Bert Greene | |
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Personal information | |
Born | February 11, 1944 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 |
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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]
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