Charles "Bert" Greene (born February 11, 1944) is an American

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who played on the

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. Greene was born in

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. He attended the

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where he was a member of the

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team. He won the 1964 SEC Championship and was a third-team

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n in 1964 and 1965. Greene turned professional in 1966. He played on the PGA Tour from 1967 to 1975. He won one Tour event, the 1973 Liggett Myers Open at MacGregor Downs Country Club in

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, in a playoff with

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. He also finished second at the 1969

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, one stroke behind Frank Beard, and at the 1969 Tallahassee Open Invitational, one stroke behind Chuck Courtney. His best finish in a

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was a third-place finish at the 1969 PGA Championship. At a golf tournament in 1972, Greene was shot in the foot when a gun in his golf bag accidentally discharged.Bert, Schroeder Fully Recovered
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Amateur wins

*1963 Tennessee State Amateur *1964 SEC Championship

Professional wins (5)

PGA Tour wins (1)

PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

Caribbean Tour wins (2)

*1970

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*1971

South American wins (2)

*1970

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*1971

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Results in major championships

''Note: Greene never played in

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.'' CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

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* American male golfers Tennessee Volunteers men's golfers PGA Tour golfers Golfers from Georgia (U.S. state) People from Gray, Georgia Golfers from Knoxville, Tennessee 1944 births Living people {{US-golf-bio-stub