About Bobby Clampett

Though Bobby Clampett is probably best known today for his commentary on CBS, and his past work with TNT, at 3 of golf’s 4 major championships and many PGA Tour events, Bobby has developed a variety of business interests in addition to beginning his comeback of his playing career.  He will turn 50 on April 22, 2010 and play on the Champion’s Tour.  As a father of three and step-father of two, he and his wife, Marianna, live in Raleigh, North Carolina. Bobby has accumulated over 4000 flight hours as a pilot of his Piper Malibu flying to various broadcasting assignments, corporate and charity golf outings, and golf course design projects.  Bobby has most recently created “Impact Zone Golf” to spread the unique teaching concepts from the book he co-authored with talented golf writer, Andy Brummer, “The Impact Zone”

Bobby currently works with CBS (since 91, full-time since 95) and also, in the past with TNT, as a member of their golf broadcasting teams, is a current participant and life-time member of the PGA Tour having earned over $1.4 million over a 14 year full-time career. 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 over 4,000 flight hours and flies a 1986 Piper Malibu. He is also active in several charity organizations within his community.  Additionally, Bobby is beginning his return to competitive golf in preparation of joining the Champion’s Tour in 2010.

EDUCATION

Brigham Young University
Robert Louis Stevenson High School

COMMUNITY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
FOUNDER/DIRECTOR OF THE PLAYERS OUTREACH MINISTRY, 1994-2003
SEARCH MINISTRIES, ASSOCIATE STAFF, 1996-2003
HOST AND CONSULTANT FOR THE NCCAA PRO-AM 1988-PRESENT
FOUNDER AND CONSULTANT- CHILDREN’S FLIGHT OF HOPE PRO-AM-1993-PRES
FOUNDER & TRUSTEE OF THE SARA E. CLAMPETT CHARITABLE TRUST
FOUNDER, PAST CHAIRMAN and PAST BOARD MEMBER OF THE PAYNE STEWART MEMORIAL AT KIDS ACROSS AMERICA IN BRANSON, MO.
FOUNDER AND CONSULTANT TO THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB PRO-AM-1991-2006
FOUNDER AND CONSULTANT TO THE AGAPE HOUSE PRO-AM-1997-PRESENT
CONSULTANT FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA ALS CHAPTER
CONSULTANT FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA CENTER FOR ABUSED CHILDREN
CERTIFIED FIRST TEE GOLF INSTRUCTOR-NATIONAL SPOKESPERSON
FIRST TEE OF WAKE COUNTY BOARD MEMBER
TEACHING GOLF COACH AT ST. DAVID’S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL

EXPERIENCE
Born on April 22, 1960, Bobby 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., setting a NCAA record by winning 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. Bobby 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 addition to competing in golf, Bobby has performed over 500 golf clinics for companies and charities around the world. His corporate clients have included: Fed Ex, Ford Motor Co., Citibank, AT&T, Yellowpages, Nabisco, Nestle, SAS, Weber-Shandwick, Exxon, Computerland, MCI, Mastercard, PNC Bank. Wachovia, Bank of America, Pepsi, Red Prairie Software.