Bob DetwilerBob Detwiler founded the U.S. ProMiniGolf Association and has run the Masters since the first one in 1997. He is the tenth member of the USPMGA Hall of Fame, inducted on October 12, 2017, at the 21st Night of the Masters in North Myrtle Beach.
Detwiler studied physical education at Ball State University, then taught and coached in Hammond, Indiana. He moved to Myrtle Beach in 1975, ran Baskin-Robbins stores there and coached the boys' tennis team at Myrtle Beach High from 1985 to 1995. In 1993 he bought his first minigolf course, Hawaiian Rumble, and later added Hawaiian Caverns and Hawaiian Village. In June 2016 he opened Aloha Mini Golf, which became a Masters course.
The Masters came first, in 1997. The US Open and the USPMGA followed the next year, when he was also elected to the board of the World MiniGolf Sport Federation. In 2001 he formed Team USA for the world championships in Vaasa, Finland, and in 2003, at his son Ted's suggestion, he introduced the green jacket for the Masters champion. Vance Randall persuaded him to start the Hall of Fame; its first member, in 2014, was Bobby Ward, the first Masters champion.
From Bob Detwiler's page in the USPMGA Hall of Fame. Bob Detwiler never played the Masters, so there are no results here.
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