John Henry Buczek (born 1943/1944)
Retrieved September 6, 2019. is an American

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Golf career

Buczek attended

Wake Forest University Wake Forest University is a private research university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Founded in 1834, the university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina. The Reynolda Campus, the un ...

, majored in Business, and graduated in 1967. Buczek played for Wake Forest's legendary golf team. They won the first of 10 straight ACC Championships in Buczek's senior year. Buczek was the first American to win on the

South African Tour The Sunshine Tour is a men's professional golf tour based in Southern and East Africa. For much of its early history it was known either as the South African Tour or Sunshine Circuit; through sponsorship deals, it has also been known as the Vo ...

. He won the 1972

Holiday Inns Royal Swazi Sun Open The Investec Royal Swazi Open is a golf tournament on the Sunshine Tour. It was first played in 1971 and is played at the Royal Swazi Spa Country Club in the Ezulwini Valley, Eswatini. Since 2003, it has been played using a Modified Stableford Syst ...

held in Mbabane, Swaziland. Buczek started the final round tied with England's

Peter Oosterhuis Peter Arthur Oosterhuis (born 3 May 1948) is an English professional golfer and golf broadcaster. Oosterhuis played on the European circuit from 1969 to 1974, winning 10 tournaments and taking the Harry Vardon Trophy for heading the Order of Mer ...

. Buczek shot a final round 67 to win by one over defending champion

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. He outplayed Oosterhuis, then regarded as one of the world's best players, by five shots. At the 1974 U.S. Open at

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, Buzcek was in the top 10 for the first two rounds. He shot 83-73 over the weekend and finished T35. He would work as Winged Foot's sixth head professional, much later in his career, from 2006 to 2009. Buczek was Director of Instruction at Wake Forest Golf Academy. In 2018, Buczek was recognized as one of the six head professionals who served throughout the 50-year history of Grandfather Golf & Country Club in

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Professional wins

South African Tour (1)

*1972

Other wins

*1970

Westchester Open The Westchester Open is golf tournament organized by the Westchester Golf Association. It has been played annually since 1920 at member clubs in New York or Connecticut. It was considered a PGA Tour event in the 1920s and 1930s. History In 1971, ...

*1973

New Jersey PGA Championship The New Jersey PGA Championship is a golf tournament that is the section championship of the New Jersey section of the PGA of America. It has been played annually since 1928 at a variety of courses around the state. The format from 1932 to 1934 and ...

*1974

New Jersey State Open The New Jersey State Open Championship is the New Jersey state open golf tournament, open to both amateur and professional golfers. It is organized by the New Jersey State Golf Association. It has been played annually since 1921 at a variety of co ...

References

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