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Gil Morgan (b. September 25 1946, Wewoka, Oklahoma) is an American 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)

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