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Al Geiberger
Personal information
Full name	Allen Lee Geiberger, Sr.
Nickname	Mr. 59
Born	(1937-09-01) September 1, 1937 (age 74) Red Bluff, California, U.S.
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight	180 lb (82 kg; 13 st)
Nationality	United States
Career
Turned professional	1959
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour Champions Tour
Professional wins	30
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	11
Japan Golf Tour	1
Champions Tour	10
Best results in Major Championships (Wins: 1)
Masters Tournament	T12: 1972
U.S. Open	T2: 1969, 1976
The Open Championship	T13: 1974
PGA Championship	Won: 1966

Allen Lee Geiberger, Sr. (born September 1, 1937) is an American professional golfer who has won numerous golf tournaments.

Geiberger was born in Red Bluff, California. He graduated from the University of Southern California in 1959 and turned professional soon after.

Geiberger won eleven times on the PGA Tour, with victories that included one major championship, the 1966 PGA Championship, and the "near-major" 1975 Tournament Players Championship. He played on the 1967 and 1975 Ryder Cup teams. He also won ten times on the Senior PGA Tour (now called the Champions Tour).

On June 10, 1977, in the second round of the Danny Thomas Memphis Classic played at the Colonial Country Club in Cordova, Tennessee, he became the first person in history to post a score of 59 (par was 72) in a PGA Tour-sanctioned event. He shot a bogey free round of six pars, eleven birdies, and one eagle. He went on to win the tournament.

In 1980, Geiberger had surgery to remove his colon due to inflammatory bowel disease and now has an ileostomy.

Geiberger's son Brent is also a professional golfer and has won two PGA Tour events. Another son, John, is the coach of the Pepperdine University golf team that won the 1997 NCAA Championship.

Contents

1 Professional wins (30)
2 Major championships
- 2.1 Wins (1)
- 2.2 Results timeline
3 See also
4 External links

Professional wins (30)

PGA Tour wins (11)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning Score	Margin of Victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Oct 21, 1962	Ontario Open Invitational	-8 (69-67-70-70=276)	1 stroke	Gardner Dickinson, Bob Goalby Tommy Jacobs, Chuck Rotar John Ruedi
2	Nov 3, 1963	Almaden Open Invitational	-11 (69-67-67-74=277)	1 stroke	Dutch Harrison, Dick Lotz
3	Aug 29, 1965	American Golf Classic	Even (70-69-69-72=280)	4 strokes	Arnold Palmer
4	Jul 24, 1966	PGA Championship	Even (68-72-68-72=280)	4 strokes	Dudley Wysong
5	Oct 6, 1974	Sahara Invitational	-11 (70-68-66-69=273)	3 strokes	Wally Armstrong, Jerry Heard Dave Hill, Mike Hill
6	Apr 27, 1975	MONY Tournament of Champions	-11 (67-67-70-73=277)	Playoff	Gary Player
7	Aug 24, 1975	Tournament Players Championship	-10 (66-68-67-69=270)	3 strokes	Dave Stockton
8	Apr 4, 1976	Greater Greensboro Open	-16 (70-65-65-68=268)	2 strokes	Lee Trevino,
9	June 27, 1976	Western Open	+4 (71-71-73-73=288)	1 stroke	Joe Porter
10	May 20, 1977	Danny Thomas Memphis Classic	-15 (72-59-72-70=273)	3 strokes	Jerry McGee, Gary Player
11	May 12, 1979	Colonial National Invitation	-6 (68-69-64-73=274)	1 stroke	Don January, Gene Littler

PGA Tour playoff record (1-1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1967	Carling World Open	Billy Casper	Lost to par on first extra hole
2	1975	MONY Tournament of Champions	Gary Player	Won with birdie on first extra hole

Major championship is shown in bold.

Other wins (7)

1961 Utah Open
1962 Caracas Open, Almaden Open Invitational
1973 ABC Japan vs USA Golf Matches (Japan Golf Tour)
1979 Spalding Invitational
1982 Frontier Airlines Open
1985 Colorado Open

Senior PGA Tour wins (10)

Other senior wins (2)

1989 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Harold Henning)
2008 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf - Demaret Division (with Jimmy Powell)

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	54 Holes	Winning Score	Margin	Runners-up
1966	PGA Championship	4 shot lead	E (68-72-68-72=280)	4 strokes	Dudley Wysong

Results timeline

Tournament	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
The Masters	DNP	CUT	DNP	T13	T24	T44	T36	T30	T13
U.S. Open	T12	CUT	CUT	T14	T4	T30	T28	T9	T2
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	T5	T19	19	1	T5	T8	T35

Tournament	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
The Masters	T45	T24	T12	T37	T31	CUT	T15	CUT	T42	DNP
U.S. Open	CUT	T55	T21	T13	T18	T38	T2	T10	T53	T19
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T13	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	T16	T30	CUT	T18	8	T33	CUT	T6	CUT	T65

Tournament	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
The Masters	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	T67	CUT	CUT	CUT	T74	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10

