Spike McRoy | |||||
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Personal information | |||||
Full name | Robert Lynn McRoy Jr. | ||||
Nickname | Spike | ||||
Born | Huntsville, Alabama | May 20, 1968||||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||
Sporting nationality | ![]() | ||||
Residence | Huntsville, Alabama | ||||
Career | |||||
College | University of Alabama | ||||
Turned professional | 1991 | ||||
Former tour(s) | PGA Tour Buy.com Tour | ||||
Professional wins | 7 | ||||
Number of wins by tour | |||||
PGA Tour | 1 | ||||
Korn Ferry Tour | 2 | ||||
Other | 4 | ||||
Best results in major championships | |||||
Masters Tournament | DNP | ||||
PGA Championship | CUT: 2002 | ||||
U.S. Open | T40: 2004 | ||||
The Open Championship | CUT: 2004 | ||||
Achievements and awards | |||||
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Robert Lynn "Spike" McRoy Jr. (born May 20, 1968) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.
McRoy was born and raised in Huntsville, Alabama. He got his nickname Spike from his great uncle, a Ty Cobb fan, who sent McRoy a miniature Detroit Tigers uniform when he was born.[1] Cobb was known for his aggressive base running – often "spiking" opposing infielders as he rounded the bases. McRoy graduated from Virgil I. Grissom High School in 1986.
He attended the University of Alabama graduating with a bachelor's degree in corporate finance in 1991.[2][3] He was on the Alabama Crimson Tide golf team while there.
McRoy turned professional after graduating from the University of Alabama. McRoy has split his playing time between the PGA Tour and the tour's developmental tour relatively equally throughout his career, and has just over a half-dozen top-10 finishes in each tour.[4] He was the top money winner on the Buy.com Tour in 2000 with $300,638 in earnings with victories at the Buy.com Dakota Dunes Open and the Buy.com Tour Championship.[4] In 2002, he captured his first win in a PGA Tour event at the B.C. Open.[5][6] McRoy last played a full PGA Tour season in 2005 and continues to compete occasionally on the PGA Tour and Web.com Tour.[7]
McRoy was inducted into the Huntsville-Madison County Athletic Hall of Fame in 2009.[7]
McRoy is married with three children and lives in Huntsville.[8]
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
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1 | Jul 21, 2002 | B.C. Open | −19 (70-65-69-65=269) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
Legend |
Tour Championships (1) |
Other Buy.com Tour (1) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
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1 | Jul 30, 2000 | Buy.com Dakota Dunes Open | −18 (67-67-68-68=270) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
2 | Oct 29, 2000 | Buy.com Tour Championship | −16 (74-64-65-69=272) | 5 strokes | ![]() |
Tournament | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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U.S. Open | CUT | T53 | 65 | CUT | T40 | |||
The Open Championship | CUT | |||||||
PGA Championship | CUT |
Note: McRoy never played in the Masters Tournament.
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Tournament | 2003 | 2004 |
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The Players Championship | CUT | T66 |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place