Bruce Crampton (born 28 September 1935) is an Australian professional golfer.

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Bruce Crampton
Crampton with wife Joan and two-years-old son Jay after winning the 1970 Westchester Classic
Personal information
Born	(1935-09-28) 28 September 1935 (age 88) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight	180 lb (82 kg)
Sporting nationality	Australia
Career
Turned professional	1953
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour Champions Tour
Professional wins	45
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	14
PGA Tour Champions	20 (Tied-10th all-time)
Other	9 (regular) 2 (senior)
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	T2: 1972
PGA Championship	2nd: 1973, 1975
U.S. Open	2nd: 1972
The Open Championship	T13: 1956
Achievements and awards
Vardon Trophy 1973, 1975 Senior PGA Tour money list winner 1986

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Crampton was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and attended Kogarah High School from 1948 to 1950. In August 1953 he reached final of the New South Wales Amateur Championship, losing 5&4 to Harry Berwick.^[1]

Crampton turned professional in late 1953, becoming an assistant to Billy McWilliam at Beverley Park in Sydney.^[2] His decision to turn professional came soon after he had been left out of the Australian amateur team to tour Britain in 1954 and play in the Commonwealth Tournament at St Andrews.^[3]

Crampton won the Vardon Trophy for the player with the lowest stroke average on the PGA Tour in 1973 and 1975. He had 14 career wins on the PGA Tour between 1961 and 1975 and was runner up in four major championships – one Masters, one U.S. Open, and two PGA Championships – all to Jack Nicklaus. He was ranked among the top five golfers in the world in both 1972 and 1973, according to Mark McCormack's world golf rankings. His other regular career victories included the Australian Open, New Zealand PGA Championship, Far East Open and the Philippine Open. As a senior, he won 20 times on the Champions Tour, and topped the money list in 1986, but he did not win a senior major.

Crampton was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 2001.^[4]

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Amateur

• Australian Men's Interstate Teams Matches (representing New South Wales): 1953

Professional

• World Cup (representing Australia): 1957, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1972
• Slazenger Trophy (representing British Commonwealth and Empire): 1956
• Vicars Shield (representing New South Wales): 1956 (winners)

• List of golfers with most Champions Tour wins