Nationality United States The Open Championship DNP U.S. Open CUT: 1959, 1961, 1972 Role Golfer Professional wins 14 | Masters Tournament DNP Name Jimmy Powell Champions tour 4 Other 10 PGA Championship T33: 1975 Turned professional 1959 | |
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Born January 17, 1935 (age 89)
Dallas, Texas ( 1935-01-17 ) Residence Incline Village, Nevada, United States | ||
College University of North Texas Former tours PGA TOUR, Champions Tour | ||
Jimmy Powell (born January 17, 1935) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1960s and 1970s, but whose greatest success came on the Senior PGA Tour in the early to mid-1990s.
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Powell was born in Dallas, Texas. He graduated from Dallas' Sunset High School and attended North Texas State University. He turned pro in 1959. He was the golf pro at Stevens Park Golf Course in Dallas during the 1980s.
Powell had limited success during the regular phase of his career, but won several official and unofficial events as a senior. In 1995, Powell became the first player to ever win both the Super Seniors competition and the Senior PGA Tour event at the same tournament. He accomplished this at the 1995 First of America Classic. He holds or shares several other Champions Tour records.
Powell lived much of his adult life in La Quinta, California, but now resides in Incline Village, Nevada. He is involved in a golf course design business with Harold Heers; the courses they have designed are mainly in the western United States.