Bob Shearer

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Bob Shearer (born May 25, 1948) is an Australian professional golfer and golf course architect.

Shearer won the 1969 Australian Amateur Championship and turned pro in 1970. He won the PGA Tour of Australia four times: 1974, 1977, 1981, 1982. He spent five years on the European Tour and then nine on the PGA Tour. His career year was 1982 when he won the Australian Open and his sole PGA Tour event, the Tallahassee 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 the European Seniors Tour.

[edit] Tournament wins

Amateur

• 1969 Australian Amateur Championship

Australasia

• 1974 Chrysler Classic
• 1975 Westlakes Classic
• 1976 New Zealand Airlines Classic, Chrysler Classic
• 1977 Westlakes Classic
• 1978 New Zealand Open
• 1980 Coolangatta-Tweed Heads Classic
• 1981 New Zealand Open, Air New Zealand/Shell Open
• 1982 Australian Open
• 1983 Australian PGA Championship
• 1984 West End Open
• 1986 Rich River Classic

European Tour

• 1975 Madrid Open

PGA Tour

• 1982 Tallahassee Open

European Seniors Tour

• 1998 Jersey Seniors Open
• 1999 Philips PFA Golf Classic, Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open
• 2001 STC Bovis Lend Lease European Invitational