Nickname Mr. 59, Skippy Professional wins 30 Weight 82 kg Name Al Geiberger PGA tour wins 11 | Role Golfer Champions tour 10 Turned professional 1959 Height 1.88 m | |
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Full name Allen Lee Geiberger, Sr. Education | ||
Similar George Archer, Gene Littler, Orville Moody | ||
Al Geiberger Classic Golf Swing (Thing of Beauty)
Allen Lee Geiberger, Sr. (born September 1, 1937) is an American former professional golfer.
Contents
- Al Geiberger Classic Golf Swing Thing of Beauty
- Sybervision Golf Al Geiberger
- Professional career
- Mr 59
- Personal life
- PGA Tour wins 11
- Other wins 7
- Senior PGA Tour wins 10
- Other senior wins 2
- Results timeline
- Summary
- References
Sybervision Golf Al Geiberger
Professional career
Geiberger won 11 tournaments on the PGA Tour, one of which was the 1966 PGA Championship, a major title. He won the Tournament Players Championship in 1975, and played on the Ryder Cup teams in 1967 and 1975. Geiberger also won 10 times on the Senior PGA Tour, now called the Champions Tour.
Mr. 59
During the second round of the Danny Thomas Memphis Classic in 1977, Geiberger became the first player in history to post a score of 59 (−13) in a PGA Tour-sanctioned event. Starting on the 10th tee of the Colonial Country Club in Cordova, Tennessee, he shot a bogey-free round of six pars, 11 birdies, and an eagle on the 7,193-yard (6,577 m) layout. Geiberger won the tournament, though not handily. He shot even-par 72 in the first and third rounds and was two strokes down to Gary Player on Sunday after a 38 (+2) on the front nine put him at 241 (−11) for 63 holes. He regained the lead with a 32 (−4) on the back nine to finish at 273 (−15), two strokes ahead of Player and Jerry McGee.
Scorecard: Friday, June 10, 1977
Personal life
Geiberger was born in Red Bluff, California, the son of Ray and Mabel Geiberger. His first big tournament win was the 1954 National Jaycee Championship. He graduated from Santa Barbara High School, attended Menlo College and graduated from the University of Southern California in 1959. He turned pro in 1959 and joined the PGA Tour in 1960. His first PGA Tour win was the 1962 Ontario Open.
Geiberger has six children. His son Brent Geiberger is also a professional golfer who won two PGA Tour events. Another son, John, is the coach of the Pepperdine University golf team, winners of the NCAA Championship in 1997. Geiberger's father was one of the victims on the Tenerife airport disaster in 1977.
Geiberger had surgery in 1980 to remove his colon due to inflammatory bowel disease and has an ileostomy.
PGA Tour wins (11)
PGA Tour playoff record (1–1)
Major championship is shown in bold.
Other wins (7)
Senior PGA Tour wins (10)
Senior PGA Tour playoff record (1-1)
Other senior wins (2)
Results timeline
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place.