Biography of Gil Morgan -

Gil Morgan (b. September 25 1946, Wewoka,
Oklahoma) is a professional golfer.

==Career outline==

Morgan graduated from East Central State College
in 1968 and gained a Doctor of Optometry from the
Southern College of Optometry in 1972 before
turning professional in that year. He won seven
events on the PGA Tour between 1977 and 1990, the
most prestigious of which was the 1978 World
Series of Golf. He became eligible to play the
Champions Tour in 1996, and has enjoyed
considerably more success at that level than he
did on the regular tour, with over 23 wins to his
name as of May 2005. Three of his wins have come
in senior majors, namely The Tradition in 1997 and
1998 and the Senior Players Championship, also in
1998.

==PGA Tour wins==
*1977  B.C. Open  
*1978  Glen Campbell-Los Angeles Open,  World
Series of Golf  
*1979  Danny Thomas Memphis Classic  
*1983  Joe Garagiola-Tucson Open,  Glen
Campbell-Los Angeles Open  
*1990  Kemper Open

==Other regular career wins==
*1978 Taiheiyo Masters (Japan)
*1981 Oklahoma Open (U.S. - not a PGA Tour event)
*1997 Oklahoma Open (U.S. - not a PGA Tour event)

==Champions Tour wins==
*1996  Ralphs Senior Classic  
*1997  The Tradition Presented by Countrywide, 
Ameritech Senior Open,  BellSouth Senior Classic
at Opryland,  First of America Classic,  Ralphs
Senior Classic,  Energizer Senior Tour
Championship  
*1998  MasterCard Championship,  LG Championship, 
The Tradition Presented by Countrywide,  Ford
Senior Players Championship,  Utah Showdown
Presented by Smith's,  Vantage Championship
*1999  Comfort Classic,  Kroger Senior Classic  
*2000  Emerald Coast Classic,  The Instinet
Classic,  Comfort Classic  
*2001  ACE Group Classic,  The Instinet Classic  
*2002  BellSouth Senior Classic at Opryland  
*2003  Kroger Classic
*2004  SBC Classic

Senior majors are shown in bold.

==Other senior wins==
*1998 Senior Slam at Los Cabos 
*1999 Senior Slam at Los Cabos 
*1999 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf - team (with
Hubert Green) 

==See also==
*Golfers with most Champions Tour wins
*Golfers with most Champions Tour major
championship wins

==External links==
http://www.pgatour.com/players/bio/149792 Profile
on the PGA Tour's official site

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