{{short description|American professional golfer (1942–2023)}} {{use mdy dates|date=June 2023}} {{Infobox golfer | name = Bob Menne | image = | imagesize = <!-- e.g. 250px (default is 200px) --> | caption = | fullname = Robert Menne | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1942|2|19}} | birth_place = Gardner, Massachusetts, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|6|2|1942|2|19}} | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=6|in=0}} | weight = {{convert|185|lb|kg st|abbr=on}} | sporting_nationality = {{USA}} | spouse = | partner = | children = | college = University of Miami | yearpro = 1965 | extour = PGA Tour<br>Champions Tour<br>European Seniors Tour | prowins = 7 | pgawins = 1 | otherwins = 6 | majorwins = <!-- Number of Major Championship wins --> | masters = CUT: 1975 | usopen = CUT: 1977 | open = DNP | pga = T30: 1970 | wghofid = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame member ID --> | wghofyear = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame year inducted --> | award1 = <!-- Achievement or award details --> | year1 = <!-- Year(s) of achievement or award --> | award2 = | year2 = | awardssection = <!-- location of awards page or section --> }} '''Robert Menne''' (February 19, 1942 – June 2, 2023) was an American professional golfer. He played on the PGA Tour, the Champions Tour, and the European Seniors Tour.
== Early life and amateur career == Menne was born and raised in Gardner, Massachusetts.<ref name="ys" /> He graduated from Gardner High School in 1960.<ref name="GHS60blog" /> He attended college at the University of Miami in the early 1960s.
== Professional career == In 1965, Menne turned professional.<ref name="ys">{{cite web |title=Bob Menne player profile |work=Yahoo! Sports |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/golf/pga/players/Bob+Menne/1202 |accessdate=2010-09-12}}</ref> He had at least seven top-10 finishes in PGA Tour events during his career including a win at the 1974 Kemper Open, which was held at the Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina.<ref name="wt" /> He won that tournament in a playoff with Jerry Heard. Menne also finished in a first-place tie with Lee Trevino at the end of regulation at the 1970 National Airlines Open Invitational but lost on the second extra hole of a playoff. His best finish in a major was a T-30 at the 1970 PGA Championship.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bob Mennee |publisher=Golf Major Championships |url=http://golfmajorchampionships.com/players?player=2768}}</ref>
=== Senior career === After reaching the age of 50, Menne played some on the Champions Tour but with limited success. His best finish in a Champions Tour event was T11 at Raley's Senior Gold Rush in 1992. He had more success playing on the European Seniors Tour.
== Personal life == Menne lived in West Palm Beach, Florida.<ref name=GHS60blog>{{Cite web |title=Gardner High School Class of 1960: Robert Menne |date=May 3, 2009 |url=https://ghsclassof1960.blogspot.com/2009/05/robert-menne.html |accessdate=2010-09-12}}</ref><ref name=wt>{{cite news |title=Family feud has been a long time coming |newspaper=Worcester Telegram |date=June 10, 2007 |url=http://www.telegram.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070610/NEWS/706100604/1009/SPORTS}}</ref> He had previously lived in Demarest, New Jersey.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PBPB&p_theme=pbpb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F8BE6E22DF8167A&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=Menne, Brown Lead by One |newspaper=The Palm Beach Post |date=January 14, 2003 |access-date=September 22, 2011 |quote="Bob Menne of Demarest, N.J., and Mark Brown of Oyster Bay, N.Y., combined for an 11-under-par 61 and the first-round lead Monday in the 45th annual PGA Senior-Junior Championship at the PGA Golf Club."}}</ref>
Menne died on June 2, 2023, at the age of 81.<ref>{{cite news |title=PGA Tour winner Bob Menne dies at 81 |url=https://www.pgatour.com/article/news/latest/2023/06/04/bob-menne-obituary |access-date=5 June 2023 |publisher=PGA Tour |date=4 June 2023}}</ref>
==Professional wins (7)== ===PGA Tour wins (1)=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No. !Date !Tournament !Winning score !Margin of<br>victory !Runner-up |- |align=center|1 |align=right|Jun 2, 1974 |Kemper Open |−18 (67-69-67-67=270) |Playoff |{{flagicon|USA}} Jerry Heard |}
'''PGA Tour playoff record (1–1)''' {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent!!Result |-style="background:#F2C1D1;" |align=center|1 |1970 |National Airlines Open Invitational |{{flagicon|USA}} Lee Trevino |Lost to par on second extra hole |-style="background:#D0F0C0;" |align=center|2 |1974 |Kemper Open |{{flagicon|USA}} Jerry Heard |Won with birdie on first extra hole |}
Source:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bob Menne |url=https://www.pgatour.com/player/01801/bob-menne |access-date=2025-09-16 |publisher=PGA Tour}}</ref>
===Other wins (6)=== *1969 New England PGA Championship *1975 Maine Open *1981 Massachusetts Open *1985 New England Open *1988 New England PGA Championship *1991 Rhode Island Open
==U.S. national team appearances== *PGA Cup: 1988 (winners)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{PGATour player|01801}} *{{EuroTour player|9914}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Menne, Bob}} Category:American male golfers Category:PGA Tour golfers Category:PGA Tour Champions golfers Category:European Senior Tour golfers Category:Golfers from Massachusetts Category:University of Miami alumni Category:Sportspeople from Gardner, Massachusetts Category:People from Demarest, New Jersey Category:Golfers from Bergen County, New Jersey Category:Golfers from West Palm Beach, Florida Category:1942 births Category:2023 deaths Category:20th-century American sportsmen