Bert Greene | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Charles Greene |
Born | Gray, Georgia | February 11, 1944
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Weight | 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st) |
Sporting nationality | ![]() |
Career | |
College | University of Tennessee |
Turned professional | 1966 |
Former tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Professional wins | 5 |
Number of wins by tour | |
PGA Tour | 1 |
Other | 4 |
Best results in major championships | |
Masters Tournament | 12th/T12: 1970, 1971 |
PGA Championship | 3rd: 1969 |
U.S. Open | T42: 1969 |
The Open Championship | DNP |
Charles "Bert" Greene (born February 11, 1944) [1] is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour.
Greene was born in Gray, Georgia. [1] [2] He attended the University of Tennessee where he was a member of the golf team. He won the 1964 SEC Championship and was a third-team All-American in 1964 and 1965.
Greene turned professional in 1966. [1] He played on the PGA Tour from 1967 to 1975. [3] He won one Tour event, the 1973 Liggett Myers Open at MacGregor Downs Country Club in Cary, North Carolina, in a playoff with Miller Barber. [3] He also finished second at the 1969 Westchester Classic, one stroke behind Frank Beard, and at the 1969 Tallahassee Open Invitational, one stroke behind Chuck Courtney. [3] His best finish in a major was a third-place finish at the 1969 PGA Championship. [4]
At a golf tournament in 1972, Greene was shot in the foot when a gun in his golf bag accidentally discharged. [5]
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | Feb 4, 1973 | Liggett & Myers Open | −6 (68-73-67-70=278) | Playoff | ![]() |
PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 1973 | Liggett & Myers Open | ![]() | Won with birdie on fifth extra hole |
Tournament | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 |
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Masters Tournament | CUT | T12 | 12 | T31 | CUT | |||||
U.S. Open | CUT | CUT | T42 | T54 | ||||||
PGA Championship | 3 | T48 | T71 | T73 |
Note: Greene never played in The Open Championship.
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
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