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Bruce Crampton

born , Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

4runner-up finishes

Summary

  • Best major finish runner-up, 1972 Masters, 1972 U.S. Open, 1973 PGA Championship and 1975 PGA Championship

Near misses

  1. 1972 The Masters Augusta National Golf Club · runner-up to Jack Nicklaus · 289
  2. 1972 U.S. Open Pebble Beach G.L. · runner-up to Jack Nicklaus
  3. 1973 PGA Championship Canterbury Golf Club · runner-up to Jack Nicklaus · 281
  4. 1975 PGA Championship Firestone Country Club (South Course) · runner-up to Jack Nicklaus · 278

Rivals

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Results by championship

    Best day

    1975 PGA Championship

    Runner-up to Jack Nicklaus · 278.

    Chosen by rule: the most recent of the best major finishes. Year page: 1975.

    Career line, 1972–1975

    Masters
    1972 Masters: runner-up to Jack Nicklaus
    PGA Championship
    1973 PGA Championship: runner-up to Jack Nicklaus1975 PGA Championship: runner-up to Jack Nicklaus
    U.S. Open
    1972 U.S. Open: runner-up to Jack Nicklaus
    197219741976

    4 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.

    • Runner-up

    Bruce Crampton was born on September 28, 1935, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Crampton's best major finish was second, at the 1972 Masters, the 1972 U.S. Open, the 1973 PGA Championship and the 1975 PGA Championship.

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    The record

    Near misses

    1. 1972 The Masters Augusta National Golf Club · runner-up to Jack Nicklaus · 289
    2. 1972 U.S. Open Pebble Beach G.L. · runner-up to Jack Nicklaus
    3. 1973 PGA Championship Canterbury Golf Club · runner-up to Jack Nicklaus · 281
    4. 1975 PGA Championship Firestone Country Club (South Course) · runner-up to Jack Nicklaus · 278

    U.S. Open top-10 finishes in his career: 3 (GNN U.S. Open room data).

    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.