Full name Francis G. Wininger Other 1 Former tours PGA TOUR Nickname Bo Masters Tournament 8th: 1963 PGA tour wins 6 | Nationality United States Name Bo Wininger Professional wins 7 College Oklahoma A&M Role Golfer Turned professional 1952 | |
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Born November 16, 1922 ( 1922-11-16 ) Education Oklahoma State University–Stillwater | ||
Challenge Golf at Tamarisk Country Club 1963 (clip 1)
Francis G. "Bo" Wininger (November 16, 1922 – December 7, 1967) was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s.
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- Challenge Golf at Tamarisk Country Club 1963 clip 1
- Challenge Golf at Tamarisk Country Club 1963 clip 3
- PGA Tour wins 6
- Other wins 1
- References
Wininger played on the same high school football and baseball teams in Commerce, Oklahoma as future Yankee great Mickey Mantle, albeit a few years before Mantle came along. He attended Oklahoma State University.
Wininger served in the United States Naval Air Corps during World War II. He turned pro in 1952 and joined the PGA Tour in 1953. After winning three times in the mid-1950s, he quit playing the tour full-time in 1959 to take a job in public relations. He returned to his winning ways in the early 1960s, winning the Greater New Orleans Open Invitational in 1962 and 1963 and the Carling Open Invitational in 1962.
Wininger had several runner-up finishes on the PGA Tour in addition to his six wins; these include a 2nd or T-2 finish at the 1957 and 1959 Canadian Open, the 1959 and 1960 Dallas Open Invitational, and the 1959 San Diego Open Invitational. He was the first back-to-back winner in the modern history of the New Orleans tournament. His best finish in a major was 4th place at the 1965 PGA Championship.
He died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 45 after suffering a stroke that left him paralyzed on his right side.