Bernard Gallacher

Bernard Gallacher
OBE
Bernard Gallacher; OBE
Personal information
Born	9 February 1949 (age 75); Bathgate, Scotland
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight	175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st)
Sporting nationality	Scotland
Residence	Ascot, Berkshire, England
Spouse	Lesley
Children	3, including Kirsty
Career
Turned professional	1967
Former tour(s)	European Tour; European Seniors Tour
Professional wins	23
Number of wins by tour
European Tour	10
European Senior Tour	1
Other	12
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	CUT: 1970
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	T18: 1973
Achievements and awards
Sir Henry Cotton; Rookie of the Year
Sir Henry Cotton; Rookie of the Year	1968
Harry Vardon Trophy	1969

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

Early life and amateur career

Gallacher was born in Bathgate in West Lothian, 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.

Professional career

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 finished 1969 as Order of merit winner earning the Harry Vardon Trophy.

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.

After turning 50, Gallacher played on the European Seniors Tour. His first senior win came at The Mobile Cup in 2002.

Gallacher was the professional at the Wentworth Club near London for 25 years until the end of 1996. He wrote a column for Scottish golf magazine bunkered from 1998 until 2008.

Personal life

Gallacher's daughter Kirsty was a presenter on Sky Sports News for 20 years.^[1] Another daughter, blogger and former restaurateur Laura Gallacher, is married to Russell Brand.^[2]^[3]

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.^[4]

Amateur wins

1967 Scottish Amateur Open Stroke Play Championship, Tennant Cup

Source: ^[5]

Professional wins (23)

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 (2)	+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	Willie 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 María 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 (2)	−14 (66-71-68-69=274)	2 strokes	Sandy Lyle

European Tour playoff record (2–2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1973	Portuguese Open	Jaime Benito	Lost to par on first extra hole
2	1974	Dunlop Masters	Gary Player	Won with birdie on first extra hole
3	1978	European Open Championship	Gil Morgan, Bobby Wadkins	Wadkins won with birdie on first extra hole
4	1982	Jersey Open	Eamonn Darcy, Des Smyth	Won with par on fifth extra hole Darcy eliminated by birdie on second hole

Other wins (12)

1969 (4) Eagle Open, Cock o' the North, Schweppes PGA Championship, W.D. & H.O. Wills Tournament
1970 (1) Mufulira Open
1971 (1) Martini International
1973 (2) Coca-Cola Young Professionals' Championship, Scottish Professional Championship
1974 (1) Scottish Professional Championship
1977 (1) Scottish Professional Championship
1981 (1) Sanyo Open
1983 (1) Scottish Professional Championship

European Seniors Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	14 Jul 2002	Mobile Cup	−12 (67-68-66=201)	4 strokes	Delroy Cambridge

Results in major championships

Tournament	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
Masters Tournament		CUT
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
The Open Championship	CUT	CUT	T25	T19	T31	T47		CUT

Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1969 Open Championship)
"T" = tied
Note: Gallacher never played in the U.S. Open or the PGA Championship.

Team appearances

Ryder Cup (representing Great Britain and Ireland/Europe): 1969 (tie), 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)
Datsun International (representing Great Britain and Ireland): 1976^[6]

References

^ "Kirsty Gallacher quits Sky Sports after 20 years". Digital Spy. 25 May 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
^ "Who is Russell Brand's wife Laura Gallacher? Inside marriage with kids and baby on way". Mirror. September 2023. Archived from the original on 17 September 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
^ "Russell Brand marries partner Laura Gallacher". Bbc.co.uk. 27 August 2017. Archived from the original on 27 August 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
^ "Celebrities' open letter to Scotland – full text and list of signatories". The Guardian. 7 August 2014.
^ Huggins, Percy, ed. (1971). The Golfer's Handbook. p. 377.
^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 25 September 2023.

External links

Bernard Gallacher at the European Tour official site

[1] "Kirsty Gallacher quits Sky Sports after 20 years". Digital Spy. 25 May 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.

[2] "Who is Russell Brand's wife Laura Gallacher? Inside marriage with kids and baby on way". Mirror. September 2023. Archived from the original on 17 September 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023.

[3] "Russell Brand marries partner Laura Gallacher". Bbc.co.uk. 27 August 2017. Archived from the original on 27 August 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.

[4] "Celebrities' open letter to Scotland – full text and list of signatories". The Guardian. 7 August 2014.

[golfershandbook1971-5] Huggins, Percy, ed. (1971). The Golfer's Handbook. p. 377.

[6] "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 25 September 2023.

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