Al Geiberger

Al Geiberger
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name	Allen Lee Geiberger, Sr.
Nickname	Mr. 59, Skippy
Born	(1937-09-01) September 1, 1937 Red Bluff, California
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight	180 lb (82 kg; 13 st)
Nationality	United States
Career
College	USC
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 former professional golfer.

Professional career

Geiberger won 11 tournaments on the PGA Tour, one of which was the 1966 PGA Championship, a major title.^[1] He won the Tournament Players Championship in 1975, and played on the Ryder Cup teams in 1967 and 1975. Geiberger also won 10 times on the Senior PGA Tour, now called the Champions Tour.

Mr. 59

During the second round of the Danny Thomas Memphis Classic in 1977, Geiberger became the first player in history to post a score of 59 (−13) in a PGA Tour-sanctioned event. Starting on the 10th tee of the Colonial Country Club in Cordova, Tennessee, he shot a bogey-free round of six pars, 11 birdies, and an eagle on the 7,193-yard (6,577 m) layout.^[2] Geiberger won the tournament, though not handily. He shot even-par 72 in the first and third rounds and was two strokes down to Gary Player on Sunday after a 38 (+2) on the front nine put him at 241 (−11) for 63 holes. He regained the lead with a 32 (−4) on the back nine to finish at 273 (−15), two strokes ahead of Player and Jerry McGee.^[3]

Scorecard: Friday, June 10, 1977^[2]

Hole	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Par	4	4	3	4	4	3	5	4	5	5	4	3	4	3	4	5	4	4
Score	3	4	2	4	4	2	4	3	4	3	3	2	4	3	3	4	4	3
To par	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−3	−4	−5	−6	−8	−9	−10	−10	−10	−11	−12	−12	−13

Personal life

Geiberger was born in Red Bluff, California, the son of Ray and Mabel Geiberger. His first big tournament win was the 1954 National Jaycee Championship. He graduated from Santa Barbara High School, attended Menlo College and graduated from the University of Southern California in 1959. He turned pro in 1959 and joined the PGA Tour in 1960. His first PGA Tour win was the 1962 Ontario Open.^[4]^[5]

Geiberger has six children. His son Brent Geiberger is also a professional golfer who won two PGA Tour events. Another son, John, is the coach of the Pepperdine University golf team, winners of the NCAA Championship in 1997.^[4]

Geiberger had surgery in 1980 to remove his colon due to inflammatory bowel disease and has an ileostomy.

Professional wins (30)

PGA Tour wins (11)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Oct 21, 1962	Ontario Open Invitational	69-67-70-70=276	−8	1 stroke	Gardner Dickinson, Bob Goalby Tommy Jacobs, Chuck Rotar John Ruedi
2	Nov 3, 1963	Almaden Open Invitational	69-67-67-74=277	−11	1 stroke	Dutch Harrison, Dick Lotz
3	Aug 29, 1965	American Golf Classic	70-69-69-72=280	E	4 strokes	Arnold Palmer
4	Jul 24, 1966	PGA Championship	68-72-68-72=280	E	4 strokes	Dudley Wysong
5	Oct 6, 1974	Sahara Invitational	70-68-66-69=273	−11	3 strokes	Wally Armstrong, Jerry Heard Dave Hill, Mike Hill
6	Apr 27, 1975	MONY Tournament of Champions	67-67-70-73=277	−11	Playoff	Gary Player
7	Aug 24, 1975	Tournament Players Championship	66-68-67-69=270	−10	3 strokes	Dave Stockton
8	Apr 4, 1976	Greater Greensboro Open	70-65-65-68=268	−16	2 strokes	Lee Trevino
9	Jun 27, 1976	Western Open	71-71-73-73=288	+4	1 stroke	Joe Porter
10	Jun 12, 1977	Danny Thomas Memphis Classic	72-59-72-70=273	−15	2 strokes	Jerry McGee, Gary Player
11	May 12, 1979	Colonial National Invitation	68-69-64-73=274	−6	1 stroke	Don January, Gene Littler

