Bruce Vaughan
Bruce Lloyd Vaughan (born September 10, 1956) is an American professional golfer.
Bruce Vaughan | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Bruce Lloyd Vaughan |
Born | Kankakee, Illinois | September 10, 1956
Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Weight | 205 lb (93 kg; 14.6 st) |
Nationality | ![]() |
Residence | Hutchinson, Kansas |
Career | |
Turned professional | 1990 |
Current tour(s) | Champions Tour |
Former tour(s) | PGA Tour Sunshine Tour |
Professional wins | 4 |
Number of wins by tour | |
Sunshine Tour | 1 |
Korn Ferry Tour | 2 |
PGA Tour Champions | 1 |
Best results in major championships | |
Masters Tournament | DNP |
PGA Championship | DNP |
U.S. Open | CUT: 1990, 1993, 1995 |
The Open Championship | CUT: 1994, 2006, 2009 |
Vaughan was born in Kankakee, Illinois. He didn't start playing golf until he was 20 and working as a firefighter in Hutchinson, Kansas.
Vaughan turned professional in 1990. He played on the Nationwide Tour from 1992 to 1994, winning twice in 1994. He finished sixth on the money list in 1994 earning him his PGA Tour card for 1995. He struggled on the PGA Tour in 1995, making only 15 cuts in 30 events. He finished 173rd on the money list and lost his card. He played the Nationwide Tour again from 1996 to 1998. He also played the South African Tour for several seasons, winning the Autopage Mount Edgecombe Trophy in 1994 and finishing second on the 1993/94 Order of Merit.[1]
After turning 50, Vaughan qualified for the 2007 Champions Tour by finishing T3 in the qualifying school. He won his first Champions Tour event in 2008 at the Senior British Open, a senior major.
Vaughan resides in Hutchinson, Kansas.[2]
Professional wins (4)
Sunshine Tour wins (1)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
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1 | Feb 13, 1994 | Autopage Mount Edgecombe Trophy | −13 (72-70-70-63=275) | Playoff | ![]() |
Nike Tour wins (2)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | Apr 3, 1994 | Nike Pensacola Classic | −13 (68-66-66-71=271) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
2 | Aug 28, 1994 | Nike Permian Basin Open | −19 (68-67-67-67=269) | 4 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
Champions Tour wins (1)
Legend |
Senior major championships (1) |
Other Champions Tour (0) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jul 27, 2008 | The Senior Open Championship | −6 (68-71-69-70=278) | Playoff | ![]() |
Champions Tour playoff record (1–0)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 2008 | The Senior Open Championship | ![]() |
Won with birdie on first extra hole |
Results in major championships
Tournament | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
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U.S. Open | CUT | CUT | CUT | |||||||
The Open Championship | CUT |
Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
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U.S. Open | ||||||||||
The Open Championship | CUT | CUT |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Note: Vaughan never played in the Masters Tournament or the PGA Championship.
Senior major championships
Wins (1)
Year | Championship | Winning score | Margin | Runner-up |
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2008 | Senior British Open Championship | −6 (68-71-69-70=278) | Playoff | ![]() |
Senior results timeline
Results not in chronological order before 2017.
Tournament | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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The Tradition | T56 | T41 | T31 | 45 | T25 | T38 | T31 | |||||
Senior PGA Championship | T24 | T30 | CUT | T50 | T50 | T61 | T42 | |||||
U.S. Senior Open | T16 | T16 | T53 | CUT | CUT | CUT | T55 | |||||
Senior Players Championship | T17 | 76 | T34 | T38 | T32 | T14 | T27 | T54 | ||||
Senior British Open Championship | T34 | 1 | T8 | T20 | CUT | CUT | T55 | T13 | CUT |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
See also
References
- 1993/94 Order of Merit - South African Tour
- "Bruce Vaughan profile". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
External links
- Bruce Vaughan at the PGA Tour official site
- Bruce Vaughan at the Sunshine Tour official site
- Bruce Vaughan at the Official World Golf Ranking official site