Jerry Anderson | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Gerald Ashton Anderson | ||
Born | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | 22 September 1955||
Died | 9 March 2018 Kitchener, Ontario, Canada | (aged 62)||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Sporting nationality | Canada | ||
Spouse | Barbara (Page) Anderson | ||
Children | 2 | ||
Career | |||
Turned professional | 1977 | ||
Former tour(s) | PGA Tour European Tour Canadian Tour | ||
Professional wins | 11 | ||
Number of wins by tour | |||
European Tour | 1 | ||
Korn Ferry Tour | 1 | ||
Other | 9 | ||
Best results in major championships | |||
Masters Tournament | DNP | ||
PGA Championship | DNP | ||
U.S. Open | CUT: 1992 | ||
The Open Championship | CUT: 1985, 1986, 1987 | ||
Achievements and awards | |||
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Gerald Ashton Anderson (22 September 1955 – 9 March 2018) was a Canadian professional golfer.
Anderson was born in Montreal, Quebec and then moved to Cambridge, Ontario.
Anderson played on the European Tour for most of the 1980s. In 1984 he won the Ebel European Masters – Swiss Open, by shooting a 27 under par total of 261, which was a record 72-hole score to par on the European Tour until Ernie Els shot a 29 under par score at the 2003 Johnnie Walker Classic. Anderson finished ninth on the European Tour Order of Merit in 1984, making it into the top fifty. He was a member of the U.S.-based PGA Tour in 1990 and 1992. He represented Canada at the Alfred Dunhill Cup in 1985 and at the World Cup in 1983, 1987, and 1989. He was inducted into the Ontario Golf Hall of Fame in 2002 and the PGA of Canada Hall of Fame in 2016.
Anderson died in Kitchener, Ontario in 2018 at the age of 62.[1][2]