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Although he has never practiced, Dr. Gil Morgan is a licensed optometrist. Morgan turned pro in 1972 and joined the PGA TOUR one year later. He has seven PGA TOUR victories and 16 SENIOR PGA TOUR wins, including the 1999 Kroger Senior Classic.
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Gilmer Bryan "Gil" Morgan, born September 25, 1946, at Wewoka, Oklahoma, proved a consistent Professional Golf Association (PGA) golfer for twenty-three years, and an instant success in the Senior PGA tour. Not offered a college scholarship after high school, Morgan attended East Central University in Ada. He joined the college golf team his junior year, achieving honorable mention All-American honors his senior season. In 1972 Morgan earned a doctor of optometry degree at Southern College of Optometry in Memphis, Tennessee, but never practiced the occupation because he turned to professional golf after graduation.
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"That's not too First Tee-ish," Gil Morgan joked about his two-stroke victory over Hale Irwin -- who ... prevailed at Pebble Beach GL in 2005 when he was 60 -- in an event that highlights the potential of youth. The prince of the younger set was 17-year-old Harold Varner of Gastonia, N.C., who birdied three of the last four holes Sunday to win the pro-junior division by four shots with Morris Hatalsky. "He's a wonderful young man, and it was a privilege to play with him," said Hatalsky. "Besides the fact that he is a very talented golfer, he has a wonderful head on his shoulders."
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Morgan opened by making a 5-foot birdie putt on No. 10. He bogeyed 12 but rebounded with consecutive birdies on the par-4 15th and par-5 16th, and another on 18. He added birdies on Nos. 3 and 7 on his back nine.
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MORGAN CREDITS PUTTER CHANGE FOR KROGER CLASSIC WIN - 09/27/1999 Articles & General info - 7-under-par final round earns second win in three weeks MASON - A month ago Gil Morgan changed putters. He put aside the Ping Anserhe has used since the mid-1980s and put a new Dandy putter in his bag. Dayton Daily News (newspaper)
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Morgan started last year with 64 - matching the first-round mark set by Hale Irwin in 2002 - but went on to finish tied for fifth. He followed his strong start with rounds of 73-72-69.
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