Jim Barnes (golfer)

James Martin Barnes (April 8, 1886 – May 24, 1966) was an English professional golfer who was a leading figure in the early years of professional golf in the United States. He was the first Briton to win three different modern professional major championships.

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.

Professional career As a young adult, Barnes moved to the United States. However, he never became an American citizen. In 1906, he turned professional. 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. From 1914 to 1917 Jim was the head golf professional at Whitemarsh Valley Country Club, a classic George Thomas design just outside of Philadelphia. While there, Jim won the inaugural PGA Championship in 1916. In 1917 Jim won the Philadelphia Open Championship and the Western Open. In 1919 he won his second consecutive PGA Championship. The Championship was not contested in 1917 and 1918 because of the war.

From 1923 to 1926, 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.

He won nine majors, with four of them the modern professional majors. Many golfers and media covering the sport at the time, according to golf journalist Dan Jenkins, the Western Open and North and South Open titles he won at the time were declared majors.

PGA Championship: 1916, 1919 U.S. Open: 1921 The Open Championship: 1925 Western Open: 1914, 1917, 1919 North and South Open: 1916, 1919

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 22 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. His win in the 1937 Long Island Open marked the first PGA Tour win by a player past his 50th birthday.

Barnes also authored several books on golf technique. Perhaps his most important and groundbreaking contribution was his 200 plus page book, Picture Analysis of Golf Strokes, published in 1919. The hundreds of photos demonstrating the proper techniques were all taken on the grounds of Whitemarsh Valley Country Club.

Personal life Barnes was also known as "Long Jim" for his height of .

Late in life, Barnes moved west to the San Francisco Bay Area where he resided for many years. He died at his home in East Orange, New Jersey. He is buried in Orange's Rosedale Cemetery.

Awards and honors

In 1940, Barnes was honored as one of the 12 golfers to be inducted in the PGA's inaugural Hall of Fame. In 1989, he was posthumously inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame.

Professional wins (29) PGA Tour wins (22) 1914 (1) Western Open 1916 (3) North and South Open, Connecticut Open, PGA Championship 1917 (2) Western Open, Philadelphia Open Championship 1919 (5) North and South Open, Shawnee Open, Western Open, PGA Championship, Southern Open 1920 (1) Shawnee Open 1921 (4) Deland Open, Florida Open, U.S. Open, Main Line Open 1922 (1) California Open Championship 1923 (1) Corpus Christi Open 1925 (1) The Open Championship 1926 (1) Mid-Winter Tournament 1930 (1) Cape Cod Open 1937 (1) Long Island Open

Modern major championships are shown in bold.

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Other wins Note: This list may be incomplete 1909 Northwest Open 1911 Northwest Open 1912 Northwest Open 1913 Northwest Open 1915 Connecticut Open 1921 California State Open 1939 New Jersey State Open

Major championships Wins (4) YearChampionship54 holesWinning scoreMarginRunner(s)-up1916 PGA Championship n/a 1 up Jock Hutchison1919 PGA Championship (2) n/a 6 & 5 Fred McLeod1921 U.S. Open 7 shot lead +9 (69-75-73-72=289) 9 strokes Walter Hagen, Fred McLeod1925 The Open Championship 5 shot deficit 70-77-79-74=300 1 stroke Archie Compston, Ted Ray Note: The PGA Championship was match play until 1958

Results timeline Tournament19121913191419151916191719181919U.S. OpenT18T4T13T43T11The Open ChampionshipNTNTNTPGA ChampionshipNYFNYFNYFNYF1NTNT1 Tournament1920192119221923192419251926192719281929U.S. OpenT61T24T12T29CUTT24T36T21The Open Championship6T6T2T91T18T17T67PGA ChampionshipR162R32QF2R32R16 Tournament193019311932U.S. OpenT39T55The Open ChampionshipT6PGA ChampionshipDNQ Note: Barnes never played in the Masters Tournament.

NYF = Tournament not yet founded NT = No tournament 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

Summary Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts madeMasters Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0U.S. Open 1 0 1 4 5 12 17 16The Open Championship 1 1 0 2 8 10 10 10PGA Championship 2 2 0 5 7 9 9 9Totals 4 3 1 11 20 31 36 35 Most consecutive cuts made – 27 (1912 U.S. Open – 1926 Open) Longest streak of top-10s – 8 (1919 PGA – 1922 Open)

Jim Barnes (golfer)

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