Please answer the following question: Facts: - weight: 185 lb kg st on - pgawins: 2 - otherwins: 3 - yearpro: 1959 - height: 6 0 - open: t12 : 1970 - masters: t2 : 1972 - pga: t34 : 1971 - extour: pga tour champions tour - birth date: 23 february 1943 - usopen: t12 : 1970 - name: bobby mitchell - prowins: 5 - birth place: chatham , virginia Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of bobby mitchell -lrb- golfer -rrb- .
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bobby mitchell -lrb- born february 23 , 1943 -rrb- is an american professional golfer who has played on the pga tour and the champions tour .mitchell was born in chatham , virginia and was raised in nearby danville , virginia .he dropped out of high school and turned pro at 15 .he won the virginia state golf association open , the virginia state pga open and the carolinas pga championship before joining the pga tour .mitchell won two pga tour events during his career : the 1971 cleveland open and the 1972 tournament of champions .he had more than two dozen top-10 finishes in pga tour events including more than a half-dozen 2nd or 3rd place finishes .his best finish in a major was t2 at the 1972 masters tournament .since 1991 , mitchell has traveled to finland in the summer to teach golf to young people in association with averett university .mitchell joined the champions tour in 1995 ; his best finish in a champions tour event is a t-12 at the transamerica in 1995 .