Nació en Chilavert, un barrio de Villa Ballester, en el partido de San Martín. Pero fue Ranelagh el lugar que lo adoptó. Allí, incluso, construyeron el Complejo Municipal Roberto De Vicenzo en su honor. Claro que acumuló pergaminos suficientes para eso: además de sus triunfos en el green, ingresó al Salón de la Fama del golf en 1989 y fue nombrado Caballero del Deporte.
Entre sus títulos más destacados estuvieron la Copa del Mundo de Montreal que consiguió para Argentina en 1953 en pareja con Antonio Cerdá, un título que no volvió a repetirse, y el British Open de 1967, su único Major como profesional, en el que se impuso con 278 golpes. Además, obtuvo nueve Abiertos de la República a lo largo de cuatro décadas distintas. Como Senior, se adjudicó cinco triunfos y fue el primer campeón del US Open Senior.
Aquí, los números de la extraordinaria carrera de Roberto De Vicenzo
Majors profesionales: 3
1967 Open Championship
1974 Senior PGA Championship
1980 U.S. Senior Open
PGA Tour: 6
1951 Palm Beach Round Robin, Inverness Invitational Four-Ball
1957 Colonial National Invitational, All-American Open
1966 Dallas Open Invitational
1968 Houston Champions International
European Tour: 9
1948 North British Tournament
1950 Belgian Open, Dutch Open, Open de France
1960 Open de France
1964 Open de France, German Open
1966 Spanish Open
1967 The Open Championship
Tour Argentino: 131
1942 Abierto del Litoral
1943 Center Open, Westinhouse Grand Prix
1944 Argentine PGA Championship, Argentine Open, Cirio Grand Prix
1945 Argentine PGA Championship, Cirio Grand Prix, Bahía Blanca Open
1946 Palermo Grand Prix, Abierto del Litoral, South Open, La Plata Open, Masllorens Grand Prix
1947 Argentine PGA Championship, Abierto del Litoral, South Open, Cirio Grand Prix, Ranelagh Open, Masllorens Grand Prix, Alvear Grand Prix, San Isidro Open, Mailly Grand Prix, America Cup
1948 Argentine PGA Championship, Cirio Grand Prix, Masllorens Grand Prix, Ranelagh Open, La Plata Open
1949 Argentine PGA Championship, Argentine Open, Abierto del Litoral, Ituzaingó Grand Prix, Masllorens Grand Prix, San Isidro Open 1950: Masllorens Grand Prix, Ituzaingó Grand Prix, San Isidro Open, San Martin Grand Prix
1951 Argentine PGA Championship, Argentine Open, Masllorens Grand Prix, Alvear Grand Prix, San Isidro Open
1952 Argentine Open, San Isidro Open
1953 Argentino Grand Prix
1954 Alvear Grand Prix, San Martin Grand Prix
1958 Argentine Open
1960 Argentine PGA Championship, Charles Of the Ritz Grand Prix, Siam Grand Prix
1961 Ranelagh Open
1962 Argentine Masters, North Open, Center Open, South Open, Branca Grand Prix, Suixtill Grand Prix
1963 Branca Grand Prix, Tortugas Grand Prix
1964 Argentine Masters, Argentine PGA Championship, Minerva Grand Prix, Jockey Club Rosario Open
1965 Argentine PGA Championship, Argentine Open, Center Open, Rio Cuarto Open, Acantilados Grand Prix, Jockey Club Rosario Open
1966 Argentine Masters, Argentine PGA Championship, North Open, Ranser Grand Prix
1967 Argentine Open, Center Open, South Open, Ranelagh Open, Ranser Grand Prix, Pindapoy Grand Prix
1968 Abierto del Litoral, Ranelagh Open, Acantilados Grand Prix, Peugeot Grand Prix
1969 Argentine PGA Championship, Norpatagonico Open, Ranelagh Open, Glustora Grand Prix, Lomas Open, Kanmar Grand Prix
1970 Argentine Open, Argentine Masters, Ranelagh Open, Old Smugler Grand Prix
1971 Argentine PGA Championship, Acantilados Grand Prix, La Cumbre Open, Pinamar Open, Santa Teresita Open
1972 Argentine PGA Championship, Center Open, South Open, Ranelagh Open, Acantilados Grand Prix
1973 Center Open, South Open, North Open, Lomas Open
1974 Argentine PGA Championship, Argentine Masters, Argentine Open, Center Open, North Open, San Martin Grand Prix, Charles of the Ritz Grand Prix
1975 Jockey Club Rosario Open, Charles of the Ritz Grand Prix
1976 Velox Grand Prix, Metropolitano Open
1977 Argentine PGA Championship, South Open, Velox Grand Prix
1978 South Open, San Martin Grand Prix, Sidesa Grand Prix
1979: Acantilados Grand Prix, Sidesa Grand Prix
1983 North Open
1985 Argentine PGA Championship
Tour Sudamericano: 62
1946 Chile Open, Viña del Mar Open
1947 Cali Open 1948: Uruguay Open
1949 Uruguay Open
1951 Cali Open, Bogota Open, Barranquilla Open, Mexican Open
1952 Panama Open, Santo Domingo Open
1953 Panama Open, Mexican Open, Peru Open
1954 Brazil Open, Peru Open, Barranquilla Open, Bogota Open
1955 Mexican Open, PGA of Mexico, Jamaica Open, Medellin Open
1956 Jamaica Open, Barranquilla Open, Bogota Open, PGA of Mexico
1957 Brazil Open, Jamaica Open
1958 Peru Open, Medellin Open, PGA of Mexico
1959 PGA of Mexico 1960: Brazil Open, Barranquilla Open, Bogota Open
1961 Chile Open, Colombian Open, Barranquilla Open
1962 Barranquilla Open
1963 Brazil Open
1964 Brazil Open, Uruguay Open, Bogota Open
1965 Lagartos Grand Prix
1966 Lagartos Grand Prix
1968 Lagartos Grand Prix
1969 PGA of Mexico, Lagartos Grand Prix
1970 Itanhanga Open
1971 Panama Open
1972 Venezuela Open, San Pablo Open, Rio Grande Open
1973 Panama Open, Venezuela Open, Brazil Open
1974 Panama Open, Lagartos Grand Prix, Raleigh Cup
1978 Santiago Open
1979 Santo Tome Open, Oro Negro Open
Otros títulos: 20
1953 Canada Cup
1962 Canada Cup
1970: World Cup
1974 PGA Seniors’ Championship, World Senior Match Play
1979 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf
1983 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf, Doug Sanders Classic
1984 Merrill Lynch/Golf Digest Commemorative Pro-Am
1986 Commemorative Pro-Am
1987 Argentine Senior Open, Ponte Vedra Classic, Digital Classic
1988 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf – Legendary Division, Vintage Championship Invitational, Pages Classic
1989 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf – Legendary Division, Vantage Championship
1991 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf – Legendary Division
1992 Center Senior Argentine Open