Vaughan Somers

Vaughan Somers
Vaughan Somers
Personal information
Full name	Vaughan Somers
Born	27 May 1951; Queensland, Australia
Sporting nationality	Australia
Career
Status	Professional
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour of Australasia; European Tour
Professional wins	5
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour of Australasia	4
Other	1
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	T21: 1986

Vaughan Somers (born 27 May 1951) is an Australian professional golfer.

Somers was born in Queensland, Australia.

Somers had modest success as a professional golfer, winning the 1975 North Coast Open and the 1985 Ford Dealers South Australian Open. He also had some other top three finishes including runner-up in both the 1983 KLM Dutch Open and the 1986 Victorian Open, and third place in the 1987 Australian Masters.[1]

Somers played in multiple Open Championships, making the cut four times with his best finish a tie for 21st place in the 1986 Open Championship.[2]

Somers is now a father to two sons and has worked as the General Manager of the Melbourne Golf Academy (MGA), located on the Melbourne Sandbelt.

Professional wins (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	12 Oct 1975	North Coast Open	−9 (70-69-71-69=279)	2 strokes	Noel Ratcliffe
2	16 Oct 1977	Albury-Wodonga Classic	−11 (70-67-66-70=273)	1 stroke	Chris Witcher
3	13 Nov 1983	Victorian PGA Championship (2)	−8 (71-67-71-71=280)	1 stroke	John Lister
4	27 Oct 1985	Ford Dealers South Australian Open	−4 (76-69-69-70=284)	2 strokes	Gerry Taylor

PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (0–2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1978	Golden Gate Classic	Mike Cahill	Lost to birdie on seventh extra hole
2	1982	Town and Country Western Australian Open	Terry Gale	Lost to par on first extra hole

Tournament	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987
The Open Championship	T52				CUT	T45	CUT	60	T21	CUT

Note: Somers only played in The Open Championship.

Did not play

CUT = Missed the cut (3rd round cut in 1982 Open Championship)
"T" = Tied

Official website of Greg Norman. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
"Player Result". opengolf.com. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
"Golf win". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 26 May 1975. p. 14. Retrieved 13 February 2020 – via Trove.

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