Full name James Martin Barnes Children Carolyn, Jean Former tours PGA TOUR Nickname Long JimBig Jim Other 4 PGA tour wins 21 | Nationality England Name Jim Barnes Professional wins 28 Spouse Carolyn Mary Barnes Height 1.93 m Turned professional 1906 | |
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Died May 24, 1966, East Orange, New Jersey, United States | ||
Jim Barnes History 1970's Mushroom Records Michael Gudinski
James Martin Barnes (April 8, 1886 – May 24, 1966) was a leading figure in the early years of professional golf in the United States. He is one of three native Britons (with Tommy Armour and Rory McIlroy) to win three different major professional championships.
Contents
- Jim Barnes History 1970s Mushroom Records Michael Gudinski
- Jim Barnes On Sixty Minutes 1988 March 1988 Part 1
- Early life
- Golf career
- PGA Tour wins 21
- Other wins
- Wins 4
- Results timeline
- References
Jim Barnes On Sixty Minutes 1988 March 1988 Part 1
Early life
Barnes was born on April 8, 1886 in Lelant, Cornwall. Barnes was like many golfers of his era, and worked as a caddie and a club-maker's apprentice while growing up. He moved to the United States and turned professional in 1906, but never became an American citizen. He arrived in San Francisco, and later worked in Vancouver, British Columbia, Spokane, Washington, and Tacoma, Washington, and then at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs.
Golf career
From 1923–26, he was resident professional at the Temple Terrace Golf and Country Club in Temple Terrace, Florida, which hosted the 1925 Florida Open (dubbed "The Greatest Field of Golfers Ever to Play in Florida") as well as the 1926 Florida Open with over one hundred contestants and a $5,000 cash prize. In 1925–26 his good friend and fellow golfer Fred McLeod wintered with him and they worked with James Kelly Thomson from North Berwick.
Barnes was also known as "Long Jim" for his height of 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m). He later moved west to the Oakland, California, area where he resided for many years. Barnes authored several books on golf technique, and died at age 80 in East Orange, New Jersey.
He won four majors:
Barnes' two PGA titles were the first in the event; there was no tournament in 1917 or 1918 because of World War I. His winning margin in the 1921 U.S. Open was nine strokes, a record which was not broken until Tiger Woods won by 15 strokes in 2000.
Barnes was one of the most prolific tournament winners of the first few seasons of the PGA Tour, which was also founded in 1916. He won 21 times on the tour in total. He led the tournament winners list in four seasons: 1916 with three, 1917 with two (shared with Mike Brady), 1919 with five and 1921 with four. In 1940, Barnes was honored as one of the 12 golfers to be inducted in the PGA's inaugural Hall of Fame. Later he was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1989.
PGA Tour wins (21)
Major championships are shown in bold.
Other wins
Note: This list may be incomplete
Wins (4)
Note: The PGA Championship was match play until 1958
Results timeline
Note: Barnes never played in the Masters Tournament.
NYF = Tournament not yet founded
NT = No tournament
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
DNQ = Did not qualify for match play portion
R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in PGA Championship match play
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.