Bobby’s Biography
Mr. Clampett currently works with CBS Sports (since 91, full-time since 95) as a member of their golf broadcasting team having commentated in over 300 PGA Tour Events and in over 40 Major Championships. Mr. Clampett is a current participant on the Champion's Tour and life-time member of the PGA Tour having earned over $1.8 million over a 15 year full-time career. He finished 45th on the money-list in his rookie season on the Champion's Tour in 2010. He works independently as a golf course designer and author out of his home in Raleigh, North Carolina. He is an active pilot since 1987, having logged about 5,000 flight hours and flies a 1986 Piper Malibu. He is also active in several charity organizations within his community.
FAMILY
Wife: Marianna
Children: Katelyn 1987, Daniel 1989, Michael 1991
Step-children: Nicholas Suciu 1992, Anna Suciu 1994
EDUCATION
1980-Associates in Arts Degree in French from Brigham Young University
Honor Roll every year while in high school and college
Robert Louis Stevenson High School-freshman class president
COMMUNITY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Founder & Trustee Of The Sara E. Clampett Charitable Trust
Founder of the Sara E. Clampett Trust through the NC Community Foundation
Founder, Past Chairman And Board Member Of The Payne Stewart Memorial At Kids Across America In Branson, Mo.-http://www.kidsacrossamerica.org/
Founder/past director Of The Players Outreach Ministry,
Past Host And Consultant For The Nccaa Pro-am
Co-founder- Children’s Flight Of Hope Pro-am--http://www.childrensflightofhope.org/
Co-founder -The Boys And Girls Club Pro-am-Pebble Beach, Ca
Co-founder And Consultant To The Agape House Pro-am-1997-present
Teaching Golf Coach At St. David's Episcopal School (2001-2007)
Supports other organizations including:
- Prevent Child Abuse North Carolina
- First Tee
- Northern California Junior Golf Association
- Wounded Warriors
- Search Ministries
EXPERIENCE
Born on April 22, 1960, Mr. Clampett began golf at the age of 10, his handicap reached scratch for the first time in 1975 and he won the National Insurance Youth Classic in Colorado Springs, Colorado in July, 1975. He was the Northern California Junior Champion and Golfer of the Year for the second straight year in 1977. He was named to the 1st Team All-American all three years while attending Brigham Young University., winning a n NCAA record twelve collegiate golf tournaments in three years. He was recipient of the Western Athletic Conference Golfer of the Year and the Desert News Athlete of the Year in Utah awards in 1978. He was the World Amateur Individual and Team Champion for the United States held in Fiji, and was the only golfer to ever win two Western Golf Association titles in the same year-Western Junior Championship and Western Amateur Championship (1978). Additionally, he was named Golf Magazine’s and Golf Digest’s #1 ranked amateur in the United States in 1978. He was twice given the prestigious Fred Haskins Award and Golf Magazine’s Award as the NCAA college player of the year. He was the recipient of the prestigious Dale Rex Award as the person who “contributes the most to athletics in Utah” during 1980. At 18 years of age, he was the youngest to ever finish in the top 24 finishers in the Masters-this record still stands today. Winner of the Spalding Invitational in Pebble Beach, Ca. Earned his PGA Tour privileges by finishing 8th in the Buick Open in 1980. Mr. Clampett has been inducted into the California Golf Hall of Fame, the Utah Golf Hall of Fame and Brigham Young University’s Hall of Fame. In 1998 he was named Golf Digest’s most improved broadcaster.
In addition to competing in golf, Mr. Clampett has performed over 500 golf clinics for companies and charities around the world. His corporate clients have included: SAS, Fed Express, Ford Motor Co., Citibank, AT&T, Yellowpages, Nabisco, Nestle, Weber-Shandwick, Exxon, Computerland, MCI, Mastercard, PNC Bank. Wauchovia, Bank of America, Pepsi, Red Prairie Software,
PRO CAREER-LIFE TIME MEMBER/PAST CHAMPION
Wins:
- 1981 Individual Champion USA vs. Japan team matches. 1982 Southern Open. 1983 World Mixed Team Champion with Betsy King. In 1984 he became the youngest PGA Tour Professional in history to earn over $500,000 in Official Prize Money.
- 2nd Place Finishes: 81,82,84 Italian Opens, 81 Bing Crosby, 81 Greater Hartford Open, 81 Buick Open, 81 Buick Westchester Classic, 82 Greater Greensboro Open, 87 Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic.
- 3rd Place Finishes: 82 US Open, 81 Byron Nelson Golf Classic, 86 Texas Open
- Top 10 finishes on the PGA Tour: 33
- Total PGA Tour Cuts Made: 232
- Life Time PGA Tour Earnings: Over $1.4 million
Mr. Clampett remains active in competing in golf. His first tournament in 2000 found Mr. Clampett successfully qualifying for the 100th US Open at Pebble Beach (was in the lead during much of the first round finishing with a 68 t4th) and eventually finishing t37th. In 2001, Mr. Clampett competed only in the Callaway Invitational at Pebble Beach, making the cut and finishing 40th with a score of 287 (1 under par). In 2002, Mr. Clampett again competed in the Michelob Championship narrowly missing the cut. Mr. Clampett did not compete on the PGA Tour in 2003, 2004 or 2005. Mr. Clampett received a sponsor’s exemption to compete in the 2006 and 2007 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am and plans to increase his tournament schedule to prepare for the Champion’s Tour in 2010. Mr. Clampett successfully made the local qualifying for the US Open in 2005 and competed in the Callaway Invitational at Pebble Beach shooting 219 and missing the cut by two strokes. In 2007, Mr. Clampett finished 5th in the Juliette Falls Open, and shot a 30 on the final nine of the Miccosuki Championship (Nationwide Tour) but narrowly missed the cut.
TELEVISION
- Commentated over 200 golf telecasts including (16 Masters, 17 PGA Championships, 16 PGA Grand Slams of Golf 6 President’s Cups and 5 British Opens)
- Hosted 7 infomercials (Mc Henry Metals Golf, Power-link Swing Trainers, Yes Golf Putters, PAX Golf, Orlimar golf, US Kids golf, Bald Eagle Golf)
- Hosted 4 commercials (Coleman Cart Cat, US Kids Golf, Yes Putters, Mc Henry Metals Golf)
- Books: “The Impact Zone”-co authored with Andy Brumer-St. Martin Press- released in April, 2007
- Golf Course Projects: The Greens at Deerfield Golf Club-La Follette, TN- 1995; Completed the First Tee of the Ozarks facility at the Payne Stewart Memorial at Kids Across America, Branson, MO., Payne Stewart Golf Club, Branson, MO. opens fall of 2008
- Assisted- Carmel Valley Ranch-Carmel Valley, CA, 1981, Tournament Players Club, Sawgrass-1982
ARTICLES
Blast from the past: Clampett to play at Pebble again
Ron Kroichick
Thursday, February 2, 2006
The voice sounds familiar, because we hear it every time CBS televises golf. The name sounds familiar, because he grew up on the Monterey Peninsula and zoomed to prominence in his early 20s, winning a PGA Tour event and inspiring visions of greatness.
