Al Geiberger

Al Geiberger
Personal information
Full name	Allen Lee Geiberger, Sr.
Nickname	Mr. 59
Born	September 1, 1937 (1937-09-01) 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.

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)

• 1987 (3) Vantage Championship, Seniors International Golf Championship, Las Vegas Senior Classic
• 1988 (1) The Pointe/Del E. Webb Arizona Classic
• 1989 (1) GTE Northwest Classic
• 1991 (1) Kroger Senior Classic
• 1992 (1) Infiniti Senior Tournament of Champions
• 1993 (2) Infiniti Senior Tournament of Champions, GTE West Classic
• 1996 (1) Greater Naples IntelliNet Challenge

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

See also

• List of golfers with most PGA Tour wins
• List of golfers with most Champions Tour wins

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