Bernard Gallacher
Bernard Gallacher, OBE is a Scottish professional golfer.
Gallacher was born in Bathgate, Scotland. He took up golf at the age of eleven. In 1965 he won the Lothians Golf Association Boys Championship. He won the 1967 Scottish Amateur Open Stroke Play Championship and turned professional the same year. He won the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year award in 1968. His first professional wins came in 1969; a pair of them in Zambia and another pair in Europe in the equivalent of European Tour events. He accumulated ten wins on the European Tour between 1974 and 1984 and finished in the top ten on the European Tour Order of Merit five times between 1972 and 1982, with a best placing of third in 1974.
In 1969, at the age of 20, Gallacher became the youngest man to represent Great Britain in the Ryder Cup up to that time. This record was subsequently beaten by Nick Faldo and others. He went on to play in the Ryder Cup eight times and was non-playing captain of the European Team in 1991, 1993 and 1995. All three of those matches were very close; Europe lost the first two but won the third.
Gallacher now plays on the European Seniors Tour. His first senior win came at The Mobile Cup in 2002. He was the professional at the prestigious Wentworth Club near London for 25 years until the end of 1996. His daughter Kirsty was a presenter on Sky Sports News for 20 years.
Gallacher also wrote a column for Scottish golf magazine bunkered from 1998 until 2008. In August 2014, Gallacher was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to The Guardian opposing Scottish independence in the run-up to September's referendum on that issue.
Professional wins (22)
European Tour wins (10)
European Tour playoff record| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
| 1 | 1973 | Portuguese Open |  Jaime Benito | Lost to par on first extra hole |
| 2 | 1974 | Dunlop Masters |  Gary Player | Won with birdie on first extra hole |
| 3 | 1978 | European Open |  Gil Morgan, Bobby Wadkins | Wadkins won with birdie on first extra hole |
| 4 | 1982 | Jersey Open |  Eamonn Darcy, Des Smyth | Won with par on fifth extra hole Darcy eliminated by birdie on second hole |
Other wins (11)
- 1969 Eagle Open, Cock o' the North, Schweppes PGA Championship, W.D. & H.O. Wills Tournament
- 1970 Mufulira Open
- 1971 Martini International
- 1973 Coca-Cola Young Professionals' Championship, Scottish Professional Championship
- 1974 Scottish Professional Championship
- 1977 Scottish Professional Championship
- 1983 Scottish Professional Championship
European Senior Tour wins (1)
Results in major championships
CUT = missed the half-way cut"T" = tied
Note: Gallacher never played in the U.S. Open or the PGA Championship.
Team appearances
- Ryder Cup : 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1991, 1993, 1995
- World Cup : 1969, 1971, 1974, 1982, 1983
- Double Diamond International: 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977
- Marlboro Nations' Cup/Philip Morris International : 1973, 1976
- Sotogrande Match/Hennessy Cognac Cup : 1974, 1978, 1982, 1984