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Gay Brewer

United States · born , Middletown, Ohio, USA · died

1major championship

Summary

  • First major 1967 The Masters
  • Ryder Cup 2 Cups · 5-3-1 · 5.5 points (61.1%)
  • Runner-up in majors 1 time

Wins

  1. 1967 The Masters Augusta National Golf Club · 280 (-8) · by 1 stroke from Bobby Nichols

Near misses

  1. 1966 The Masters Augusta National Golf Club · runner-up to Jack Nicklaus · 288 · lost playoff
  2. 1968 The Open Carnoustie Golf Links (Championship Course) · finished T6 · 295 (+7)
  3. 1973 The Open Troon Golf Club (Old Course) · finished T10 · 289 (+1)

Ryder Cup

2 Cups, 9 matches: 5 won, 3 lost, 1 halved, 5.5 points. Foursomes 0-1-0, four-ball 3-1-0, singles 2-1-1.

  1. 1967 Champions Golf Club USA · USA won 23.5–8.5 · 3-2-0, 3 points · automatic
  2. 1973 Muirfield USA · USA won 19–13 · 2-1-1, 2.5 points

Rivals

Beat him

Ryder Cup partners

Ryder Cup opponents

Next in the chain: Jack Nicklaus' rivals →

Moments

  1. 1967 Masters Gay Brewer, who had lost the 1966 playoff, birdied the 13th, 14th and 15th holes on Sunday to win by one stroke.
  2. 1967 Masters Jack Nicklaus became the first defending champion to miss the cut, while 54-year-old Ben Hogan shot a third-round 66 with a back-nine 30.

Results by championship

    Best day

    1967 Masters

    Augusta National Golf Club · 280 (-8) · by 1 stroke from Bobby Nichols

    Gay Brewer, who had lost the 1966 playoff, birdied the 13th, 14th and 15th holes on Sunday to win by one stroke.

    Jack Nicklaus became the first defending champion to miss the cut, while 54-year-old Ben Hogan shot a third-round 66 with a back-nine 30.

    Chosen by rule: his widest winning margin in a major. Year page: 1967.

    Career line, 1966–1973

    Masters
    1966 Masters: runner-up to Jack Nicklaus1967 Masters: won
    The Open
    1968 The Open: finished T61973 The Open: finished T10
    Ryder Cup
    1967 Ryder Cup (USA): 3-2-01973 Ryder Cup (USA): 2-1-1
    19661968197019721974

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

    • Major win
    • Runner-up
    • Top 10
    • Ryder Cup, USA

    Gay Brewer was born on March 19, 1932, in Middletown, Ohio, USA. Brewer won one major championship: the 1967 Masters. Brewer played in 2 Ryder Cups for USA (1967, 1973), winning 5, losing 3 and halving 1 of 9 matches for 5.5 points.

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    The record

    Wins in the majors (1)

    1. 1967 The Masters Augusta National Golf Club · 280 (-8) · by 1 stroke from Bobby Nichols

    Near misses

    Top-10 finishes are listed for The Open, the one championship with a full top 10 every year.

    1. 1966 The Masters Augusta National Golf Club · runner-up to Jack Nicklaus · 288 · lost playoff
    2. 1968 The Open Carnoustie Golf Links (Championship Course) · finished T6 · 295 (+7)
    3. 1973 The Open Troon Golf Club (Old Course) · finished T10 · 289 (+1)

    Ryder Cup

    Brewer played 2 Ryder Cups for USA: 9 matches, 5 won, 3 lost, 1 halved, 5.5 points (61.1% of those available). By format: foursomes 0-1-0, four-ball 3-1-0, singles 2-1-1 (won-lost-halved).

    1. 1967 Champions Golf Club USA · USA won 23.5–8.5 · 3-2-0, 3 points · automatic
    2. 1973 Muirfield USA · USA won 19–13 · 2-1-1, 2.5 points

    Partners, with matches played together: Billy Casper (3), Doug Sanders (1), Tommy Aaron (1).

    Masters Champions Dinner

    1968, as the 1967 champion

    1. Main course Strip steak (predicted)
    2. Sides Hash browns (predicted)
    3. Dessert Nectar peaches with Brie (predicted)
    4. Wine / drinks 1945 or '47 Château Lafite-Rothschild ("usually")

    Confidence: Reported. Menu status: Partial. SI wrote before the Apr 9 dinner that "like as not out will come the strip steak again, hash browns and those peaches that Cliff Roberts likes." Held in the Lower Grill Room, followed by a film of Brewer's win. Note: this is the menu SI expected before the dinner, not a record of what was served.

    Sources

    Elsewhere: Wikipedia.

    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.

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