Harry Bannerman (born 5 March 1942) is a Scottish

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best known for playing in the

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. Bannerman turned professional at the age of 23 and had a relatively short spell as a tournament professional before a back injury restricted his career. All his professional tournament wins came on the domestic Scottish circuit where he won the Scottish Professional Championship twice and the

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three times. A consistent run of performances on the 1971 British PGA Circuit, with six top-10 finishes as well as 11th place in the

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, left him in fourth place in the Ryder Cup points list and an automatic place in the Ryder Cup team. In his singles matches he halved his match against

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and beat

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. He played on the

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from 1972 to 1977 and was twice a runner-up.

Amateur career

In 1959 Bannerman represented Scotland in the

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at Pollok Golf Club. In the

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the following week he reached the quarter-finals, before losing at the 21st hole. In late 1965 Bannerman won the Scottish Alliance Championship, an open event. He turned professional soon afterwards, at the age of 23.

Professional career

Bannerman became an assistant at Royal Aberdeen Golf Club. Later he was the tournament professional at Banchory and

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and professional at Cruden Bay and at Schloss Mainsondheim in Germany. A back injury curtailed his playing career. In 1967 Bannerman won both the

and the Scottish Professional Championship, a feat he repeated in 1972. He also won the Northern Open in 1969 and had a number of other successes in Scottish domestic tournaments. Bannerman was joint runner-up in the 1969 Algarve Open, behind

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. Six members of the Great Britain team for the

were selected from a points list based on a player's best 10 performances in 15 events during the 1971 season, ending with the Benson & Hedges Festival of Golf on 21 August. From June to mid-August Bannerman had a number of high finishes including tied 6th in the

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, tied 4th in the Gallaher Ulster Open, tied 11th in the

, tied 4th in the

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, tied 9th in the Swiss Open, tied 7th in the Classic International and reaching the semi-finals of the

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. He finished fourth in the points list to get a place in the team for

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. The United States won the contest by 5 points. Bannerman had two wins, two defeats and a half. His half came against

in the morning singles session. In the afternoon singles he beat

2&1. Bannerman finished the season in 6th place in the Order of Merit. Bannerman played on the

from 1972 to 1977. He was twice runner-up on the tour, being second behind Jack Newton in the 1972 Benson & Hedges Festival of Golf and to

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in the 1975 Carroll's Irish Open. Bannerman had some success on the

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in early 1975. He lost in a playoff for the

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and was runner-up behind

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in the

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. Bannerman later played in a number of tournaments on the

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from 1992 to 1998. His best finish was to be tied for third place in the 1992 Tunisian Seniors.

Professional wins (11)

*1965 Scottish Alliance Championship (as an amateur) *1967

, Scottish Professional Championship *1969

*1970 Cutty Sark Tournament *1971 Skol Tournament *1972

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, Scottish Professional Championship *1974

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(tied with John McTear) *1976

Results in major championships

''Note: Bannerman never played in the U.S. Open or

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CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1976 Open Championship)
"T" indicates a tie for a place Source:

Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing Scotland): 1959 Professional *

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(representing Great Britain):

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

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(representing Scotland):

1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 6 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and Army of ...

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...

* R.T.V. International Trophy (representing Scotland): 1967 * Double Diamond International (representing Scotland): 1972, 1974 *

Marlboro Nations' Cup The Philip Morris International was a professional team golf tournament, played from 1972 and 1976. The 1972 and 1973 tournaments were called the Marlboro Nations' Cup. There was no tournament in 1974 but the event was played in 1975 and 1976 under ...

(representing Scotland): 1972

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bannerman, Harry Scottish male golfers European Tour golfers European Senior Tour golfers Ryder Cup competitors for Europe Golfers from Aberdeen 1942 births Living people