Rick Gibson (born October 27, 1961) is a Canadian
professional golfer
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who plays primarily in Asia.
Early life
Gibson was born in
Calgary
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,
Alberta
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,
Canada
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. He played college golf at
Brigham Young University
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, where he was an
All-American
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in 1984.
Professional career
Gibson played on the
Canadian Tour
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after turning professional in 1984. Elsewhere, he played on the
Asia Golf Circuit, where he won the Order of Merit in 1991,
which then qualified him for the
Japan Golf Tour
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, where he won two tournaments. He later also played on the
Asian Tour
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, winning once.
Professional wins (10)
PGA of Japan Tour wins (2)
PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (1–0)
Asian Tour wins (1)
Asian Tour playoff record (0–1)
Asia Golf Circuit wins (1)
Canadian Tour wins (2)
Earlier Canadian wins (1)
Other wins (2)
*1991 Philippine PGA Championship
*1992 Philippine PGA Championship
European Senior Tour wins (1)
Results in major championships
"T" = Tied
''Note: Gibson only played in The Open Championship.''
Results in senior major championships
"T" indicates a tie for a place
CUT = missed the halfway cut
''Note: Gibson never played in
The Tradition
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Team appearances
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World Cup
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(representing Canada):
1990
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,
1994
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,
1995
1995 was designated as:
* United Nations Year for Tolerance
* World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War
This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...
,
1996
1996 was designated as:
* International Year for the Eradication of Poverty
Events January
* January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
,
1997
Events January
* January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States.
* January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis.
* January 1 ...
,
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...
*
Dunhill Cup (representing Canada):
1994
The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations.
In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...
(winners),
1995
1995 was designated as:
* United Nations Year for Tolerance
* World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War
This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...
,
1996
1996 was designated as:
* International Year for the Eradication of Poverty
Events January
* January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
References
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Canadian male golfers
BYU Cougars men's golfers
Japan Golf Tour golfers
Asian Tour golfers
European Senior Tour golfers
PGA Tour Champions golfers
Golfers from Calgary
1961 births
Living people
20th-century Canadian sportsmen
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