Don Bies (born December 10, 1937) is an American professional golfer who has won tournaments on the

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, the Senior PGA Tour (now known as the Champions Tour), and in the Pacific Northwest Section of the

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. Born in

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, Bies attended Ballard High School in

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, and turned pro in 1957. His only PGA Tour win came at the 1975

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. His best finish in a

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was a T-5 at the 1968 U.S. Open that was played at Oak Hill Country Club in

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. Bies is a three-time winner of the Washington Open (stroke play) and a six-time winner of the Washington State Match Play Championship and has won a host of other events in the Pacific Northwest. He left the PGA Tour in 1980 in order to devote full-time to his restaurant he had opened just outside Seattle. After turning 50 at the end of 1987, Bies joined the Senior PGA Tour, where his fortunes improved dramatically for winning tournaments. He has won numerous events both on the regular Senior PGA Tour and in non-Tour senior events. These wins include a senior major championship –

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in 1989. Bies was elected a member of the Pacific Northwest PGA Hall of Fame in 1994.

Professional wins (30)

PGA Tour wins (1)

PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)

Other wins (15)

''this list may be incomplete'' *1959 Washington Open *1961 Washington State Match Play *1962

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*1963 Washington State Match Play *1964 Washington State Match Play *1965 Washington State Match Play *1967

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*1968 Washington State Match Play *1980 Washington Open,

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*1983 Washington State Match Play *1984

*1987 Washington Open, PNW PGA Al Guisti Memorial *1988 PNW PGA Al Giusti Memorial

Senior PGA Tour wins (7)

Senior PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

Other senior wins (6)

*1989 DuPont Cup (Japan vs. U.S. Senior Golf Match) *1990 Chrysler Cup *2002 Washington State PGA Senior Invitational *2003 Washington State PGA Senior Invitational *2004 Pacific Northwest Senior PGA Championship, Oregon Senior Open

Champions Tour major championships

Wins (1)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bies, Don American male golfers PGA Tour golfers Ballard High School (Seattle, Washington) alumni PGA Tour Champions golfers Winners of senior major golf championships Golfers from Idaho People from Cottonwood, Idaho 1937 births Living people