PGA Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	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)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Oct 4, 1987	Vantage Championship	72-67-67=206	−4	2 strokes	Dave Hill
2	Oct 18, 1987	Seniors International Golf Championship	70-68-71=209	−4	Playoff	Jim Ferree
3	Oct 25, 1987	Las Vegas Senior Classic	68-73-62=203	−13	4 strokes	Chi-Chi Rodríguez
4	Mar 20, 1988	The Pointe/Del E. Webb Arizona Classic	63-69-67=199	−17	1 stroke	Orville Moody
5	Aug 20, 1989	GTE Northwest Classic	68-68-68=204	−12	3 strokes	Frank Beard
6	Jul 7, 1991	Kroger Senior Classic	66-69-68=203	−10	1 stroke	Larry Laoretti
7	Jan 12, 1992	Infiniti Senior Tournament of Champions	71-67-71-73=282	−6	3 strokes	Bruce Crampton, Chi-Chi Rodríguez
8	Jan 10, 1993	Infiniti Senior Tournament of Champions	70-70-69-71=280	−8	2 strokes	Jim Dent
9	Mar 7, 1993	GTE West Classic	67-65-66=198	−12	2 strokes	Isao Aoki, George Archer
10	Feb 11, 1996	Greater Naples IntelliNet Challenge	68-63-71=202	−14	1 stroke	Isao Aoki

Senior PGA Tour playoff record (1-1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1987	Seniors International Golf Championship	Jim Ferree	Won with birdie on second extra hole
2	1999	Toshiba Senior Classic	Allen Doyle, John Jacobs, Gary McCord	McCord won with birdie on fifth extra hole Doyle and Geiberger eliminated with eagle on first hole

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	Runner-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
Masters Tournament	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
Masters Tournament	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
Masters Tournament	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
Masters Tournament	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

Summary

Tournament	Wins	2nd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	0	0	0	6	17	13
U.S. Open	0	2	3	5	11	20	16
The Open Championship	0	0	0	0	1	2	1
PGA Championship	1	0	3	6	10	23	16
Totals	1	2	6	11	28	62	46

Most consecutive cuts made – 20 (1963 PGA – 1970 Masters)
Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (twice)

References

↑ Jenkins, Dan (August 1, 1966). "A Happy Stroll For Golf's Smiling Gei". Sports Illustrated. p. 16. Retrieved January 13, 2015.
1 2 "Geiberger fires PGA mark 59, 11 birds, eagle". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. June 11, 1977. p. 11. Retrieved June 10, 2013.
↑ "Geiberger turns off Player, McGee bids". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. June 13, 1977. p. 18. Retrieved June 10, 2013.
1 2 Kelley, Brent. "Al Geiberger profile". About.com. Retrieved July 12, 2013.
↑ Ballard, Sarah (May 15, 1989). "Building A New Life: Thanks to his family and to senior golf, Al Geiberger has another chance at happiness". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved January 13, 2015.

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

PGA Championship champions

Match play era	1916 Jim Barnes 1917–18 Cancelled due to World War I 1919 Jim Barnes 1920 Jock Hutchison 1921 Walter Hagen 1922 Gene Sarazen 1923 Gene Sarazen 1924 Walter Hagen 1925 Walter Hagen 1926 Walter Hagen 1927 Walter Hagen 1928 Leo Diegel 1929 Leo Diegel 1930 Tommy Armour 1931 Tom Creavy 1932 Olin Dutra 1933 Gene Sarazen 1934 Paul Runyan 1935 Johnny Revolta 1936 Denny Shute 1937 Denny Shute 1938 Paul Runyan 1939 Henry Picard 1940 Byron Nelson 1941 Vic Ghezzi 1942 Sam Snead 1943 Cancelled due to World War II 1944 Bob Hamilton 1945 Byron Nelson 1946 Ben Hogan 1947 Jim Ferrier 1948 Ben Hogan 1949 Sam Snead 1950 Chandler Harper 1951 Sam Snead 1952 Jim Turnesa 1953 Walter Burkemo 1954 Chick Harbert 1955 Doug Ford 1956 Jack Burke, Jr. 1957 Lionel Hebert

