Robert Shelton IV (born August 25, 1995) is an American

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from

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. Shelton attended and played college for three years at the

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from 2013 to 2016. He turned professional in 2016 after his junior year. Shelton played on the 2015 Walker Cup team where he posted a record of 2–1. He also played on the U.S.

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team in 2014 and 2015. As an amateur, he finished tied for third at the 2015 Barbasol Championship on the

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. This was the highest finish by an amateur in a PGA Tour event since

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in 1991. He also qualified for the 2014 U.S. Open where he missed the cut. Shelton won the Southern Hills Plantation on the Swing Thought Tour in February 2017, his first professional win. He followed it up with a June win on the

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en route to finishing second on the tour's money list to earn a promotion to the

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Professional wins (6)

Korn Ferry Tour wins (4)

Korn Ferry Tour playoff record (2–1)

PGA Tour Canada wins (1)

Swing Thought Tour wins (1)

*2017 Southern Hills Plantation

Results in major championships

''Results not in chronological order in 2020.'' CUT = missed the halfway cut
NT = No tournament due to

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Results in The Players Championship

CUT = missed the halfway cut

Team appearances

Amateur * Junior Ryder Cup (representing the United States): 2012 (winners) *

(representing the United States):

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

(winners) *

Walker Cup The Walker Cup is a golf trophy contested in odd-numbered years by leading male amateur golfers in two teams: United States, and Great Britain and Ireland featuring players from the United Kingdom and Ireland. The official name is the Walker Cup ...

(representing the United States):

Professional *

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(representing

): 2017 (winners)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shelton, Robby American male golfers Alabama Crimson Tide men's golfers PGA Tour golfers Korn Ferry Tour graduates Golfers from Alabama Sportspeople from Mobile County, Alabama 1995 births Living people 21st-century American sportsmen