Don Bies

Don Bies
Personal information
Born	(1937-12-10) December 10, 1937 (age 87) Cottonwood, Idaho
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	170 lb (77 kg; 12 st)
Sporting nationality	United States
Residence	Seattle, Washington
Career
Turned professional	1957
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour Champions Tour
Professional wins	30
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	1
PGA Tour of Australasia	1
PGA Tour Champions	7
Other	15 (regular) 6 (senior)
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	T33: 1969
PGA Championship	T7: 1967
U.S. Open	T5: 1968
The Open Championship	65th: 1980

Don Bies (born December 10, 1937) is an American former professional golfer who has won tournaments on the PGA Tour, the Senior PGA Tour (now known as the Champions Tour), and in the Pacific Northwest Section of the PGA of America.

Bies was born in Cottonwood, Idaho. He attended Ballard High School in Seattle, Washington.

In 1957, Bies turned pro. His only PGA Tour win came at the 1975 Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open.^[1] His best finish in a major was a T-5 at the 1968 U.S. Open that was played at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, New York. He left the PGA Tour in 1980 in order to devote full-time to his restaurant he had opened just outside Seattle.^[2]

Bies has also had much success in local events in the Pacific Northwest. He is a three-time winner of the Washington Open and a six-time winner of the Washington State Match Play Championship.

After turning 50 at the end of 1987, Bies joined the Senior PGA Tour, where his fortunes improved dramatically for winning tournaments. He has won numerous events both on the regular Senior PGA Tour and in non-Tour senior events. These wins include a senior major championship – The Tradition at Desert Mountain in 1989.^[3]

In 1994, Bies was elected a member of the Pacific Northwest PGA Hall of Fame.^[4]

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	Aug 17, 1975	Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open	−15 (65-66-67-69=267)	Playoff	Hubert Green

PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1975	Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open	Hubert Green	Won with birdie on second extra hole

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	Oct 29, 1989	Air New Zealand Shell Open	−5 (70-71-69-65=275)	4 strokes	Brad Andrews, Glenn Joyner

this list may be incomplete

• 1959 Washington Open
• 1961 Washington State Match Play
• 1962 Northwest Open
• 1963 Washington State Match Play
• 1964 Washington State Match Play
• 1965 Washington State Match Play
• 1967 Pacific Northwest PGA Championship
• 1968 Washington State Match Play
• 1980 Washington Open, British Columbia Open
• 1983 Washington State Match Play
• 1984 Northwest Open
• 1987 Washington Open, PNW PGA Al Guisti Memorial
• 1988 PNW PGA Al Giusti Memorial

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	Jun 19, 1988	Northville Long Island Classic	−14 (69-67-66=202)	2 strokes	Bob Charles
2	Dec 4, 1988	GTE Kaanapali Classic	−12 (68-67-69=204)	1 stroke	Don January
3	Apr 2, 1989	Murata Seniors Reunion	−8 (68-67-73=208)	6 strokes	Harold Henning
4	Apr 16, 1989	The Tradition	−13 (71-70-68-66=275)	1 stroke	Gary Player
5	Dec 9, 1989	GTE Kaanapali Classic (2)	−12 (68-64=132)	1 stroke	Dale Douglass
6	Jun 7, 1992	PaineWebber Invitational	−13 (66-71-66=203)	1 stroke	Lee Trevino
7	Oct 15, 1995	Raley's Senior Gold Rush	−11 (69-68-68=205)	1 stroke	Lee Trevino

Senior PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponents	Result
1	1989	Northville Long Island Classic	Butch Baird, Frank Beard, Orville Moody	Baird won with birdie on first extra hole

• 1989 DuPont Cup (Japan vs. U.S. Senior Golf Match)
• 1990 Chrysler Cup
• 2002 Washington State PGA Senior Invitational
• 2003 Washington State PGA Senior Invitational
• 2004 Pacific Northwest Senior PGA Championship, Oregon Senior Open

Year	Championship	Winning score	Margin	Runner-up
1989	The Tradition at Desert Mountain	−13 (71-70-68-66=275)	1 stroke	Gary Player

• Don Bies at the PGA Tour official site