The 2005 Club Professional Championship
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Players

Bob Ackerman

Player Data
  • Eligibility Code: 1
  • Birthplace: Benton Harbor, Mich.
  • Residence: West Bloomfield, Mich.
  • Birthdate: March 26, 1953
  • Age: 52
  • Personal: Wife, Sandy; Children: Grace, 17; twins Ray and Dan, 13; Piper 8
  • Turned Pro: 1975
  • College: Indiana (1975, Bus. Admin.)
  • Home Club: Bob Ackerman Golf, Bloomfield, Mich.
  • PGA Classification: PGA Master Professional
  • PGA Membership: 1981
  • PGA Section: Michigan
  • Special Interests: Promoting walking and caddies for golf
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Player Notes

PGA Master Professional and owner of Bob Ackerman Golf Academy in Bloomfield, Mich....Tied for 11th in the 2004 Northern PGA Club Professional Championship. . .Four-time Illinois PGA Player of the Year (1985, '87, '88, '89). . .Selected 2003, '04 Michigan PGA Senior Player of the Year and 2003 Michigan PGA Player of the Year. . .Winner, 1989 Illinois Open, Illinois PGA Championship (1988, '92), 1999 Chicago Open, Illinois PGA Match Play Championship (1984, '87, '88, '89, '96), 1984 PGA Senior-Junior Championship (with Bill Kozak), two PGA Tournament Series events (1980, '81), 2003 Michigan Senior Open, 2004 Michigan Senior PGA Championship, 1975, 2003 Michigan Open. . . Selected 1980 Minnesota PGA Player of the Year, and 1997 Northeastern New York PGA Player of the Year. . ..Enjoyed a distinguished career at Indiana University, earning medalist honors in the 1975 Big Ten Conference Championship during the Hoosiers' team title season. . .Selected All-Big Ten (1973-75). . . Competed on the PGA Tour in 1982. . .Competed in 1985, '86, '94 PGA Championships, and the 1981 U.S. Open. . .Posted then-course record 65 at the Jack Nicklaus Resort Course in La Quinta, Calif., in the 1989 Wilson PGA Club Professional Classic.

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