Don Bies
Ballard High School 1955
Golf
SPS High School Athletic Hall of Fame • Seattle WA
High School
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Lettered four years on varsity golf team for the Beavers
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Won both All-City and Washington State Juniors as a senior
Professional
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Became professional golfer in 1957, earning 29 professional wins
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Holds record for most Pacific Northwest Pro-Am Championship titles
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Joined PGA Tour in 1968 and competed for 13 years
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Won on the 1975 PGA Tour (Greater Hartford Open)
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Three-time winner of the Washington Open
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Joined Senior PGA Tour in 1987, and earned seven titles on the
PGA Tour Champions
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Compiled one of the greatest playing records in the history of the
Pacific Northwest
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His senior wins include the New Zealand Open, two Washington
Opens, two Northwest Opens, a Pacific Northwest Section
Championship and a Washington PGA crown
Other
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Inducted into Pacific Northwest PGA Hall of Fame in 1994