Stroke play era	1958 Dow Finsterwald 1959 Bob Rosburg 1960 Jay Hebert 1961 Jerry Barber† 1962 Gary Player 1963 Jack Nicklaus 1964‡ Bobby Nichols 1965 Dave Marr 1966 Al Geiberger 1967 Don January† 1968 Julius Boros 1969‡ Raymond Floyd 1970 Dave Stockton 1971 Jack Nicklaus 1972 Gary Player 1973 Jack Nicklaus 1974 Lee Trevino 1975 Jack Nicklaus 1976 Dave Stockton 1977 Lanny Wadkins† 1978 John Mahaffey† 1979 David Graham† 1980 Jack Nicklaus 1981 Larry Nelson 1982‡ Raymond Floyd 1983‡ Hal Sutton 1984 Lee Trevino 1985 Hubert Green 1986 Bob Tway 1987 Larry Nelson† 1988 Jeff Sluman 1989 Payne Stewart 1990 Wayne Grady 1991 John Daly 1992 Nick Price 1993 Paul Azinger† 1994 Nick Price 1995 Steve Elkington† 1996 Mark Brooks† 1997 Davis Love III 1998 Vijay Singh 1999 Tiger Woods 2000‡ Tiger Woods† 2001 David Toms 2002 Rich Beem 2003 Shaun Micheel 2004 Vijay Singh† 2005 Phil Mickelson 2006 Tiger Woods 2007 Tiger Woods 2008 Pádraig Harrington 2009 Y. E. Yang 2010 Martin Kaymer† 2011 Keegan Bradley† 2012 Rory McIlroy 2013 Jason Dufner 2014 Rory McIlroy 2015 Jason Day

† indicates the event was won in a playoff; ‡ indicates the event was won wire-to-wire

Al Geiberger in the Ryder Cup

United States Ryder Cup team – 1967

Julius Boros Gay Brewer Billy Casper Gardner Dickinson Al Geiberger Gene Littler Bobby Nichols Johnny Pott Arnold Palmer Doug Sanders Ben Hogan (non-playing captain)

Won: 23.5 – 8.5

United States Ryder Cup team – 1975

Billy Casper Raymond Floyd Al Geiberger Lou Graham Hale Irwin Gene Littler Johnny Miller Bob Murphy Jack Nicklaus J. C. Snead Lee Trevino Tom Weiskopf Arnold Palmer (non-playing captain)

Won: 21 – 11

Players Championship champions

1974 Jack Nicklaus 1975 Al Geiberger 1976 Jack Nicklaus 1977 Mark Hayes 1978 Jack Nicklaus 1979 Lanny Wadkins 1980 Lee Trevino 1981 Raymond Floyd† 1982 Jerry Pate 1983 Hal Sutton 1984 Fred Couples 1985 Calvin Peete 1986 John Mahaffey 1987 Sandy Lyle† 1988 Mark McCumber 1989 Tom Kite 1990 Jodie Mudd 1991 Steve Elkington 1992 Davis Love III 1993 Nick Price 1994 Greg Norman 1995 Lee Janzen 1996 Fred Couples 1997 Steve Elkington 1998 Justin Leonard 1999 David Duval 2000 Hal Sutton 2001 Tiger Woods 2002 Craig Perks 2003 Davis Love III 2004 Adam Scott 2005 Fred Funk 2006 Stephen Ames 2007 Phil Mickelson 2008 Sergio García† 2009 Henrik Stenson 2010 Tim Clark 2011 K. J. Choi† 2012 Matt Kuchar 2013 Tiger Woods 2014 Martin Kaymer 2015 Rickie Fowler†

† indicates the event was won in a playoff

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