- Bruce Crampton
Bruce Crampton (born September 28, 1935) is an
Australia n professionalgolf er.Crampton was born in
Sydney ,New South Wales , and attendedKogarah High School from 1948-1950. He turned professional in 1953.Crampton won the
Vardon Trophy for the player with the lowest stroke average on thePGA Tour in 1973 and 1975. He had 14 career wins on thePGA Tour between 1961 and 1975 and was runner up in four major championships – one Masters, one U.S. Open, and twoPGA Championship s – all toJack Nicklaus . He was ranked among the top five golfers in the world in both 1972 and 1973, according toMark McCormack's world golf rankings . His other regular career victories included the Australian Open,New Zealand PGA Championship , Far East Open and the Philippine Open. As a senior he won 20 times on theChampions Tour , and topped the money list in 1986, but he did not win a senior major.PGA Tour wins (14)
*1961 (1)
Milwaukee Open Invitational
*1962 (1)Motor City Open
*1964 (1)Texas Open Invitational
*1965 (3)Bing Crosby National Pro-Am ,Colonial National Invitation ,500 Festival Open Invitation
*1969 (1)Hawaiian Open
*1970 (1)Westchester Classic
*1971 (1)Western Open
*1973 (4)Phoenix Open ,Dean Martin Tucson Open ,Houston Open ,American Golf Classic
*1975 (1)Houston Open Other wins
"this list may be incomplete"
*1954New Zealand PGA Championship
*1956 Australian Open
*1958 North Coast Open (Australia)
*1959 Far East Open, Philippine Open
*1971 Wills Masters (Australia)Champions Tour wins (20)
*1986 (7)
Benson & Hedges Invitational ,MONY Syracuse Senior's Pro Golf Classic ,GTE Northwest Classic ,PaineWebber World Seniors Invitational ,Pepsi Senior Challenge ,Las Vegas Senior Classic ,Shearson-Lehman Brothers Senior Classic
*1987 (4)Denver Champions of Golf ,The Greenbrier American Express Championship ,MONY Syracuse Senior Classic ,Vantage presents Bank One Senior Golf Classic
*1988 (2)United Hospitals Classic ,GTE Northwest Classic
*1989 (2)MONY Arizona Classic ,Ameritech Senior Open
*1990 (2)PaineWebber Invitational ,Gatlin Brothers Southwest Senior Classic
*1991 (1)Infiniti Senior Tournament of Champions
*1992 (1)GTE West Classic
*1997 (1)Cadillac NFL Golf Classic Other senior wins
*1987
Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (withOrville Moody )
*1988Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (withOrville Moody )Results in major championships
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Yellow background for top-10ee also
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Golfers with most PGA Tour wins
*Golfers with most Champions Tour wins External links
* [http://www.pgatour.com/players/00/12/33/ Profile on PGA Tour's official site]
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