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CAREER SUMMARY


Casper's principal achievements include:


Casper was a member of the United States team in the Ryder Cup in 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973 and 1975 and non-playing captain in 1979. In 1978 he was inducted into the World Golf Hall Of Fame .

Between 1982 and 1989 he accumulated eight wins on the Senior PGA Tour (now the Champions Tour ), including one senior major, the 1983 U.S. Senior Open .


PGA TOUR WINS


  • 1956 Labatt Open

  • 1957 Phoenix Open Invitational , Kentucky Derby Open Invitational

  • 1958 Bing Crosby National Pro-Am Golf Championship , Greater New Orleans Open Invitational, Buick Open Invitational

  • 1959 U.S. Open , Portland Centennial Open Invitational, Lafayette Open Invitational, Mobile Sertoma Open Invitational

  • 1960 Portland Open Invitational, Hesperia Open Invitational, Orange County Open Invitational

  • 1961 Portland Open Invitational

  • 1962 Doral C.C. Open Invitational , Greater Greensboro Open, 500 Festival Open Invitation, Bakersfield Open Invitational

  • 1963 Bing Crosby National Pro-Am , Insurance City Open Invitational

  • 1964 Doral Open Invitational , Colonial National Invitation, Greater Seattle Open Invitational, Almaden Open Invitational

  • 1965 Bob Hope Desert Classic, Western Open , Insurance City Open Invitational, Sahara Invitational

  • 1966 San Diego Open Invitational, U.S. Open , Western Open , 500 Festival Open Invitation

  • 1967 Canadian Open , Carling World Open

  • 1968 Los Angeles Open, Greater Greensboro Open, Colonial National Invitation, 500 Festival Open Invitation, Greater Hartford Open Invitational, Lucky International Open

  • 1969 Bob Hope Desert Classic, Western Open , Alcan Open

  • 1970 Los Angeles Open, Masters Tournament , IVB-Philadelphia Golf Classic, Avco Classic

  • 1971 Kaiser International Open Invitational

  • 1973 Western Open , Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open

  • 1975 First NBC New Orleans Open


Major Championships are shown in bold.


CHAMPIONS TOUR WINS

  • 1982 The Shootout at Jeremy Ranch, Merrill Lynch/Golf Digest Pro-Am

  • 1983 U.S. Senior Open

  • 1984 SENIOR PGA TOUR Roundup

  • 1987 Del E. Webb Arizona Classic, Greater Grand Rapids Open

  • 1988 Vantage At The Dominion, Mazda SENIOR TOURNAMENT PLAYERS Championship

  • 1989 Transamerica Senior Golf Championship



OTHER WINS

This list is incomplete.



SEE ALSO




EXTERNAL LINK


Profile on the PGA Tour's official site