Results from the Missouri Valley Conference Golf Championship: MEN’S GOLF
Per Mike Kern, [Missouri Valley Conference Men’s Golf, Championship Administration, Email dated 9/4/2007]:
Bobby Greenwood - “3-straight runner-up finishes at the league championship (1961-62-63).”
1961 - Tulsa, Okla. (Rolling Hills CC)
1. Ralph Baker (Tulsa) - 74-74-77=225
2. Bobby Greenwood - 72-78-79=227
Team Champ: North Texas1962 - Peoria, Ill.
1. John Stevens (Wichita) - 70-68-74=212
2. Bobby Greenwood - 75-69-68=212 (lost on the first hole of a playoff to Stevens)
Team Champ: North Texas1963 - Peoria, Ill.
1. Jim Ferriell (Louisville) - 74-77-68=219
2. Bobby Greenwood - 76-70-74=220
Team Champ: North Texas
2002 NTSU Athletics Hall of Fame
1964 Selected on Prestigious Ten-Man TEXAS CUP TEAM, Dallas, Texas.
1963 - Senior Year at NTSU
1963 NCAA All-America ~ First Team, North Texas State University, Denton, TX.
1963 Runner-up, Missouri Valley Conference Golf Championship (Peoria, IL).
1963 Member, NCAA Championship North-South All-Star Matches, Wichita, KS
1963 Southern Intercollegiate Conference (S.I.C.) Champion, Athens, Georgia.
1963 All-American Intercollegiate, hosted by University of Houston at Pine Forest Country Club, Houston, Texas. (Runner-up to Kermit Zarley)
1962 - Junior Year at NTSU
1962 NCAA All-America~Second Team, North Texas State University, Denton, TX.
1962 Runner-up, Missouri Valley Conference Golf Championship (Peoria, IL).
1962 Border Olympics Golf Tournament, Laredo, Texas. (Finished 4th place).
1961 - Sophomore Year at NTSU
1961 NCAA All-America ~ Honorable Mention, North Texas State University, Denton, Texas.
1961 Runner-up, Missouri Valley Conference Golf Championship (Rolling Hills Country Club, Tulsa, Oklahoma).
1961 Colonial Invitational, Colonial Country CLub, Memphis, Tennessee. (Defeated Jack Nicklaus, 1 up in 19 holes, sudden death playoff, 9 months before Jack won the U.S. Open).
1961 Southwest Recreational Intercollegiate Champion, Fort Worth, Texas.
1958 - Freshman Year at Tennessee Tech University
1958 Runner-up, Ohio Valley Conference Golf Championship.
Bobby Greenwood is the only NCAA Collegiate golfer in history to finish 2nd in four NCAA conference golf championships:
Ohio Valley Conference - runner-up
3 Missouri Valley Conference - runner-ups
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