PGA Tour MONY Tournament of Champions
Achievements and Awards
Played in 11 U.S. Opens, making the cut in five of them and finishing a career-best T12 in 1970
Appeared in three consecutive Masters, making two cuts, including his T2 finish in 1972
Made the cut in five of his six PGA Championship appearances
One of two players to win the VSGA and VPGA Opens in the same year (1965) before the Opens merged in 1985. Chandler Harper was the other
