Bob May (golfer) and just twice in 2012. May was in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking for much of 2000 and 2001. European Tour playoff record (0–1) CUT = missed the half-way cut<br> "T" = tied Canceled due to 9/11<br> QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play<br> "T" = tied<br> NT = No Tournament Amateur Bob May (golfer) Robert Anthony May (born October 6, 1968) is an American professional golfer. He lost to Tiger Woods in a three-hole playoff for the 2000 PGA Championship at Valhalla. May attended Oklahoma State University and was
Tiger Woods addition to his first major, the 1997 Masters. Woods won this tournament by 12 strokes in a record-breaking performance and earned $486,000. He first reached the number one position in the world rankings in June 1997, less than a year after turning pro. Throughout the 2000s, Woods was the dominant force in golf—he won the 2000 U.S. Open by a record 15-shot margin. He was the top-ranked golfer in the world from August 1999 to September 2004 (264 weeks) and again from June 2005 to October 2010 (281 weeks). Woods took a self-imposed hiatus from professional golf from December 2009