Background
Glasson was born in Fresno, California.
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Bill Glasson
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He attended Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma where he was a distinguished member of the golf team – a two-time All-American.
Career
He turned pro in 1983 and led the Professional Golf Association Tour for driving distance in 1984. Glasson has enjoyed eight victories as a professional golfer: seven official Professional Golf Association Tour events and one non-official event. Trailing seven strokes behind the leader Larry Mize with 14 holes to play, Glasson made a 45-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole for a round of 66 to finish one stroke ahead of Mize and Corey Pavin.
His best finish in a major is a tie for 4th place at the 1995 United States. Open.
Glasson has had more than 60 top-10 Professional Golf Association Tour finishes, and has greater than 6.7 million dollars in career earnings. He has featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking.
Glasson has had difficulty maintaining his Professional Golf Association Tour privileges in his 40s, due in large part to medical problems. He has had to play some on the Nationwide Tour, where his best finish is a 2nd at the 2003 Northeast Pennsylvania Classic.
Glasson has had at least 19 surgeries on various parts of his body including, but not limited to, his elbow, sinus, knee, lip, forearm and lower back.
In 1994, with a deadpan delivery, Glasson said: "Foreign me, breakfast is a bowl of Advil." He began playing on the Champions Tour after his 50th birthday on April 29, 2010. Glasson enjoys hunting, fishing and farming in his spare time. He lives in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
Professional Golf Association Tour wins (7) Other wins (2) 1984 Northern California Open DNP = Did not play CUT = missed the half-way cut World Development = Withdrew "T" = tied Yellow background for top-10.
Summary Most consecutive cuts made – 5 (1984 United States Open – 1986 United States Open) Longest streak of top-10s – 1.
