Bernard Gallacher

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Bernard Gallacher
Personal Information
Birth 9 February 1949 (1949-02-09) (age 59)
Bathgate, Scotland
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight 175 lb (79 kg)
Nationality Flag of Scotland Scotland
Residence Ascot, England
College None
Career
Turned Pro 1967
Current tour European Seniors Tour
Professional wins 22 (European Tour: 10, European Seniors Tour: 1, Other: 11)
Best Results in Major Championships
Masters CUT: 1970
U.S. Open DNP
British Open T18: 1973
PGA Championship DNP
Awards
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year Award 1968

Bernard Gallacher (born 9 February 1949) is a Scottish professional golfer.

Gallacher was born in Bathgate, Scotland. He took up golf at the age of eleven. He won the 1967 Scottish Amateur Open Stroke Play Championship and turned professional the same year. He won the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year Award in 1968. His first professional wins came in 1969; a pair of them in Zambia and another pair in Europe in the equivalent of European Tour events (the European Tour wasn't established until 1972). He accumulated ten wins on the European Tour between 1974 and 1984 and finished in the top ten on the European Tour Order of Merit five times between 1972 and 1982, with a best placing of third in 1974.

In 1969, at the age of 20, Gallacher became the youngest man to represent Great Britain & Ireland in the Ryder Cup up to that time. This record was subsequently beaten by Nick Faldo and others. He went on to play in the Ryder Cup eight times and was non-playing captain of the European Team in 1991, 1993 and 1995. All three of those matches were very close; Europe lost the first two but won the third.

Gallacher now plays on the European Seniors Tour. His first senior win came at The Mobile Cup in 2002. He was the professional at the prestigious Wentworth Club near London for 25 years until the end of 1996. His daughter Kirsty is a sports presenter on British television.

Contents

[edit] Professional wins (22)

[edit] European Tour wins (10)

[edit] Other wins (11)

  • 1969 (4) Kawacha Eagle Open (Zambia), Cock 'O The North (Zambia), Schweppes PGA Championship, W.D. & H.O. Wills Tournament
  • 1970 (1) Mufulira Open (Zambia)
  • 1971 (1) Martini International (the year before the European Tour started and it became a European Tour event)
  • 1973 (2) Coca-Cola Young Professionals Championship, Scottish Professional Championship
  • 1974 (1) Scottish Professional Championship
  • 1977 (1) Scottish Professional Championship
  • 1983 (1) Scottish Professional Championship

[edit] European Seniors Tour wins (1)

  • 2002 (1) The Mobile Cup

[edit] Results in major championships

Tournament 1969
The Masters DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship CUT
PGA Championship DNP
Tournament 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
The Masters CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
The Open Championship CUT T37 CUT T18 T24 T19 T60 CUT T22 CUT
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
Tournament 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
The Masters DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
The Open Championship CUT CUT T25 T19 T31 T47 DNP CUT
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP

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

[edit] Team appearances

  • Ryder Cup (representing Great Britain / GB & Ireland / Europe): 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983. Non-playing captain: 1991, 1993, 1995 (winners).
  • World Cup (representing Scotland): 1969, 71, 74, 82, 83
  • Hennessy Cognac Cup: 1974 (winners), 78 (winners), 82 (winners), 84 (Captain)
  • Double Diamond: 1971, 72, 73 (winners), 74, 75, 76, 77
  • Philip Morris International: 1976

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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European Ryder Cup Captains
Great Britain

1927 Ted Ray · 1929 George Duncan · 1931 Charles Whitcombe · 1933 John Henry Taylor · 1935 Charles Whitcombe · 1937 Charles Whitcombe · 1947 Henry Cotton · 1949 Charles Whitcombe · 1951 Arthur Lacey · 1953 Henry Cotton · 1955 Dai Rees · 1957 Dai Rees · 1959 Dai Rees · 1961 Dai Rees · 1963 John Fallon · 1965 Harry Weetman · 1967 Dai Rees · 1969 Eric Brown · 1971 Eric Brown

Great Britain & Ireland

1973 Bernard Hunt · 1975 Bernard Hunt · 1977 Brian Huggett

Europe

1979 John Jacobs · 1981 John Jacobs · 1983 Tony Jacklin · 1985 Tony Jacklin · 1987 Tony Jacklin · 1989 Tony Jacklin · 1991 Bernard Gallacher · 1993 Bernard Gallacher · 1995 Bernard Gallacher · 1997 Seve Ballesteros · 1999 Mark James · 2002 Sam Torrance · 2004 Bernhard Langer · 2006 Ian Woosnam · 2008 Nick Faldo
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Sir Henry Cotton Rookies of the Year
1960 Tommy Goodwin • 1961 Alex Caygill • 1962 No Award • 1963 Tony Jacklin • 1964 No Award • 1965 No Award • 1966 Robin Liddle • 1967 No Award • 1968 Bernard Gallacher • 1969 Peter Oosterhuis • 1970 Stuart Brown • 1971 David Llewellyn • 1972 Sam Torrance • 1973 Pip Elson • 1974 Carl Mason • 1975 No Award • 1976 Mark James • 1977 Nick Faldo • 1978 Sandy Lyle • 1979 Mike Miller • 1980 Paul Hoad • 1981 Jeremy Bennett • 1982 Gordon Brand, Jnr • 1983 Grant Turner • 1984 Philip Parkin • 1985 Paul Thomas • 1986 José María Olazábal • 1987 Peter Baker • 1988 Colin Montgomerie • 1989 Paul Broadhurst • 1990 Russell Claydon • 1991 Per-Ulrik Johansson • 1992 Jim Payne • 1993 Gary Orr • 1994 Jonathan Lomas • 1995 Jarmo Sandelin • 1996 Thomas Bjørn • 1997 Scott Henderson • 1998 Olivier Edmond • 1999 Sergio García • 2000 Ian Poulter • 2001 Paul Casey • 2002 Nick Dougherty • 2003 Peter Lawrie • 2004 Scott Drummond • 2005 Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño • 2006 Marc Warren • 2007 Martin Kaymer
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