Bobby Wadkins
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Robert Edwin Wadkins (born July 26, 1951) is an American golfer.
Wadkins was born in Richmond, Virginia. He turned pro in 1973. He never won on the PGA Tour despite notching up six runner-up finishes, but he did win on the European Tour and the Japan Golf Tour. Since turning fifty he has played on the Champions Tour, where he has won three times, including one senior major, the 2006 Senior Players Championship.
Bobby Wadkins elder brother Lanny won twenty-one times on the PGA Tour, including the 1977 PGA Championship.
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[edit] Tournament wins
Amateur
- 1971 Virginia State Amateur
Professional
- 1978 European Open (European Tour)
- 1979 Dunlop Phoenix (Japan Golf Tour)
- 1982 Virginia State Open
- 1986 Dunlop Phoenix (Japan Golf Tour), Virginia State Open
- 1990 Fred Meyer Challenge (with Lanny Wadkins)
- 2001 Lightpath Long Island Classic (Champions Tour)
- 2006 The Boeing Championship at Sandestin, Senior Players Championship (Champions Tour)
Senior major championship is shown in bold.
