Vaughan Somers | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Vaughan Somers |
Born | Queensland, Australia | 27 May 1951
Sporting nationality | Australia |
Career | |
Status | Professional |
Former tour(s) | PGA Tour of Australasia European Tour |
Professional wins | 5 |
Number of wins by tour | |
PGA Tour of Australasia | 4 |
Other | 1 |
Best results in major championships | |
Masters Tournament | DNP |
PGA Championship | DNP |
U.S. Open | DNP |
The Open Championship | T21: 1986 |
Vaughan Somers (born 27 May 1951) is an Australian professional golfer.
Somers was born in Queensland, Australia.
Somers had modest success as a professional golfer, winning the 1975 North Coast Open and the 1985 Ford Dealers South Australian Open. He also had some other top three finishes including runner-up in both the 1983 KLM Dutch Open and the 1986 Victorian Open, and third place in the 1987 Australian Masters.[1]
Somers played in multiple Open Championships, making the cut four times with his best finish a tie for 21st place in the 1986 Open Championship.[2]
Somers is now a father to two sons and has worked as the General Manager of the Melbourne Golf Academy (MGA), located on the Melbourne Sandbelt.[citation needed]