prowins year birth_date usopen extour name champwins caption pga birth_place pgawins height award masters open weight yearpro article_title otherwins
43 1973 , 1975 28 september 1935 2nd : 1972 pga tour champions tour bruce crampton 20 a crampton is second from the right 1953 magazine feature on young australian sportspeople ; 2nd : 1973 , 1975 sydney , australia 14 5 11 vardon trophy t2 : 1972 2nd : 1972 180 lb kg st on 1953 bruce crampton
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bruce crampton

bruce crampton -lrb- born 28 september 1935 -rrb- is an australian professional golfer .
crampton was born in sydney , new south wales , and attended kogarah high school from 1948-1950 .
he turned professional in 1953 .
crampton won the vardon trophy for the player with the lowest stroke average on the pga tour in 1973 and 1975 .
he had 14 career wins on the pga tour between 1961 and 1975 and was runner up in four major championships -- one masters , one u.s. open , and two pga championships -- all to jack nicklaus .
he was ranked among the top five golfers in the world in both 1972 and 1973 , according to mark mccormack 's world golf rankings .
his other regular career victories included the australian open , new zealand pga championship , far east open and the philippine open .
as a senior he won 20 times on the champions tour , and topped the money list in 1986 , but he did not win a senior major .
crampton was inducted into the sport australia hall of fame in 2001 .
