Golf Canada joins the Canadian golf neighborhood in extending our deepest respect and condolences to the household and buddies of Canadian Golf Corridor of Fame honoured member Bob Panasik of Windsor, Ont. on the information of his sudden passing December 27 following issues from coronary heart surgical procedure in late November.
Panasik was inducted into the Canadian Golf Corridor of Fame in 2005 following an excellent profession throughout beginner, skilled, and worldwide golf. He was additionally inducted into the Ontario Golf Corridor of Fame in 2005, the PGA of Canada Corridor of Fame in 2014 and was a constitution class inductee into the PGA of Ontario Corridor of Fame in 2020.
Born October 20, 1941 (82), Panasik’s celebrated aggressive profession spanned greater than 50 years, with bookend victories on the 1955 Ontario Bantam Championship by means of to the PGA of Canada Tremendous Senior title in 2003. Amongst his many accomplishments are wins on the 1958 Canadian Junior, 1958 and 1960 Ontario Junior, 1959 Ontario Novice, two PGA of Canada Championships, two PGA of Canada Membership Skilled Championships, and three PGA of Canada Senior Championships together with 12 provincial titles.
Panasik performed his manner (by means of qualifying) into 9 US Opens, performed on three Canadian World Cup Groups, and competed in 14 Canadian Open Championships together with 1958 the place he completed T64 and grew to become the youngest participant to make the lower in a daily PGA TOUR occasion (15 years, 8 months), a file that stood for 56 years.
Fellow Canadian Golf Corridor of Fame member Lorne Rubenstein celebrated ‘Panny’ with a becoming tribute to one in every of Canadian golf’s nice opponents and storytellers.
Panasik is survived by his daughter Melissa and brother Nick together with nephews, nieces, and numerous buddies throughout the Canadian and worldwide golf neighborhood.
A celebration of life is predicted for early January with particulars to observe.
