Nationality United States U.S. Open T60: 1996 Former tours PGA TOUR Spouse Karen M. Murchison Name Bill Murchison Professional wins 1 | Children 10 Role Golfer Web.com tour wins 1 Masters Tournament DNP Turned professional 1977 | |
Full name William J. Murchison Jr. College Texas Christian University | ||
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Willuiam J. Murchison Jr. (born August 2, 1956) is an American professional golfer.
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Murchison played on the PGA Tour and its developmental tour (Ben Hogan Tour/Nike Tour, now Web.com Tour) from 1979 to 1996. On The PGA Tour (1979–80, 1983, 1993), his best finish was T-12 at the 1980 B.C. Open. On the Nike Tour (1992, 1994–96), he won the 1995 Nike Tallahassee Open.
Murchison is president and CEO of Murchison Drilling Schools, a company founded by his father, that trains oil field drilling personnel. They provide training in drilling operations and well control.
Murchison grew up in Iran, where his father worked for the oil consortium. His family spent fifteen years in Iran, living in Agha Jari, Masjed-I-Sulaiman, Tehran, and Ahwaz. He also learned to play golf in Iran, playing on oil/sand greens and dirt fairways.
Murchison was ordained in 1986 as a minister of the gospel. He has served as a pastor in a number of churches, and also spent three years as a chaplain at a maximum security prison. Currently, he is the Lead Pastor of the East Mountain Vineyard Church in Edgewood, New Mexico.
His son, Bill Murchison III, is a PGA assistant pro at Towne Lake Hills Golf Club in Woodstock, Georgia and played in the 2012 PGA Championship.