Vaughan Somers

Vaughan Somers
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name	Vaughan Somers
Born	(1951-05-27) 27 May 1951 Queensland, Australia
Nationality	Australia
Career
Status	Professional
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour of Australasia European Tour
Professional wins	3
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour of Australasia	1
Other	2
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	T21: 1986
PGA Championship	DNP

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

Somers was born in Queensland, Australia, the son of bookmaker Alan Somers.

Somers had modest success as a professional golfer, but did win 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 3rd 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 (3)

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

Note: Somers played in only The Open Championship.
DNP = Did not play
CUT = Missed the cut
"T" = Tied
Yellow background for top-10.

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