George William Archer was a professional golfer. He was born in October 1, 1939, in San Francisco, California. Towering at 1.97 meters, Archer initially dreamed to be a professional basketball player. However, after working as a caddy at a local golf club he took golfing lessons in high school. He went on to become one of the greatest putters in golfing history.
After turning pro in 1964, Archer immediately won one championship the following year. He topped the game at the Lucky International Open in 1965.Eleven other wins followed, with the 1967 Greater Greensboro Open; the Pensacola Open Invitational and the Greater New Orleans Open Invitational in 1968; the Bing Crosby National Pro-Am and the Masters championship in 1968;the Andy Williams-San Diego Open Invitational, and the Greater Hartford Open Invitational in 1971; the Glen Campbell-Los Angeles Open, Greater Greensboro Open in 1972; the Sahara Invitational in 1976; and the Bank of Boston Classic in 1984.
Born | 1 Oct 1939 |
Died | 25 Sep 2005 (65 years) |
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The most remarkable fact about Archer is that he had had injuries all throughout his golfing career. Despite the surgeries he had to undergo, he managed to win nineteen (19) titles in the senior PGA Tour.
Archer passed away in September 25, 2005, in his Incline Village home in Nevada. Six months after he was laid to rest, his widow Donna revealed that Archer suffered a medical condition that inhibited his capacity to learn. He could not read, and could only write his name. The couple managed to hide this fact from friends and the media, but Archer was reportedly in constant fear of being found out.
This little secret however could never taint the remarkable career that Archer has managed to establish; he is the only player in the history of the Champions Tour to have won a tournament in every decade of its existence.