Robert Alan Shearer OAM (25 May 1948 – 9 January 2022) was an Australian professional golfer and golf course architect.

He won the 1969 Australian Amateur, having been a joint medalist the previous year.

[3] He won the PGA Tour of Australia Order of Merit four times: 1974, 1977, 1981, 1982.

[6] Later he split his time between his golf course design work and the European Senior Tour.

[5] Shearer died from a heart attack on 9 January 2022, at the age of 73.