Bill Glasson (golfer)

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Bill Glasson
Personal Information
Birth April 29, 1960 (1960-04-29) (age 48)
Fresno, California, U.S.
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight 175 lb (79 kg)
Nationality Flag of the United States United States
College Oral Roberts University
Career
Turned Pro 1983
Current tour PGA Tour
Professional wins 8 (PGA Tour: 7, Other: 1)
Best Results in Major Championships
Masters T18: 1994, 1999
U.S. Open T4: 1995
British Open T25: 1995
PGA Championship T13: 1998

William Lee "Bill" Glasson, Jr. (born April 29, 1960) is an American professional golfer who has won several tournaments on the PGA Tour.

Glasson was born in Fresno, California. He attended Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma where he was a distinguished member of the golf team – a two-time All-American. He turned pro in 1983.

Glasson has enjoyed eight victories as a professional golfer: seven official PGA Tour events and one non-official event. His first win came at the 1985 Kemper Open. His most recent win on the Tour was in 1997 at the Las Vegas Invitational. His best finish in a major is a T-4 at the 1995 U.S. Open. Glasson has had more than 5 dozen top-10 PGA Tour finishes, and greater than 6.7 million dollars in career earnings. He has featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings.

Glasson has had difficulty maintaining his PGA Tour privileges in his 40s, due in large part to medical problems. He has had to play some on the Nationwide Tour, where his best finish is a 2nd at the 2003 Northeast Pennsylvania Classic. Glasson has had at least 19 surgeries on various parts of his body including, but not limited to, his elbow, sinus, knee, lip, forearm and lower back.[1] He enjoys hunting, fishing and farming in his spare time. He lives in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Glasson withdrew from the Southern Farm Bureau Classic in 2006 after he was involved in a physical altercation with a spectator. Glasson allegedly struck an elderly gentleman during the morning hours after the men got into a shouting match over a driving incident on the way to the tournament. Glasson's manager, Dennis Harrington, said Glasson argued with a man in the Annandale Golf Club parking lot whom Glasson said cut in front of him at an intersection. “He did not strike the man”, said Harrington, but did “flip his cap off his head” after the man did not apologize and a passenger in the car “taunted” Glasson.[2]

Contents

[edit] PGA Tour wins (7)

[edit] Other wins (1)

[edit] Results in major championships

Tournament 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
The Masters DNP DNP T25 DNP DNP CUT
U.S. Open T25 T39 T53 CUT DNP T21
The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship DNP T54 CUT DNP WD DNP
Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
The Masters T33 DNP DNP CUT T18 CUT CUT DNP CUT T18
U.S. Open T51 DNP DNP CUT DNP T4 DNP DNP DNP CUT
The Open Championship CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP T25 DNP DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship WD DNP DNP DNP T19 CUT DNP DNP T13 DNP
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
The Masters DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T67
The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship T64 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = Withdrew
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Bio on PGA Tour's official site
  2. ^ Clarion Ledger article

[edit] External links