Robert Anthony May (born October 6, 1968) is an American professional golfer. He is most notable for losing to Tiger Woods in a three-hole playoff for the 2000 PGA Championship at Valhalla.
Early life and amateur career May was born on October 6, 1968. He attended Los Altos High School in Hacienda Heights, California, and was featured in the Faces in the Crowd section in Sports Illustrated at age 16 in 1984.
May played college golf at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, and was a member of the American Walker Cup team in 1991.
Professional career In 1991, May turned professional. Early in his career, he played primarily internationally on the Asia Golf Circuit and the European Tour. May won the 1999 Victor Chandler British Masters on the European Tour.
On the PGA Tour he did not win on the tour but he finished second three times, including a playoff loss to Tiger Woods at the 2000 PGA Championship at Valhalla and most recently at the 2006 B.C. Open at Turning Stone Resort & Casino, where he lost by one to John Rollins.
His career was curtailed by a back injury in 2003, and in 2006 he played the PGA Tour on a Major Medical Exemption. After the 2007 season, he lost his PGA Tour card. From 2008 through 2010, May played primarily on the Nationwide Tour along with some PGA Tour events. He lost his status on the minor-league tour after missing 15 of 25 cuts in 2010; he played in only eight tournaments in 2011 and just twice in 2012. May was in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking for much of 2000 and 2001.
Professional wins (1) European Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up112 Sep 1999Victor Chandler British Masters−19 (69-67-66-67=269)1 stroke Colin Montgomerie
European Tour playoff record (0–1) No.YearTournamentOpponentResult12000PGA Championship Tiger WoodsLost three-hole aggregate playoff;Woods: −1 (3-4-5=12),May: E (4-4-5=13)
Playoff record PGA Tour playoff record (0–1) No.YearTournamentOpponentResult12000PGA Championship Tiger WoodsLost three-hole aggregate playoff;Woods: −1 (3-4-5=12),May: E (4-4-5=13)
Ben Hogan Tour playoff record (0–1) No.YearTournamentOpponentResult11992Ben Hogan Wichita Charity Classic Jeff WoodlandLost to birdie on sixth extra hole
Results in major championships Tournament1998199920002001Masters TournamentT43U.S. OpenT23T30The Open Championship74T11CUTPGA Championship273
CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied
Results in The Players Championship Tournament2002The Players ChampionshipT36 "T" indicates a tie for a place
Results in World Golf Championships Tournament199920002001Match PlayR32ChampionshipT20T11NT1Invitational 1Canceled due to 9/11
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play "T" = tied NT = No Tournament
Results in senior major championships Tournament201920202021202220232024The TraditionNTSenior PGA ChampionshipT60NTCUTU.S. Senior OpenNTT58CUT69Senior Players ChampionshipSenior British Open ChampionshipT79NT
CUT = missed the halfway cut "T" indicates a tie for a place NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
U.S. national team appearances Amateur Walker Cup: 1991 (winners)
See also 1993 Nike Tour graduates 1999 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates 2006 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
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