Ohio Golf Journal July 2018

He has an equally impressive senior record, most recently winning the Ohio Senior Amateur Hall of Fame Classic in 2010. In 1981, during a practice round for the prestigious amateur tournament, the Crump Cup AT 0INE 6ALLEY ,EWIS ÚRED A WHICH STILL STANDS as the course record today. Lewis also played in seven Masters Tournaments, making the cut three times and was the low amateur in 1989, the year Larry Mize chipped in to win over Greg Norman. Loving to be involved in competition at the highest level, Lewis captained two Walker Cup Teams. He was on the losing end of things in 2003 at the Ganton Club in Yorkshire, England, but it was a different story in 2005, when the U.S. hosted GB&I at the Chicago Golf Club. The 2005 team included several future PGA Tour winners including, Anthony Kim, Billy Hurley III, Matt Every, Brian Harman, J.B. Holmes, Jeff Overton, Michael Putnam, Kyle Reifers, Nicholas Thompson and LeeWilliams. The 2005 team narrowly defeated GB&I 12 ½-11 ½ to regain theWalker Cup. Lewis dominated local Ohio amateur play and was inducted into the Northern Ohio Amateur Golf Hall of Fame in 2003. For his day job, Lewis served as president and CEO of Welded Tubes, until the company was sold in 2016. 2ECENTLY ,EWIS NOW YEARS OLD HAS BEEN ÚGHTING Lung Cancer, which prevented him from captaining the U.S. Team in the 2018 Concession Cup. He still loves the game and coached his grandson’s high school golf team, Gilmore Academy, near #LEVELAND TO A RUNNER UP ÚNISH IN THE STATE HIGH school tournament. Bob Lewis has had a full life in amateur golf and certainly deserves this recognition by the National Senior Amateur Hall of Fame. Ohio Golf Journal