{{Short description|Canadian professional golfer (1941–2023)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=December 2023}} {{use mdy dates|date=June 2019}} {{Infobox golfer | name = Bob Panasik | image = | imagesize = <!-- e.g. 250px (default is 200px) --> | caption = | fullname = Robert R. Panasik | nickname = Panny | birth_date = {{Birth date|1941|10|20}} | birth_place = [[Windsor, Ontario]], Canada | death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|12|27|1941|10|20}} | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=6|in=0}} | weight = <!-- {{convert| |lb|kg st|abbr=on}} OR {{convert| |kg|lb st|abbr=on}} --> | nationality = {{CAN}} | residence = | spouse = | partner = | children = | college = | status = Professional | yearpro = <!-- Year turned professional --> | extour = [[Canadian Tour]]<br>[[Champions Tour]] | prowins = 27 | otherwins = <!-- Number of Other wins --> | majorwins = <!-- Number of Major Championship wins --> | masters = DNP | usopen = 42nd: 1964 | open = DNP | pga = DNP | wghofid = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame member ID --> | wghofyear = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame year inducted --> | award1 = [[Canadian Tour#Order of Merit winners|Peter Jackson Tour<br>Order of Merit winner]] | year1 = 1974, 1975 | award2 = [[Canadian Golf Hall of Fame|Canadian Golf<br>Hall of Fame]] | year2 = 2005 | awardssection = <!-- location of awards page or section --> }} '''Robert R. Panasik''' ({{ne}} '''Panasiuk'''; October 20, 1941 – December 27, 2023) was a Canadian [[professional golfer]].
== Early life == Born in [[Windsor, Ontario]], he was known as Panasiuk until 1970 when he changed his name to Panasik so it would be "easier to pronounce".<ref name=nick/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LWA_AAAAIBAJ&pg=6242,1498486 |title=Panasik winning with a new name and a new game |newspaper=[[Windsor Star]] |agency=[[Canadian Press]] |place=Victoria, British Columbia |date=September 8, 1986 |page=C1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231229174030/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LWA_AAAAIBAJ&pg=6242,1498486 |archive-date=December 29, 2023 |access-date=December 29, 2023}}</ref>
In 1957, at the age of 15, Panasik made the halfway cut in the [[Canadian Open (golf)|Canadian Open]] to become the youngest player ever to play all four rounds in a PGA Tour event,<ref name=nick>{{cite news |url=http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/sports/story.html?id=b1fc3d58-b44f-4e1c-8289-9b406d5c8bf3 |title=Panasiuk devoted to golf |newspaper=[[Windsor Star]] |date=July 28, 2009 |access-date=December 29, 2023 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109202011/http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/sports/story.html?id=b1fc3d58-b44f-4e1c-8289-9b406d5c8bf3 |archive-date=November 9, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pgatour.com/2007/tournaments/r032/07/24/history/index.html |title=Little-known 15-year-old turned heads by making cut in 1957 |work=[[PGA Tour]] |first=Brett |last=Avery |date=July 24, 2007 |access-date=December 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014013953/https://www.pgatour.com/2007/tournaments/r032/07/24/history/index.html |archive-date=October 14, 2012 }}</ref> a record which stood until April 2013 when his record was broken by [[Guan Tianlang]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/22129753 |title=Masters 2013: Guan Tianlang, 14, makes cut despite penalty |work=[[BBC Sport]] |date=April 13, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231011053821/https://www.bbc.com/sport/golf/22129753 |archive-date=October 11, 2023 |access-date=December 29, 2023}}</ref>
== Professional career == Panasik went on to win the [[Canadian PGA Championship]] twice as well as many provincial tournaments in Canada. He also qualified for the [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] on several occasions and represented Canada in three [[World Cup (men's golf)|World Cups]].
Panasik continued his success as a senior, playing one full season on the Senior PGA Tour in 1994. Back in Canada, he has won the Canadian PGA Seniors Championship three times and the Super Seniors Championship twice.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://heritage.golfcanada.ca/hall-of-fame-members/bob-panasik/ |title=Robert Panasik |work=[[Canadian Golf Hall of Fame]] |publisher=[[Golf Canada]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209223444/https://heritage.golfcanada.ca/hall-of-fame-members/bob-panasik/ |archive-date=December 9, 2022 |access-date=December 29, 2023}}</ref>
== Death == Panasik died on December 27, 2023, at the age of 82.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.golfcanada.ca/articles/golf-community-mourns-the-passing-of-bob-panasik/ |title=Golf community mourns the passing of Bob Panasik |work=[[Golf Canada]] |date=December 28, 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231229034426/https://www.golfcanada.ca/articles/golf-community-mourns-the-passing-of-bob-panasik/ |archive-date=December 29, 2023 |access-date=December 29, 2023}}</ref>
== Awards and honors ==
* In 1974 and 1975, Panasik earned the Order of Merit for the Peter Jackson Tour. * In 2005, Panasik was inducted into the [[Canadian Golf Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.golfobserver.com/features/Rubenstein/Panasik_011507.php |title=Look at Bob Panasik, the youngest player to make a cut on the PGA Tour |last=Rubenstein |first=Lorne |author-link=Lorne Rubenstein |work=Golf Observer |date=January 15, 2006 |access-date=December 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090123063147/http://www.golfobserver.com/features/Rubenstein/Panasik_011507.php |archive-date=January 23, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Amateur wins== *1958 Canadian Junior Championship *1959 Ontario Amateur Championship
==Professional wins (27)== ===Canadian Tour wins (2)=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No. !Date !Tournament !Winning score !Margin of<br>victory !Runner(s)-up |- |align=center|1 |align=right|Aug 24, [[1986 Canadian Tour|1986]] |[[Manitoba Open]] |−6 (69-66-69=204) |Playoff |{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Dan Halldorson]], {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Daniel Talbot (golfer)|Daniel Talbot]] |- |align=center|2 |align=right|Sep 7, 1986 |[[Payless Canadian Tournament Players Championship]] |−12 (66-69-66=201) |5 strokes |{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Dave Barr (golfer)|Dave Barr]] |}
===Other wins (19)=== *1962 Ontario PGA Assistants Championship *1963 Ontario PGA Assistants Championship *1968 Michigan PGA Assistants Championship *1970 Michigan PGA Assistants Championship *1972 [[Canadian PGA Championship]], [[Waterloo Open Golf Classic]] *1973 [[Canadian PGA Championship]], Newfoundland Open *1974 [[Quebec Open (golf)|Quebec Open]], [[Saskatchewan Open]], [[Alberta Open]] *1975 [[Alberta Open]] *1979 Ontario PGA Championship, Ontario Spring Open *1981 Canadian PGA Club Professionals Championship *1984 Ontario PGA Championship *1987 Ontario Spring Open *1993 Canadian PGA Club Professionals Championship *2002 Ontario Spring Open
===Senior wins (6)=== *1997 Canadian PGA Seniors Championship *1998 Canadian PGA Seniors Championship, Ontario PGA Seniors Championship *2001 Canadian PGA Seniors Championship *2003 Canadian PGA Super Seniors Championship *2004 Canadian PGA Super Seniors Championship
==Team appearances== *[[World Cup (men's golf)|World Cup]] (representing Canada): [[1972 World Cup (men's golf)|1972]], [[1973 World Cup (men's golf)|1973]], [[1975 World Cup (men's golf)|1975]]
== See also ==
* [[1968 APG Tour Qualifying School graduates]]
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{PGATour player|01913}} *[https://heritage.golfcanada.ca/hall-of-fame-members/bob-panasik/ Bob Panasik's profile at the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame]
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