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Robert "Bobby" Nichols (born April 14, 1936) is an American professional golfer, best known for winning the 1964 PGA Championship.

Nichols was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He attended St. Xavier High School in Louisville. While in high school, Nichols and several other youths were involved in an automobile accident resulting from a 100 mile-per-hour joy ride. He suffered serious injuries including a broken pelvis, concussion, back and internal injuries, and was hospitalized 96 days. His legs were also paralyzed for about two weeks, but he was able to regain full use of his legs after intensive physical therapy.

Nichols began playing on the PGA Tour in 1960 and has recorded 11 PGA Tour victories. He was a member of the 1967 Ryder Cup team. His best year on the Tour was 1974 when he won twice, earned $124,747 and finished 14th on the money list. Nichols, Jerry Heard and Lee Trevino were struck by lightning at the 1975 Western Open; all 3 men fully recovered from this traumatic experience. Nichols has had 12 holes-in-one in his professional career.^[1]

The 1964 PGA Championship was played at the Columbus Country Club in Columbus, Ohio. Nichols defeated Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus by 3 shots for a four-day total of 271. This was a record low score for the PGA Championship which stood for 30 years until it was broken by Nick Price in 1994. Nichols was the first wire-to-wire winner since the PGA Championship switched format from matchplay to strokeplay. ^[2] He came close to winning a second major in 1967 at The Masters finishing second to his life-long friend, Gay Brewer.

After turning 50, he began playing on the Senior PGA Tour (now known as the Champions Tour). He has enjoyed many top-10 finishes but only one victory – the 1989 Southwestern Bell Classic, when he defeated Orville Moody on the third hole of a playoff.

Contents 1 PGA Tour wins (11) 2 Champions Tour wins (1) 3 Other Professional wins (2) 4 Results in major championships 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

• 1962 (2) St. Petersburg Open Invitational, Houston Classic
• 1963 (1) Seattle Open Invitational
• 1964 (2) PGA Championship, Carling World Open
• 1965 (1) Houston Classic
• 1966 (1) Minnesota Golf Classic
• 1970 (1) Dow Jones Open Invitational
• 1973 (1) Westchester Classic
• 1974 (2) Andy Williams-San Diego Open Invitational, Canadian Open

Major championship is shown in bold.

• 1989 Southwestern Bell Classic

• 1968 PGA Team Championship (with George Archer)
• 1986 Showdown Classic (with Curt Byrum)

Tournament	1958	1959
The Masters	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	T52	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	T24	T25	T35	T22	2	T30	T29
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	T3	T14	T14	CUT	7	T23	4	T31
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	6	T23	1	T54	CUT	T14	T57	T44

Tournament	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
The Masters	DNP	DNP	T31	T24	T7	T4	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	T46	T9	T11	T20	T49	CUT	CUT	DNP	52	T25
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	T26	T46	T62	T51	T39	T33	CUT	T51	T19	CUT

Tournament	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	CUT	T53	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	CUT	CUT	T34	T36	CUT	T40

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

• Golfers with most PGA Tour wins

1. ^ Bio from pgatour.com
2. ^ Year by Year History of the PGA Championship

• Profile on PGA Tour's official site