Al Geiberger

United States · born September 1, 1937, Red Bluff, California, USA

1major championship

PGA Championship1 win
U.S. Open2 2nds
Ryder Cup2 Cups

Summary

First major 1966 PGA Championship
Ryder Cup 2 Cups · 5-1-3 · 6.5 points (72.2%)
Runner-up in majors 2 times

Wins

1966 PGA Championship Firestone Country Club (South Course) · 280 (E) · by 4 strokes from Dudley Wysong

Near misses

1969 U.S. Open Champions G.C. · runner-up to Orville Moody
1976 U.S. Open Atlanta Athletic Club · runner-up to Jerry Pate

Ryder Cup

2 Cups, 9 matches: 5 won, 1 lost, 3 halved, 6.5 points. Foursomes 2-1-0, four-ball 1-0-2, singles 2-0-1.

1967 Champions Golf Club USA · USA won 23.5–8.5 · 3-1-1, 3.5 points · automatic
1975 Laurel Valley Golf Club USA · USA won 21–11 · 2-0-2, 3 points

Rivals

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Ryder Cup partners

Ryder Cup opponents

Next in the chain: Jerry Pate's rivals →

Moments

1966 PGA Championship No player broke par in the second round at Firestone, the only round in PGA Championship history without an under-par score.
1966 PGA Championship It was Tony Lema's final tournament: after leaving Firestone, he and his wife were killed when their plane crashed en route to an exhibition in Illinois.

Results by championship

Best day

1966 PGA Championship

Firestone Country Club (South Course), Akron, Ohio · 280 (E) · by 4 strokes from Dudley Wysong

No player broke par in the second round at Firestone, the only round in PGA Championship history without an under-par score.

It was Tony Lema's final tournament: after leaving Firestone, he and his wife were killed when their plane crashed en route to an exhibition in Illinois.

Chosen by rule: his widest winning margin in a major. Year page: 1966.

Career line, 1966–1976

PGA Championship

1966 PGA Championship: won

U.S. Open

1969 U.S. Open: runner-up to Orville Moody 1976 U.S. Open: runner-up to Jerry Pate

Ryder Cup

1967 Ryder Cup (USA): 3-1-1 1975 Ryder Cup (USA): 2-0-2

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Major win
Runner-up
Ryder Cup, USA

Al Geiberger was born on September 1, 1937, in Red Bluff, California, USA. Geiberger won one major championship: the 1966 PGA Championship. Geiberger played in 2 Ryder Cups for USA (1967, 1975), winning 5, losing 1 and halving 3 of 9 matches for 6.5 points.

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The record

Wins in the majors (1)

1966 PGA Championship Firestone Country Club (South Course), Akron, Ohio · 280 (E) · by 4 strokes from Dudley Wysong

Near misses

1969 U.S. Open Champions G.C. · runner-up to Orville Moody
1976 U.S. Open Atlanta Athletic Club · runner-up to Jerry Pate

U.S. Open top-10 finishes in his career: 5 (GNN U.S. Open room data).

Ryder Cup

Geiberger played 2 Ryder Cups for USA: 9 matches, 5 won, 1 lost, 3 halved, 6.5 points (72.2% of those available). By format: foursomes 2-1-0, four-ball 1-0-2, singles 2-0-1 (won-lost-halved).

1967 Champions Golf Club USA · USA won 23.5–8.5 · 3-1-1, 3.5 points · automatic
1975 Laurel Valley Golf Club USA · USA won 21–11 · 2-0-2, 3 points

Partners, with matches played together: Gene Littler (3), Johnny Miller (1), Raymond Floyd (1), Lou Graham (1).

Sources

Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.