Bert Greene (golfer)

Bert Greene
Personal information
Born February 11, 1944 (1944-02-11) (age 68)
Gray, Georgia
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st)
Nationality  United States
Career
College University of Tennessee
Turned professional 1966
Former tour(s) PGA Tour
Professional wins 5
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour 1
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament 12th/T12: 1970, 1971
U.S. Open T42: 1969
The Open Championship DNP
PGA Championship 3rd: 1969

Bert Greene (born February 11, 1944)[1] is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour.

Greene was born in Gray, Georgia.[1][2] He attended the University of Tennessee where he was a member of the golf team. He won the 1964 SEC Championship and was a third-team All-American in 1964 and 1965.

Greene turned professional in 1966.[1] He played on the PGA Tour from 1967 to 1975.[3] He won one Tour event, the 1973 Liggett Myers Open at MacGregor Downs Country Club in Cary, North Carolina, in a playoff with Miller Barber.[3] He also finished second at the 1969 Westchester Classic, one stroke behind Frank Beard, and at the 1969 Tallahassee Open Invitational, one stroke behind Chuck Courtney.[3] His best finish in a major was a third-place finish at the 1969 PGA Championship.[4]

At a golf tournament in 1972, Greene was shot in the foot when a gun in his golf bag accidentally discharged.[5]

Contents

Amateur wins

Professional wins

PGA Tour wins

Other wins

References

  1. ^ a b c Elliott, Len; Barbara Kelly. Who's Who in Golf. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House. p. 76. ISBN 0870002252. 
  2. ^ Bert Greene - The Rise and Fall of a Middle Georgia Golfer
  3. ^ a b c Sal Johnson and Dave Seanor, ed (2009). The USA Today Golfers Encyclopedia. New York, New York: Skyhorse Publishing. p. 217. ISBN 978-60239-302-8. 
  4. ^ "Bert Greene". GolfMajorChampionships.com. http://golfmajorchampionships.com/players?player=745. Retrieved 2007-12-27. 
  5. ^ Bert, Schroeder Fully Recovered

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