Bernard Gallacher

This article is about the Scottish golfer. For the Scottish footballer, see Bernie Gallacher. For other people named Bernard Gallagher, see Bernard Gallagher (disambiguation).

Bernard Gallacher
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name	Bernard Gallacher, OBE
Born	(1949-02-09) 9 February 1949 Bathgate, Scotland
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight	175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st)
Nationality	Scotland
Residence	Ascot, Berkshire, England
Spouse	Lesley
Children	Kirsty, Jamie, Laura
Career
Turned professional	1967
Current tour(s)	European Seniors Tour
Former tour(s)	European Tour
Professional wins	22
Number of wins by tour
European Tour	10
European Seniors Tour	1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	CUT: 1970
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	T18: 1973
PGA Championship	DNP
Achievements and awards
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year	1968
Harry Vardon Trophy	1969
Officer of the Order of the British Empire	1996

Bernard Gallacher, OBE (born 9 February 1949) is a Scottish professional golfer.

Gallacher was born in Bathgate, Scotland. He took up golf at the age of eleven. In 1965 he won the Lothians Golf Association Boys Championship. He won the 1967 Scottish Amateur Open Stroke Play Championship and turned professional the same year. He won the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year award in 1968. His first professional wins came in 1969; a pair of them in Zambia and another pair in Europe in the equivalent of European Tour events (the European Tour wasn't established until 1972). He accumulated ten wins on the European Tour between 1974 and 1984 and finished in the top ten on the European Tour Order of Merit five times between 1972 and 1982, with a best placing of third in 1974.

In 1969, at the age of 20, Gallacher became the youngest man to represent Great Britain in the Ryder Cup up to that time. This record was subsequently beaten by Nick Faldo and others. He went on to play in the Ryder Cup eight times and was non-playing captain of the European Team in 1991, 1993 and 1995. All three of those matches were very close; Europe lost the first two but won the third.

Gallacher now plays on the European Seniors Tour. His first senior win came at The Mobile Cup in 2002. He was the professional at the prestigious Wentworth Club near London for 25 years until the end of 1996. His daughter Kirsty is a presenter on Sky Sports News.

Gallacher also wrote a column for Scottish golf magazine bunkered from 1998 until 2008. In August 2014, Gallacher was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to The Guardian opposing Scottish independence in the run-up to September's referendum on that issue.

Professional wins (22)

European Tour wins (10)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	23 Jun 1974	Carroll's Celebration International	−17 (72-71-68-68=279)	3 strokes	Jack Newton
2	5 Oct 1974	Dunlop Masters	−2 (71-70-69-72=282)	Playoff	Gary Player
3	4 Oct 1975	Dunlop Masters	+5 (74-70-71-74=289)	2 strokes	Dale Hayes
4	16 Apr 1977	Spanish Open	−11 (70-68-70-69=277)	2 strokes	Francisco Abreu
5	13 May 1979	French Open	−8 (71-69-74-70=284)	1 stroke	William Milne
6	21 Sep 1980	Haig Whisky TPC	−8 (68-65-66-69=268)	3 strokes	Nick Faldo, Bernhard Langer
7	14 Jun 1981	Cold Shield Greater Manchester Open	−16 (65-69-63-67=264)	5 strokes	Nick Faldo
8	16 May 1982	Martini International	−7 (71-71-68-67=277)	3 strokes	José Maria Cañizares, Nick Faldo
9	6 Jun 1982	Jersey Open	−15 (69-66-68-70=273)	Playoff	Eamonn Darcy, Des Smyth
10	3 Jun 1984	Jersey Open	−14 (66-71-68-69=274)	2 strokes	Sandy Lyle

Other wins (11)

• 1969 (4) Kawacha Eagle Open (Zambia), Cock of the North (Zambia), Schweppes Open, W.D. & H.O. Wills Tournament
• 1970 (1) Mufulira Open (Zambia)
• 1971 (1) Martini International
• 1973 (2) Coca-Cola Young Professionals' Championship, Scottish Professional Championship
• 1974 (1) Scottish Professional Championship
• 1977 (1) Scottish Professional Championship
• 1983 (1) Scottish Professional Championship

European Seniors Tour wins (1)

• 2002 (1) The Mobile Cup

Results in major championships

Tournament	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
Masters Tournament	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT	CUT	T37	CUT	T18	T24	T19	T60	CUT	T22	CUT

Tournament	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT	CUT	T25	T19	T31	T47	DNP	CUT

Note: Gallacher never played in the U.S. Open nor the PGA Championship.
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Team appearances

• Ryder Cup (representing Great Britain and Ireland/Europe): 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1991 (non-playing captain), 1993 (non-playing captain), 1995 (winners, non-playing captain)
• World Cup (representing Scotland): 1969, 1971, 1974, 1982, 1983
• Double Diamond International: 1971, 1972, 1973 (winners), 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977
• Marlboro Nations' Cup/Philip Morris International (representing Scotland): 1973 (winners), 1976
• Sotogrande Match/Hennessy Cognac Cup (representing Great Britain and Ireland): 1974 (winners), 1978 (winners), 1982 (winners), (representing Scotland) 1984 (captain)

See also

• List of golfers with most European Tour wins

External links

• Bernard Gallacher at the European Tour official site

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