Vaughan Somers
Vaughan Somers | |
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— Golfer — | |
Personal information | |
Full name | Vaughan Somers |
Born | Queensland, Australia |
27 May 1951
Nationality | Australia |
Career | |
Status | Professional |
Former tour(s) | PGA Tour of Australasia European Tour |
Professional wins | 3 |
Number of wins by tour | |
PGA Tour of Australasia | 1 |
Other | 2 |
Best results in major championships |
|
Masters Tournament | DNP |
U.S. Open | DNP |
The Open Championship | T21: 1986 |
PGA Championship | DNP |
Vaughan Somers (born 27 May 1951) is an Australian professional golfer.
Somers was born in Queensland, Australia, the son of bookmaker Alan Somers.
Somers had modest success as a professional golfer, but did win the 1985 Ford Dealers South Australian Open. He also had some other top three finishes including runner-up in both the 1983 KLM Dutch Open and the 1986 Victorian Open, and 3rd place in the 1987 Australian Masters.[1]
Somers played in multiple Open Championships, making the cut four times with his best finish a tie for 21st place in the 1986 Open Championship.[2]
Somers is now a father to two sons and has worked as the General Manager of the Melbourne Golf Academy (MGA), located on the Melbourne Sandbelt.[citation needed]
Contents
Professional wins (3)
PGA Tour of Australia (1)
Other wins
Results in major championships
Tournament | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 |
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The Open Championship | T52 | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT | T45 | CUT | 60 | T21 | CUT |
Note: Somers played in only The Open Championship.
DNP = Did not play
CUT = Missed the cut
"T" = Tied
Yellow background for top-10.
Team appearances
- Hennessy Cognac Cup (representing the Rest of the World): 1982
References
- ↑ Official website of Greg Norman. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- Vaughan Somers at the European Tour official site