George Archer
1 Major Championship • 90th All-Time
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About George Archer
George Archer won 1 major championship during their career.
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Career Highlights
- 1969 Masters — Won by one stroke over Billy Casper, Tom Weiskopf, and George Knudson with rounds of 67-73-69-72
- 32 Professional Wins — 13 PGA Tour victories and 19 Senior Tour wins, including being named 1991 Senior Player of the Year
- Legendary Putter — Set PGA Tour record with just 94 putts over four rounds at 1980 Sea Pines Heritage (1.3 per hole), a record that stood for nine years
- 1983 Masters History — Employed the first female caddie in Masters history, his 19-year-old daughter Elizabeth, a Stanford javelin thrower
- Senior Tour Pioneer — Only player in PGA Tour Champions history to win a tournament in each of the first three decades (1989, 1990s, 2000)
- Hip Replacement Triumph — In 1998, became the first man to win on the Senior Tour after having hip replacement surgery
Did You Know?
- Secret Life-Long Struggle: Archer's widow revealed after his death that he had battled severe learning impairment his entire life. Despite years of effort, he could only read the simplest sentences and could only write his own name. He lived in constant fear of his illiteracy being discovered. In 2008, his widow created the George Archer Memorial Foundation for Literacy to help others with similar struggles.
- The Towering "Golfing Cowboy": At 6 feet 5½ inches tall, Archer was one of the tallest players in golf history. He earned the nickname "Golfing Cowboy" from a summer job working at sponsor Eugene Selvage's Lucky Hereford Ranch in Gilroy, California.
- From Basketball Dreams to Golf Greatness: Archer dreamed of playing basketball as a youth, but was kicked off his high school team at San Mateo High for missing too many practices — because of golf. The decision turned out well: he became a Masters champion and one of the game's greatest putters.