GARY PLAYER AT 90
major
force
A statistical drilldown into Gary Player's career in the regular Majors
MAJOR APPEARANCES
52
Masters
29
US Open
46
The Open
23
PGA Championship
the masters
1961
28o
(-8)
69, 68, 69, 74
Runners-up:
Charles Coe (a) & Arnold Palmer
Margin: 1 stroke
augusta national GC
1974
278
(-10)
71, 71, 66, 70
Runners-up:
Dave Stockton &
Tom Weiskopf
Margin: 2 strokes
augusta national GC
1978
277
(-11)
72, 72, 69, 64
Runners-up:
Rod Funseth, Hubert Green & Tom Watson
Margin: 1 stroke
augusta national GC
1957 - T24th
1958 - MC
1959 - T8th
1960 - T6th
1961 - WIN
1962 - 2nd
1963 - T5th
1964 - T5th
1965 - T2nd
1966 - T28th
1967 - T6th
1968 - T7th
1969 - T33rd
1970 - 3rd
1971 - T6th
1972 - T10th
1973 - DNP
1974 - WIN
1975 - T30th
1976 - T28th
1977 - T19th
1978 - WIN
1979 - T17th
1980 - T6th
1981 - T15th
1982 - T15th
1983 - MC
1984 - T21st
1985 - T36th
1986 - MC
1987 - T35th
1988 - MC
1989 - MC
1990 - T24th
1991 - MC
1992 - MC
1993 - 60th
1994 - MC
1995 - MC
1996 - MC
1997 - MC
1998 - 46th
1999 - 2009 - MC
1957 - T24th
1958 - MC
1959 - T8th
1960 - T6th
1961 - WIN
1962 - 2nd
1963 - T5th
1964 - T5th
1965 - T2nd
1966 - T28th
1967 - T6th
1968 - T7th
1969 - T33rd
1970 - 3rd
1971 - T6th
1972 - T10th
1973 - DNP
1974 - WIN
1975 - T30th
1976 - T28th
1977 - T19th
1978 - WIN
1979 - T17th
1980 - T6th
1981 - T15th
1982 - T15th
1983 - MC
1984 - T21st
1985 - T36th
1986 - MC
1987 - T35th
1988 - MC
1989 - MC
1990 - T24th
1991 - MC
1992 - MC
1993 - 60th
1994 - MC
1995 - MC
1996 - MC
1997 - MC
1998 - 46th
1999 - 2009 - MC
the masters best rounds
64
1978
65
1965
66
1974
67
1962
1968
68
196
1970 x2
1990
69
1961 x2, 1964,
1965, 1967,
1971, 1978
winning courses
2-5
Augusta National (1961, 1974, 1978)
1965
282
(+2)
70, 70, 71, 71
Runner-up: Kel Nagel
Margin: Won 18-hole playoff by 3 shots
Bellerive Country Club
1958 - 2nd
1959 - T15th
1960 - T19th
1961 - T9th
1962 - T6th
1963 - T8th
1964 - T23rd
1965 - WIN
1966 - T15th
1967 - T12th
1968 - T16th
1969 - T48th
1970 - T44th
1971 - T27th
1972 - T15th
1973 - T14th
1974 - T8th
1975 - T43rd
1976 - T23rd
1977 - T10th
1978 - T6th
1979 - T2nd
1980 - MC
1981 - T26th
1982 - MC
1983 - T20th
1984 - T43rd
1985 - MC
1988 - MC
1989 - MC
the us open best rounds
67
1973
1977
68
1958,
1979
69
1959, 1966,
1967, 1968,
1969, 1989
1959
284
(-4)
75, 71, 70, 68
Runners-up:
Fred Bullock &
Flory Van Donck
Margin: 2 strokes
Muirfield
1968
289
(+1)
74, 71, 71, 73
Runners-up:
Bob Charles &
Jack Nicklaus
Margin: 2 strokes
Carnoustie
1974
282
(-2)
69, 68, 75, 70
Runner-up:
Peter Oosterhuis
Margin: 4 strokes
Royal Lytham & St Annes
1956 - 4th
1957 - T24th
1958 - 7th
1959 - WIN
1960 - 7th
1961 - WD
1962 - MC
1963 - T7th
1964 - T8th
1965 - MC
1966 - T4th
1967 - T3rd
1968 - WIN
1969 - T23rd
1970 - MC
1971 - T7th
1972 - 6th
1973 - T14th
1974 - WIN
1975 - T32nd
1976 - T28th
1977 - T22nd
1978 - T34th
1979 - T19th
1980 - MC
1981 - MC
1982 - T42nd
1983 - MC
1984 - MC
1985 - MC
1986 - T35th
1987 - T65th
1988 - T60th
1989 - MC
1990 - MC
1991 - T57th
1992 - MC
1993 - MC
1994 - MC
1995 - T68th
1996 - 2001 - MC
the open best rounds
67
1967
1972
68
1958, 1959,
1969, 1974,
1981
69
1960, 1966,
1973 x2, 1974,
1977, 1979, 1991
1962
278
(-2)
72, 67, 69, 70
Runner-up:
Bob Goalby
Margin: 1 stroke
Aronimink GC
1972
281
(+1)
71, 71, 67, 72
Runners-up: Tommy
Aaron & Jim Jamieson
Margin: 2 strokes
Oakland CC
1961 - T29th
1962 - WIN
1963 - T8th
1964 - T13th
1965 - T33rd
1966 - T3rd
1969 - 2nd
1970 - T12th
1971 - T4th
1972 - WIN
1973 - T51st
1974 - 7th
1975 - T33rd
1976 - T13th
1977 - T31st
1978 - T26th
1979 - T23rd
1980 - T26th
1981 - T49th
1982 - MC
1983 - T42nd
1984 - T2nd
1985 - MC
the pga best rounds
63
1984
64
1974
65
1989
67
1962, 1963
1972
68
1970, 1971
1977, 1983
69
1962, 1976, 1984
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