Don Iverson

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Don Iverson
Personal information
Full nameDonald Iverson
Born (1945-10-28) October 28, 1945 (age 78)
La Crosse, Wisconsin, U.S.
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Career
College University of Wisconsin–La Crosse
Turned professional1968
Former tour(s) PGA Tour
Professional wins3
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament T29: 1974
PGA Championship T6: 1973
U.S. Open T35: 1974
The Open Championship DNP

Donald Iverson (born October 28, 1945) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1970s.

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Iverson was born, raised and has lived most of his life in La Crosse, Wisconsin. He attended La Crosse Central High School, where he was a star quarterback on the football team and member of the golf team. He graduated in 1963. As an amateur, he won six La Crosse Tribune County Amateur Golf Championships from 1960–1967. He attended the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse graduating in 1968 with a Bachelor of Science degree in economics. He won the 1966 NAIA Championship. He turned professional later that year. [1]

Iverson played nine years on the PGA Tour from 1971–1979. [1] The biggest win of his career came at the 1975 B.C. Open; he shot a final round 68 for a four-day total of 274 (10-under-par) to edge David Graham and Jim Colbert by one stroke. [2] [3] Iverson's best year on the Tour was also 1975, when in addition to his win at the B.C. Open, he tied for 37th on the money list with $56,559. [1] His best finish in a major was T-6 at the 1973 PGA Championship where Iverson was a co-leader after both the first and second rounds. [4] [5] [6]

After retiring as a touring professional in 1979, he moved back home to La Crosse and went to work as a national sales representative for Inland Printing Company. [1] In 1980, he was elected to the UW–La Crosse Hall of Fame. [7] He was inducted into the Wisconsin State Golf Association Hall of Fame in 1988. [8] Iverson and his wife, Virginia, have two children, Corie and Merritt. [1]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (3)

PGA Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
1Sep 1, 1975 B.C. Open −10 (66-69-71-68=274)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Jim Colbert, Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Graham

Other wins (2)

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Lamb, Bob (May 12, 1984). "Tour stops here for Iverson". La Crosse Tribune. Retrieved October 18, 2007.[ dead link ]
  2. ↑ "Today in Golf History: September 1". GolfonLine.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 18 October 2007.
  3. ↑ "BC Open". Golf Today. Archived from the original on 18 May 2008. Retrieved 18 October 2007.
  4. ↑ "Golf Major Championships" . Retrieved 2008-01-04.
  5. ↑ Glamor guys give way to Geiberger, Iverson
  6. ↑ Big names don't bother young golfer Don Iverson
  7. ↑ "Wisconsin State Golf Association Hall of Fame Iverson bio". Archived from the original on 2010-12-04.
  8. ↑ "Wisconsin State Golf Association Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on 2007-10-12.
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