- Bob Shearer
Robert A. Shearer (born 25 May 1948) is an Australian
professional golfer andgolf course architect.Shearer won the 1969
Australian Amateur and turned pro in 1970. He won thePGA Tour of Australia Order of Mert four times: 1974, 1977, 1981, 1982. He spent five years on the European Tour and then nine on thePGA Tour . His career year was 1982 when he won the Australian Open and his sole PGA Tour event, theTallahassee Open . He had 18 top-10 finishes in PGA Tour events. His best finish in a major championship was a T-7 at the 1978 British Open.Today he splits his time between his
golf course design work and theEuropean Seniors Tour .Amateur wins (1)
*1969
Australian Amateur Professional wins (27)
PGA Tour wins (1)
*1982
Tallahassee Open European Tour wins (2)
*1975
Madrid Open ,Piccadilly Medal Australasia wins (20)
*1974 Chrysler Classic, Tasmanian Open, Lakes Open
*1975 Westlakes Classic
*1976 New Zealand Airlines Classic, Chrysler Classic
*1977 Westlakes Classic, Colgate Champion of Champions
*1978New Zealand Open
*1980 Coolangatta-Tweed Heads Classic
*1981New Zealand Open , Air New Zealand/Shell Open
*1982 Australian Open, New South Wales Open
*1983Australian PGA Championship , New South Wales PGA Championship, Victorian Open, South Australian Open
*1985 South West Open
*1986 Rich River ClassicEuropean Seniors Tour wins (4)
*1998
Jersey Seniors Open
*1999 Philips PFA Golf Classic,Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open
*2001STC Bovis Lend Lease European Invitational External links
* [http://www.pga.org.au/default.aspx?s=pgatourplayerprofiledisplay&pid=460 Profile on PGA Tour of Australasia's official site]
* [http://www.europeantour.com/publish.sps?pageid=127&pagegid=%7B20E6AA6B%2D0225%2D4C71%2DBD89%2D2ACBEE615D69%7D&playerId=611 Profile on European Tour's official site]
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