Jeff Gallagher

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title: "Jeff Gallagher" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["american-male-golfers", "ball-state-cardinals-men's-golfers", "pga-tour-golfers", "pga-tour-champions-golfers", "korn-ferry-tour-graduates", "golfers-from-indiana", "golfers-from-nevada", "people-from-marion,-indiana", "sportspeople-from-henderson,-nevada", "1964-births", "living-people", "20th-century-american-sportsmen"] description: "American professional golfer" topic_path: "sports" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Gallagher" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary American professional golfer ::

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Field	Value
name	Jeff Gallagher
fullname	Jeffrey Gallagher
birth_date
birth_place	Marion, Indiana, U.S.
death_date
height
weight	185 lb
nationality
residence	Henderson, Nevada, U.S.
college	Ball State University
yearpro	1987
extour	PGA Tour
Nationwide Tour
Champions Tour
prowins	2
nwidewins	2
champwins
seneurowins
otherwins
masters	DNP
usopen	CUT: 1999
open	DNP
pga	DNP
wghofid
wghofyear
award1
year1
awardssection
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Early life

Gallagher is the younger brother of five-time PGA Tour winner Jim Gallagher Jr. and LPGA Tour golfer Jackie Gallagher-Smith.

Professional career

Gallagher has won twice on the Nationwide Tour, once in 1991 at the Ben Hogan Cleveland Open and another in 2000 at the BUY.COM South Carolina Classic. He nearly won again at the 2009 Rex Hospital Open when he lost in a one-hole playoff to Kevin Johnson after Johnson birdied the first playoff hole, while Gallagher parred it.

Professional wins (2)

Nationwide Tour wins (2)

::data[format=table] | No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runners-up | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | 1 | Jun 9, 1991 | Ben Hogan Cleveland Open | −15 (65-66-70=201) | 1 stroke | USA Tom Lehman, USA Doug Martin | | 2 | Apr 30, 2000 | Buy.com South Carolina Classic | −10 (70-68-71-69=278) | 1 stroke | USA Lee Porter, USA Chris Smith, USA Brett Quigley | ::

Nationwide Tour playoff record (0–1) ::data[format=table]

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2009	Rex Hospital Open	USA Kevin Johnson	Lost to birdie on first extra hole
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Results in major championships

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Tournament	1999
U.S. Open	CUT
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CUT = missed the halfway cut

Note: Reese only played in the U.S. Open.

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