Bob Shearer

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Bob Shearer (born May 25, 1948) is an Australian professional golfer and golf course architect.

Shearer won the 1969 Australian Amateur Championship and turned pro in 1970. He won the PGA Tour of Australia four times: 1974, 1977, 1981, 1982. He spent five years on the European Tour and then nine on the PGA Tour. His career year was 1982 when he won the Australian Open and his sole PGA Tour event, the Tallahassee Open. He had 18 top-10 finishes in PGA Tour events. His best finish in a major championship was a T-7 at the 1978 British Open.

Today he splits his time between his golf course design work and the European Seniors Tour.

[edit] Amateur wins (1)

  • 1969 Australian Amateur Championship

[edit] Professional wins (27)

[edit] PGA Tour wins (1)

[edit] European Tour wins (2)

[edit] Australasia wins (20)

  • 1974 Chrysler Classic, Tasmanian Open, Lakes Open
  • 1975 Westlakes Classic
  • 1976 New Zealand Airlines Classic, Chrysler Classic
  • 1977 Westlakes Classic, Colgate Champion of Champions
  • 1978 New Zealand Open
  • 1980 Coolangatta-Tweed Heads Classic
  • 1981 New Zealand Open, Air New Zealand/Shell Open
  • 1982 Australian Open, New South Wales Open
  • 1983 Australian PGA Championship, New South Wales PGA Championship, Victorian Open, South Australian Open
  • 1985 South West Open
  • 1986 Rich River Classic

[edit] European Seniors Tour wins (4)

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