(1937-12-10) December 10, 1937 (age 86) Cottonwood, Idaho
Height
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight
170 lb (77 kg; 12 st)
Sporting nationality
United States
Residence
Seattle, Washington
Career
Turned professional
1957
Former tour(s)
PGA Tour Champions Tour
Professional wins
30
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour
1
PGA Tour of Australasia
1
PGA Tour Champions
7
Other
15 (regular) 6 (senior)
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament
T33: 1969
PGA Championship
T7: 1967
U.S. Open
T5: 1968
The Open Championship
65th: 1980
Don Bies (born December 10, 1937) is an American professional golfer who has won tournaments on the PGA Tour, the Senior PGA Tour (now known as the Champions Tour), and in the Pacific Northwest Section of the PGA of America.
of the PGA of America. Bies was born in Cottonwood, Idaho. He attended Ballard High School in Seattle, Washington. In 1957, Bies turned pro. His only PGA...
the 2023 season. 1 senior major: Jim Albus, Steven Alker, Michael Allen, DonBies, Olin Browne, Brad Bryant, Darren Clarke, Russ Cochran, Jim Colbert, Neil...
appearing in the Star Wars Holiday Special (1978), where he was voiced byDon Francks, he is an armored bounty hunter featured in both the original and...
altogether and starts an import/export business. Barquin was portrayed byDonBies in an uncredited role. Greeata Jendowanian is a female Rodian dancer...
19-year-old amateur, Couples beat PGA Tour veteran (and fellow Seattle native) DonBies in a playoff to win the 1978 Washington Open at the Glendale Country Club...
Championship and Senior Open Championship, it is not recognized as a major by the European Senior Tour, and is not part of that tour's official schedule...
1952; it used the name in its title through 1985. The tournament is organized by The Century Club of San Diego. Founded 72 years ago in 1952, the first two...
the Tucson Open by nine strokes, with a final round 61. Miller later said of his peak period in the mid-1970s: "When I won at Tucson by nine shots in 1975...
Since 1984 the tournament has been held at TPC River Highlands. It is managed by The Greater Hartford Community Foundation. In 2018 the Travelers Championship...
golfers contains lists of golfers sorted in several other ways: by nationality, by tour and by type of major championship won (men's, women's or senior). All...
Pennsylvania. Associated Press. June 4, 1956. p. 5. Retrieved May 18, 2010. "Don January Eyes Second Big Golf Prize". The Gettysburg Times. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania...
John Koyama, Anthony Kramme, Theo Kypri, Reuben Langdon, Danny Le Boyer, Don Lee, Michelle Lee, Will Leong, Christopher Leps, James Lew, Michael Li, Sam...
an extra round increases the likelihood that the senior majors will be won by leading players. In the current order of play, the senior majors are: The...
Kermit Zarley (10) 9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1968 U.S. Open DonBies, Rod Funseth, Dave Hill, Steve Spray, Dave Stockton 10. Top eight players...
sponsorship by Nissan Motors. Entertainer Glen Campbell was the celebrity host of the Los Angeles Open from 1971 through 1983. Listed by most recent Not...
official events during the 1975 season. The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official. The...
events since the previous Masters DonBies, Jim Colbert, Raymond Floyd (12), Al Geiberger (12), Bob Gilder, Don Iverson, Don January, Tom Jenkins, Roger Maltbie...
also won the Cape Coral Inter-Collegiate Tournament by eight strokes and the Miami Invitational by five strokes, among others. His fourth-place finish...
seventh PGA Championship, Jack Nicklaus missed his first cut in the event by a stroke; five of his six previous finishes were in the top three, with a...
official events during the 1989 season. The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia, but did not carry official money, nor were wins...
Harold Henning 2 Aug 19, 1990 Showdown Classic −14 (64-70-68=202) 1 stroke DonBies, Lee Trevino 3 Sep 9, 1990 Vantage Bank One Classic −15 (66-67-68=201)...
in May and June and featured appearances by cast and crew members from Disney's Star Wars franchise created by George Lucas. Many original Disney characters...