George Archer

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George Archer (born October 1, 1939 in San Francisco, California, died September 25, 2005 in Incline Village, Nevada) was an American golfer who won twelve events on the PGA Tour, including one major championship.

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Career outline

Archer was eventually to reach 6 feet 5½ inches (1.97 m) tall, and as a boy he dreamed of a basketball career, but he took up golf at high school after working as a caddy at his local club. He turned professional in 1964 and claimed the first of 12 victories on the PGA Tour at the Lucky International Open the following year. The leading achievement of his career was his win at The Masters, which is one of golf's four major championships, in 1969. His other top ten finishes in the majors came at the U.S. Open, where he came 10th in 1969 5th in 1971, and at the PGA Championship, where he took 4th place in 1968.

Archer was hampered by injuries throughout his career and has had surgery on his left wrist (1975), back (1979), left shoulder (1987). In 1996 he had his right hip replaced and two years later he became the first man to win on the Senior PGA Tour (now the Champions Tour) after having a hip replacement. In total he won nineteen times on the Senior Tour between 1989 and 2000, but he did not win a senior major.

Archer is considered one of the game's all-time great putters, and at one time he held the PGA Tour record for fewest putts over four rounds with 95 putts at the 1980 Sea Pines Heritage Classic. He never played in the Ryder Cup; when he was in his prime the top Americans didn't always participate because the event was very uncompetitive at that time.

PGA Tour wins

Archer's major championship is shown in bold.

Other regular career wins

  • 1963 Trans-Mississippi Amateur, Northern California Open, Northern California Medal Play, San Francisco City Championship
  • 1968 PGA National Team Championship (with Bobby Nichols)
  • 1969 Argentine Masters
  • 1981 Colombian Open
  • 1982 Philippines Invitational

Champions Tour wins

  • 1989 Gatlin Brothers Southwest Classic
  • 1990 MONY Senior Tournament of Champions, Northville Long Island Classic, GTE Northwest Classic, Gold Rush at Rancho Murieta
  • 1991 Northville Long Island Classic, GTE North Classic, Raley's Senior Gold Rush
  • 1992 Murata Reunion Pro-Am, Northville Long Island Classic, Bruno's Memorial Classic
  • 1993 Ameritech Senior Open, First of America Classic, Raley's Senior Gold Rush, PING Kaanapali Classic
  • 1995 Toshiba Senior Classic, Cadillac NFL Golf Classic
  • 1998 First of America Classic
  • 2000 MasterCard Championship

Other senior career wins

  • 1990 Sports Shinko Cup, Princeville Classic
  • 1991 Sports Shinko Cup
  • 1994 Chrysler Cup (individual)

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