# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bob-charles-q887843
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:09:10.825Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bob-charles-q887843"
name: "Bob Charles"
slug: "bob-charles-q887843"
description: "Sir Robert James Charles is a New Zealand professional golfer who won the 1963 Open Championship, the first left-handed player to win a major championship. He won the 1954 New Zealand Open as an 18-year-old amateur and made the cut in the same event in 2007, at the age of 71. His achievements over that period, in which he won 80 tournaments, rank him as one of the most successful New Zealand golfers of all time. Along with Michael Campbell, he is one of only two New Zealanders to win a men's major golf championship."
tagline: "New Zealand golfer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bob_Charles_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "New Zealand"
  isoCode: "NZ"
birthDate: "1936-03-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.6
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.450004
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Charles"
    title: "Bob Charles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B2_(%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8_%D8%BA%D9%88%D9%84%D9%81)"
    title: "بوب تشارلز (لاعب غولف)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Charles"
    title: "Bob Charles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Charles_(golfer)"
    title: "Bob Charles (golfer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Charles"
    title: "Bob Charles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Charles"
    title: "Bob Charles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9C%E3%83%96%E3%83%BB%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BA"
    title: "ボブ・チャールズ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Charles_(golfer)"
    title: "Bob Charles (golfer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Charles"
    title: "Bob Charles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Charles"
    title: "Bob Charles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Charles_(golfer)"
    title: "Bob Charles (golfer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Charles"
    title: "Bob Charles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q887843"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump