Bernard Gallacher

Last updated

Bernard Gallacher
OBE
Personal information
Born (1949-02-09) 9 February 1949 (age 75)
Bathgate, Scotland
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Residence Ascot, Berkshire, England
SpouseLesley
Children3, including Kirsty
Career
Turned professional1967
Former tour(s) European Tour
European Seniors Tour
Professional wins23
Number of wins by tour
European Tour10
European Senior Tour1
Other12
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament CUT: 1970
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship T18: 1973
Achievements and awards
Sir Henry Cotton
Rookie of the Year
1968
Harry Vardon Trophy 1969

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

Contents

Early life and amateur career

Gallacher was born in Bathgate in West Lothian, Scotland. He took up golf at the age of eleven. In 1965 he won the Lothians Golf Association Boys Championship. He won the 1967 Scottish Amateur Open Stroke Play Championship and turned professional the same year.

Professional career

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 finished 1969 as Order of merit winner earning the Harry Vardon Trophy.

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 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.

After turning 50, Gallacher played on the European Seniors Tour. His first senior win came at The Mobile Cup in 2002.

Gallacher was the professional at the Wentworth Club near London for 25 years until the end of 1996. He wrote a column for Scottish golf magazine bunkered from 1998 until 2008.

Personal life

Gallacher's daughter Kirsty was a presenter on Sky Sports News for 20 years. [1] Another daughter, blogger and former restaurateur Laura Gallacher, is married to Russell Brand. [2] [3]

In August 2014, Gallacher was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to The Guardian opposing Scottish independence in the run-up to September's referendum on that issue. [4]

Amateur wins

Source: [5]

Professional wins (23)

European Tour wins (10)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
123 Jun 1974 Carroll's Celebration International −17 (72-71-68-68=279)3 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Newton
25 Oct 1974 Dunlop Masters −2 (71-70-69-72=282)Playoff Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Gary Player
34 Oct 1975 Dunlop Masters (2)+5 (74-70-71-74=289)2 strokes Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Dale Hayes
416 Apr 1977 Spanish Open −11 (70-68-70-69=277)2 strokes Flag of Spain.svg Francisco Abreu
513 May 1979 French Open −8 (71-69-74-70=284)1 stroke Flag of Scotland.svg Willie Milne
621 Sep 1980 Haig Whisky TPC −8 (68-65-66-69=268)3 strokes Flag of England.svg Nick Faldo, Flag of Germany.svg Bernhard Langer
714 Jun 1981 Cold Shield Greater Manchester Open −16 (65-69-63-67=264)5 strokes Flag of England.svg Nick Faldo
816 May 1982 Martini International −7 (71-71-68-67=277)3 strokes Flag of Spain.svg José María Cañizares, Flag of England.svg Nick Faldo
96 Jun 1982 Jersey Open −15 (69-66-68-70=273)Playoff Flag of Ireland.svg Eamonn Darcy, Flag of Ireland.svg Des Smyth
103 Jun 1984 Jersey Open (2)−14 (66-71-68-69=274)2 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Sandy Lyle

European Tour playoff record (2–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 1973 Portuguese Open Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Jaime Benito Lost to par on first extra hole
2 1974 Dunlop Masters Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Gary Player Won with birdie on first extra hole
3 1978 European Open Championship Flag of the United States.svg Gil Morgan, Flag of the United States.svg Bobby Wadkins Wadkins won with birdie on first extra hole
4 1982 Jersey Open Flag of Ireland.svg Eamonn Darcy, Flag of Ireland.svg Des Smyth Won with par on fifth extra hole
Darcy eliminated by birdie on second hole

Other wins (12)

European Seniors Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
114 Jul 2002 Mobile Cup −12 (67-68-66=201)4 strokes Flag of Jamaica.svg Delroy Cambridge

Results in major championships

Tournament19691970197119721973197419751976197719781979
Masters Tournament CUT
The Open Championship CUTCUTT37CUTT18T24T19T60CUTT22CUT
Tournament19801981198219831984198519861987
Masters Tournament
The Open Championship CUTCUTT25T19T31T47CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1969 Open Championship)
"T" = tied
Note: Gallacher never played in the U.S. Open or the PGA Championship.

Team appearances

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tony Jacklin</span> English professional golfer (born 1944)

Anthony Jacklin CBE is an English golfer. He was the most successful British player of his generation, winning two major championships, the 1969 Open Championship and the 1970 U.S. Open. He was also Ryder Cup captain from 1983 to 1989; Europe winning two and tying another of these four events.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tommy Horton</span> English professional golfer

Thomas Alfred Horton, was an English professional golfer. He finished in the top ten of the Open Championship four times, won a number of important tournaments both before and after the founding of the European Tour in 1972 and played in the Ryder Cup in 1975 and 1977. He reached 50 just before the founding of the European Seniors Tour and won 23 times on the tour between 1992 and 2000.

Neil Chapman Coles, MBE is an English professional golfer. Coles had a successful career in European golf, winning 29 important tournaments between 1956 and 1982. After reaching 50, he won a further 14 important Seniors tournaments between 1985 and 2002, winning his final European Seniors Tour event at the age of 67. He also played in eight Ryder Cup matches between 1961 and 1977.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sam Torrance</span> Scottish golfer

Samuel Robert Torrance is a Scottish professional golfer and sports commentator. He was one of the leading players on the European Tour from the mid-1970s to the late 1990s, with 21 Tour wins. Torrance was a member of European Ryder Cup teams on eight occasions consecutively; on Cup-winning teams four times. He was also part of the winning Scotland team at the 1995 Dunhill Cup. He was the winning non-playing captain of the European Ryder Cup team in 2002. Torrance was honoured with the MBE (1996) and OBE (2003), for his outstanding contributions to golf.

Brian William Barnes was a Scottish professional golfer. He won nine times on the European Tour between 1972 and 1981, and twice won the Senior British Open.

Peter Arthur Oosterhuis was an English professional golfer and broadcaster. He played on the European circuit from 1969 to 1974, winning 10 tournaments and taking the Harry Vardon Trophy for heading the Order of Merit for four consecutive seasons from 1971 to 1974. From 1975 he played on the PGA Tour, winning the Canadian Open in 1981. Oosterhuis was twice runner-up in the Open Championship, in 1974 and 1982. Later he became a golf analyst on TV, initially in Europe and then in the United States. In 2015, he announced that he had Alzheimer's disease.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stephen Gallacher</span> Scottish professional golfer

Stephen James Gallacher is a Scottish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour.

David Huish is a Scottish professional golfer, perhaps best known for being the halfway leader of The Open Championship in 1975.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Maurice Bembridge</span> English professional golfer (1945–2024)

Maurice Bembridge was an English professional golfer. Early in his career he had some success on the British PGA, winning the 1969 News of the World Match Play and the 1971 Dunlop Masters. He would go on to win six times on the British PGA's successor circuit, the European Tour. He also had some success overseas, winning the New Zealand Golf Circuit's Caltex Tournament in 1970 and the Kenya Open three times. In addition, Bembridge broke Augusta National Golf Club's course record at the 1974 Masters Tournament with a 64. Late in his career, Bembridge had some success on the European Senior Tour, winning twice.

Brian George Charles Huggett, was a Welsh professional golfer. He won 16 events on the European circuit between 1962 and 1978, including two after the formal start of the European Tour in 1972. In 1968 he won the Harry Vardon Trophy for leading the Order of Merit and he was in third place in 1969, 1970 and 1972. He won 10 times on the European Seniors Tour between 1992 and 2000, including the 1998 Senior British Open.

Michael Geoffrey King is an English professional golfer.

Brian J. Waites is an English professional golfer. Although he turned professional in 1957, he played little top-level golf for the next 20 years, but then has considerable success, winning twice on the European Tour, five times on the Safari Circuit and playing in the 1983 Ryder Cup. After reaching 50 he had further success as a senior, winning the PGA Seniors Championship twice, and winning four times on the European Senior Tour.

Norman David Wood was a Scottish professional golfer. He won the 1972 Italian Open and played in the 1975 Ryder Cup.

Patrick Christopher "Christy" O'Connor was an Irish professional golfer. He was one of the leading golfers on the British and Irish circuit from the mid-1950s.

Peter Joseph Butler was an English professional golfer. He was one of the leading British golfers of the 1960s and early 1970s. He won a number of important tournaments including the 1963 PGA Close Championship and the 1968 French Open. He played in four Ryder Cup matches between 1965 and 1973 and three times in the World Cup. He played in the Open Championship 23 times, with two top-10 finishes, and seven successive times in the Masters from 1964 to 1970.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eric Brown (golfer)</span> Scottish golfer

Eric Chalmers Brown was a Scottish professional golfer and bar owner.

Malcolm Edward Gregson was an English professional golfer. After a promising start to his career as an amateur and assistant professional, he had one exceptional year, 1967, when he won the Harry Vardon Trophy and played in the Ryder Cup, but had only limited success afterwards. After reaching 50 he played on the European Senior Tour, winning five times.

Gordon Alexander Caygill is an English professional golfer. He had considerable early success as a young professional from 1960 to 1963 but then had a lean period, partly due to a stomach ulcer. He made a comeback in the late 1960s, winning two tournaments in early 1969, and gained a place in the 1969 Ryder Cup team.

Harry Bannerman is a Scottish professional golfer best known for playing in the 1971 Ryder Cup.

Thomas Bruce Haliburton was a Scottish golfer. He finished tied for 5th in the 1957 Open Championship and played in the 1961 and 1963 Ryder Cups.

References

  1. "Kirsty Gallacher quits Sky Sports after 20 years". Digital Spy. 25 May 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  2. "Who is Russell Brand's wife Laura Gallacher? Inside marriage with kids and baby on way". Mirror . September 2023. Archived from the original on 17 September 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  3. "Russell Brand marries partner Laura Gallacher". Bbc.co.uk. 27 August 2017. Archived from the original on 27 August 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  4. "Celebrities' open letter to Scotland – full text and list of signatories". The Guardian. 7 August 2014.
  5. Huggins, Percy, ed. (1971). The Golfer's Handbook. p. 377.
  6. "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 25 September 2023.