Al Geiberger

Allen Lee "Al" Geiberger, Sr. (born September 1, 1937) is an American professional golfer who has won numerous golf tournaments.

Geiberger was born in Red Bluff, California. He graduated from the University of Southern California in 1959 and turned professional soon after.

Geiberger won eleven times on the PGA Tour, including one major championship, the 1966 PGA Championship. He played on the 1967 and 1975 Ryder Cup teams. He also won ten times on the Senior PGA Tour (now called the Champions Tour).

On June 10, 1977, in the second round of the Danny Thomas Memphis Classic played at the Colonial Country Club in Memphis, Tennessee, he became the first person in history to post a score of 59 (par was 72) in a PGA Tour sanctioned event. He shot a bogey free round of six pars, eleven birdies, and one eagle. He went on to win the tournament.

In 1980, Geiberger had surgery to remove his colon due to inflammatory bowel disease and now has an ileostomy. Geiberger's son Brent is also a professional golfer and has won two PGA Tour events. Another son, John, is the coach of the Pepperdine University golf team that won the 1997 NCAA Championship.

Professional wins (28)

PGA Tour wins (11)

*1962 (1) Ontario Open Invitational
*1963 (1) Almaden Open Invitational
*1965 (1) American Golf Classic
*1966 (1) PGA Championship
*1974 (1) Sahara Invitational
*1975 (2) MONY Tournament of Champions, Tournament Players Championship
*1976 (2) Greater Greensboro Open, Western Open
*1977 (1) Danny Thomas Memphis Classic
*1979 (1) Colonial National Invitation

Major championship is shown in bold.

Other wins (5)

*1961 Utah Open
*1962 Caracas Open, Almaden Open Invitational
*1982 Frontier Airlines Open
*1985 Colorado Open

enior PGA Tour wins (10)

*1987 (3) Vantage Championship, Seniors International Golf Championship, Las Vegas Senior Classic
*1988 (1) The Pointe/Del E. Webb Arizona Classic
*1989 (1) GTE Northwest Classic
*1991 (1) Kroger Senior Classic
*1992 (1) Infiniti Senior Tournament of Champions
*1993 (2) Infiniti Senior Tournament of Champions, GTE West Classic
*1996 (1) Greater Naples IntelliNet Challenge

Other senior wins (2)

*1989 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Harold Henning)
*2008 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf - Demaret Division (with Jimmy Powell)

Major Championships

Wins (1)

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10

ee also

*Golfers with most PGA Tour wins
*Golfers with most Champions Tour wins

External links

* [http://www.pgatour.com/players/00/14/01/ Profile on the PGA Tour's official site]
* [http://www2.jsonline.com/golfplus/jun02/48626.asp Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article with quotes from Geiberger]