External links

Al Geiberger at the PGA Tour official site
Al Geiberger at the Japan Golf Tour official site
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article with quotes from Geiberger

v t e PGA Championship champions

Match play era	1916 Jim Barnes 1917–18 Cancelled due to World War I 1919 Jim Barnes 1920 Jock Hutchison 1921 Walter Hagen 1922 Gene Sarazen 1923 Gene Sarazen 1924 Walter Hagen 1925 Walter Hagen 1926 Walter Hagen 1927 Walter Hagen 1928 Leo Diegel 1929 Leo Diegel 1930 Tommy Armour 1931 Tom Creavy 1932 Olin Dutra 1933 Gene Sarazen 1934 Paul Runyan 1935 Johnny Revolta 1936 Denny Shute 1937 Denny Shute 1938 Paul Runyan 1939 Henry Picard 1940 Byron Nelson 1941 Vic Ghezzi 1942 Sam Snead 1943 Cancelled due to World War II 1944 Bob Hamilton 1945 Byron Nelson 1946 Ben Hogan 1947 Jim Ferrier 1948 Ben Hogan 1949 Sam Snead 1950 Chandler Harper 1951 Sam Snead 1952 Jim Turnesa 1953 Walter Burkemo 1954 Chick Harbert 1955 Doug Ford 1956 Jack Burke, Jr. 1957 Lionel Hebert

Stroke play era	1958 Dow Finsterwald 1959 Bob Rosburg 1960 Jay Hebert 1961 Jerry Barber† 1962 Gary Player 1963 Jack Nicklaus 1964‡ Bobby Nichols 1965 Dave Marr 1966 Al Geiberger 1967 Don January† 1968 Julius Boros 1969‡ Raymond Floyd 1970 Dave Stockton 1971 Jack Nicklaus 1972 Gary Player 1973 Jack Nicklaus 1974 Lee Trevino 1975 Jack Nicklaus 1976 Dave Stockton 1977 Lanny Wadkins† 1978 John Mahaffey† 1979 David Graham† 1980 Jack Nicklaus 1981 Larry Nelson 1982‡ Raymond Floyd 1983‡ Hal Sutton 1984 Lee Trevino 1985 Hubert Green 1986 Bob Tway 1987 Larry Nelson† 1988 Jeff Sluman 1989 Payne Stewart 1990 Wayne Grady 1991 John Daly 1992 Nick Price 1993 Paul Azinger† 1994 Nick Price 1995 Steve Elkington† 1996 Mark Brooks† 1997 Davis Love III 1998 Vijay Singh 1999 Tiger Woods 2000‡ Tiger Woods† 2001 David Toms 2002 Rich Beem 2003 Shaun Micheel 2004 Vijay Singh† 2005 Phil Mickelson 2006 Tiger Woods 2007 Tiger Woods 2008 Pádraig Harrington 2009 Y. E. Yang 2010 Martin Kaymer† 2011 Keegan Bradley†

† indicates the event was won in a playoff; ‡ indicates the event was won wire-to-wire

Al Geiberger in the Ryder Cup

v t e United States Ryder Cup team – 1967

Julius Boros • Gay Brewer • Billy Casper • Gardner Dickinson • Al Geiberger • Gene Littler • Bobby Nichols • Johnny Pott • Arnold Palmer • Doug Sanders Ben Hogan (non-playing captain)

Won: 23.5 – 8.5

v t e United States Ryder Cup team – 1975

Billy Casper • Raymond Floyd • Al Geiberger • Lou Graham • Hale Irwin • Gene Littler • Johnny Miller • Bob Murphy • Jack Nicklaus • J. C. Snead • Lee Trevino • Tom Weiskopf Arnold Palmer (non-playing captain)

Won: 21 – 11

v t e Players Championship champions

1974 Jack Nicklaus · 1975 Al Geiberger · 1976 Jack Nicklaus · 1977 Mark Hayes · 1978 Jack Nicklaus · 1979 Lanny Wadkins · 1980 Lee Trevino · 1981 Raymond Floyd† · 1982 Jerry Pate · 1983 Hal Sutton · 1984 Fred Couples · 1985 Calvin Peete · 1986 John Mahaffey · 1987 Sandy Lyle† · 1988 Mark McCumber · 1989 Tom Kite · 1990 Jodie Mudd · 1991 Steve Elkington · 1992 Davis Love III · 1993 Nick Price · 1994 Greg Norman · 1995 Lee Janzen · 1996 Fred Couples · 1997 Steve Elkington · 1998 Justin Leonard · 1999 David Duval · 2000 Hal Sutton · 2001 Tiger Woods · 2002 Craig Perks · 2003 Davis Love III · 2004 Adam Scott · 2005 Fred Funk · 2006 Stephen Ames · 2007 Phil Mickelson · 2008 Sergio García† · 2009 Henrik Stenson · 2010 Tim Clark · 2011 K.J. Choi†

† indicates the event was won in a playoff

Persondata
Name	Geiberger, Al
Alternative names	Geiberger, Allen Lee, Sr.
Short description	Professional golfer
Date of birth	September 1, 1937
Place of birth	Red Bluff, California, U.S.
Date of death
Place of death

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