Brian Barnes (golfer)
| Brian Barnes | |
|---|---|
| — Golfer — | |
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Brian William Barnes |
| Born |
3 June 1945 Addington, Surrey, England |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 238 lb (108 kg; 17.0 st) |
| Nationality |
 Scotland
|
| Residence | Storrington, Sussex, England |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1964 |
| Retired | 2000 |
| Former tour(s) |
European Tour European Seniors Tour Champions Tour |
| Professional wins | 23 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| European Tour | 9 |
| PGA Tour Champions | 1 |
| European Senior Tour | 2 |
| Other | 11 |
| Best results in major championships |
|
| Masters Tournament | CUT: 1972, 1973 |
| U.S. Open | DNP |
| The Open Championship | 5th: 1972 |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
| Achievements and awards | |
| European Seniors Tour Order of Merit winner |
1995 |
Brian William Barnes (born 3 June 1945) is a professional golfer. He was born in Addington, Surrey, England, and lives in England, but generally represented Scotland at the international level. Barnes was educated at Millfield School in Somerset.
Barnes is noted for having beaten Jack Nicklaus twice in one day in singles match play, during the 1975 Ryder Cup on 21 September, winning 4&2 in the morning round and 2&1 in the afternoon session.
Barnes was taught golf by his father who was Secretary at Burnham and Berrow Golf Clubs and later became a pupil (and future son-in-law) of Max Faulkner, the 1951 Open champion. He turned professional in 1964.
Barnes was one of the leading European Tour golfers of the 1970s. He placed between 4th and 8th on the Order of Merit every year from 1971 to 1980 (the 1971 money list was semi-official, and the European Tour formally commenced in 1972). He won nine events on the Tour between 1972 and 1981, and also won professional events in Africa, Australia and Canada. He had three top ten finishes at The Open Championship, the best of them a tie for fifth in 1972.
In 1995, Barnes became eligible to play in senior tournaments, and was very successful. He won the Senior British Open Championship in 1995 and became the first man to successfully defend the title in 1996. He topped the European Seniors Tour Order of Merit in 1995, and went on the play the US Champions Tour in the late 1990s with moderate success. Arthritis hampered his career and forced him to leave tournament golf in 2000.
Barnes played for Great Britain & Ireland and finally Europe in six consecutive Ryder Cups from 1969 to 1979. He has a 10-14-1 win-loss-tie record including a 5-5-0 record in singles matches (there were two sets of singles matches in some of the Ryder Cups in which he participated). He had a successful partnership with Bernard Gallacher in foursomes and four-ball matches but is best remembered for beating Jack Nicklaus twice in one day in 1975.
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