- Bruce Lietzke
Bruce Alan Lietzke (born
July 18 ,1951 ) is an Americanprofessional golfer who has won numerous tournaments at both thePGA Tour andChampions Tour level.Lietzke was born in Kansas City. [One source [http://www.pgatour.com/players/intro/132058] lists his place of birth as
Kansas City, Kansas ; two sources [http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/players/profile?playerId=274] [http://www.golfdigest.com/newsandtour/index.ssf?/newsandtour/2002waterhouse.html] stateKansas City, Missouri ] He moved toBeaumont, Texas with his parents in 1960 and lived there until 1977, graduating from Forest Park High School in 1969.He credits his older brother, Duane, for introducing him to the game of
golf at age 5. He also credits Henry Homberg, a local Beaumont professional, along with Duane for having the greatest influences on his game when he first started playing. Lietzke attended theUniversity of Houston inHouston, Texas . He graduated in 1973 and turned pro in 1974.Although he had to wait until the Champions Tour to win a major, Lietzke has had a relatively successful career. He won 13 PGA Tour events and has so far won seven times on the Champions Tour. His career year on the PGA Tour was 1981, when he won three times. His best finish in a major on the PGA Tour was 2nd in the 1991
PGA Championship . He played on the 1981Ryder Cup team.Lietzke was well known for not practicing a great deal, and not playing in a large number of tournaments compared to his fellow competitors, electing to spend more time with his family. Despite this he never finished below 74 on the money list.
In recent years he has been plagued by the so-called "frozen shoulder syndrome" – the correct medical term is
adhesive capsulitis – which has caused him to miss a considerable amount of playing time.Lietzke enjoys collecting classic cars and has built an 11-car garage at his home in which to store his large collection; the crown jewel is a 1967 yellow
Corvette Stingray convertible. He listsBruce Springsteen as his favorite entertainer and Don "Big Daddy" Garlits as his favorite athlete. He makes his home inDallas, Texas . In 1978, Lietzke was shown in print ads for theDodge Magnum coupe, as also being a 1970Plymouth Barracuda owner.PGA Tour wins (13)
*1977 (2)
Joe Garagiola-Tucson Open ,Hawaiian Open
*1978 (1)Canadian Open
*1979 (1)Joe Garagiola-Tucson Open
*1980 (1)Colonial National Invitation
*1981 (3)Bob Hope Desert Classic ,Wickes-Andy Williams San Diego Open ,Byron Nelson Golf Classic
*1982 (1)Canadian Open
*1984 (1)Honda Classic
*1988 (1)GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic
*1992 (1) Southwestern Bell Colonial
*1994 (1)Las Vegas Invitational Other wins (1)
*1997
Franklin Templeton Shark Shootout (withScott McCarron )Champions Tour wins (7)
*2001 (2)
3M Championship ,SAS Championship
*2002 (3)Audi Senior Classic ,TD Waterhouse Championship ,SAS Championship
*2003 (2)Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf ,U.S. Senior Open Senior major championship is shown in bold.
Other senior wins (1)
*2002
Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf - Raphael Division (with Bill Rogers)ee also
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Golfers with most PGA Tour wins References
External links
* [http://www.pgatour.com/players/00/16/90 Profile on PGA Tour's official site]
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