Bruce Crampton

Bruce Crampton (born September 28, 1935) is an Australian professional golfer.

Crampton was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and attended Kogarah High School from 1948-1950. He turned professional in 1953.

Crampton won the Vardon Trophy for the player with the lowest stroke average on the PGA Tour in 1973 and 1975. He had 14 career wins on the PGA Tour between 1961 and 1975 and was runner up in four major championships – one Masters, one U.S. Open, and two PGA Championships – all to Jack Nicklaus. He was ranked among the top five golfers in the world in both 1972 and 1973, according to Mark McCormack's world golf rankings. His other regular career victories included the Australian Open, New Zealand PGA Championship, Far East Open and the Philippine Open. As a senior he won 20 times on the Champions Tour, and topped the money list in 1986, but he did not win a senior major.

PGA Tour wins (14)

*1961 (1) Milwaukee Open Invitational
*1962 (1) Motor City Open
*1964 (1) Texas Open Invitational
*1965 (3) Bing Crosby National Pro-Am, Colonial National Invitation, 500 Festival Open Invitation
*1969 (1) Hawaiian Open
*1970 (1) Westchester Classic
*1971 (1) Western Open
*1973 (4) Phoenix Open, Dean Martin Tucson Open, Houston Open, American Golf Classic
*1975 (1) Houston Open

Other wins

"this list may be incomplete"
*1954 New Zealand PGA Championship
*1956 Australian Open
*1958 North Coast Open (Australia)
*1959 Far East Open, Philippine Open
*1971 Wills Masters (Australia)

Champions Tour wins (20)

*1986 (7) Benson & Hedges Invitational, MONY Syracuse Senior's Pro Golf Classic, GTE Northwest Classic, PaineWebber World Seniors Invitational, Pepsi Senior Challenge, Las Vegas Senior Classic, Shearson-Lehman Brothers Senior Classic
*1987 (4) Denver Champions of Golf, The Greenbrier American Express Championship, MONY Syracuse Senior Classic, Vantage presents Bank One Senior Golf Classic
*1988 (2) United Hospitals Classic, GTE Northwest Classic
*1989 (2) MONY Arizona Classic, Ameritech Senior Open
*1990 (2) PaineWebber Invitational, Gatlin Brothers Southwest Senior Classic
*1991 (1) Infiniti Senior Tournament of Champions
*1992 (1) GTE West Classic
*1997 (1) Cadillac NFL Golf Classic

Other senior wins

*1987 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Orville Moody)
*1988 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Orville Moody)

Results in major championships

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

ee also

*Golfers with most PGA Tour wins
*Golfers with most Champions Tour wins

External links

* [http://www.pgatour.com/players/00/12/33/ Profile on PGA Tour's official site]