BILL GLASSON (GOLFER)

'Bill Glasson'

'Personal Information'
'Birth'	Fresno, California, USA
'Height'	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
'Weight'	175 lb (79 kg)
'Nationality'
'College'	Oral Roberts University
Career
'Turned Pro'	1983
'Current tour'	PGA Tour
'Professional wins'	8 (PGA Tour: 7, Other: 1)
Best Results in Major Championships
Masters	T18: 1994, 1999
U.S. Open	T4: 1995
British Open	T25: 1995
PGA Championship	T13: 1998

'William Lee "Bill" Glasson, Jr.' (born April 29, 1960) is an American professional golfer who has won several tournaments on the PGA Tour.
Glasson was born in Fresno, California. He attended Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma where he was a distinguished member of the golf team – a two-time All-American. He turned pro in 1983.
Glasson has enjoyed eight victories as a professional golfer: seven official PGA Tour events and one non-official event. His first win came at the 1985 Kemper Open. His most recent win on the Tour was in 1997 at the Las Vegas Invitational. His best finish in a major is a T-4 at the 1995 U.S. Open. Glasson has had more than 5 dozen top-10 PGA Tour finishes, and greater than 6.7 million dollars in career earnings. He has featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings.
Glasson has had difficulty maintaining his PGA Tour privileges in his 40s, due in large part to medical problems. He has had to play some on the Nationwide Tour, where his best finish is a 2nd at the 2003 Northeast Pennsylvania Classic. Glasson has had at least 19 surgeries on various parts of his body including, but not limited to, his elbow, sinus, knee, lip, forearm and lower back.^[1] He enjoys hunting, fishing and farming in his spare time. He lives in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
Glasson withdrew from the Southern Farm Bureau Classic in 2006 after he was involved in a physical altercation with a spectator. Glasson allegedly struck an elderly gentleman during the morning hours after the men got into a shouting match over a driving incident on the way to the tournament. Glasson's manager, Dennis Harrington, said Glasson argued with a man in the Annandale Golf Club parking lot whom Glasson said cut in front of him at an intersection. “He did not strike the man”, said Harrington, but did “flip his cap off his head” after the man did not apologize and a passenger in the car “taunted” Glasson.^[2]

Contents

PGA Tour wins (7)

Other wins (1)

Results in major championships

See also

References

External links

PGA Tour wins (7)

★ 1985 (1) Kemper Open

★ 1988 (2) B.C. Open, Centel Classic

★ 1989 (1) Doral-Ryder Open

★ 1992 (1) Kemper Open

★ 1994 (1) Phoenix Open

★ 1997 (1) Las Vegas Invitational

Other wins (1)

★ 1989 JC Penney Classic (with Pat Bradley)

Results in major championships

Tournament	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
The Masters	DNP	DNP	T25	DNP	DNP	CUT
U.S. Open	T25	T39	T53	CUT	DNP	T21
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	T54	CUT	DNP	WD	DNP

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
The Masters	T33	DNP	DNP	CUT	T18	CUT	CUT	DNP	CUT	T18
U.S. Open	T51	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	T4	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT
The Open Championship	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T25	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	WD	DNP	DNP	DNP	T19	CUT	DNP	DNP	T13	DNP

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T67
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	T64	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

DNP = Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

WD = Withdrew

"T" = tied

Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

See also

★ Golfers with most PGA Tour wins

References

1. Bio on PGA Tour's official site
2. ''Clarion Ledger'' article

External links

★ Profile on PGA Tour's official site