Jim Ferrier
| Jim Ferrier | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | James Bennett Elliott Ferrier |
| Born |
24 February 1915 Sydney, Australia |
| Died | 13 June 1986 (aged 71) Burbank, California, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Weight | 192 lb (87 kg; 13.7 st) |
| Nationality |
 Australia United States
|
| Spouse | Norma K. Jennings Ferrier (m. 1938–79, her death) Lorraine R. (Devirian) Sheldon (m. 1980–86, his death) |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1941 |
| Former tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Professional wins | 31 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 18 |
| PGA Tour of Australasia | 10 |
| Other | 3 |
| Best results in major championships (wins: 1) |
|
| Masters Tournament | 2nd: 1950 |
| U.S. Open | T5: 1950 |
| The Open Championship | T44: 1936 |
| PGA Championship | Won: 1947 |
| British Amateur | 2nd: 1936 |
James Bennett Elliott Ferrier (24 February 1915 – 13 June 1986) was an Australian professional golfer from Manly, New South Wales. He won the PGA Championship in 1947. Ferrier became an American citizen in 1944.
Born in Sydney, Ferrier was raised in Manly and was taught golf as a youth by his father, a low handicap player. Ferrier injured a leg playing soccer in his teens, and he had to contend with a severe limp for the rest of his life. Ferrier was playing to a scratch handicap by his mid-teens, when he left school to be able to play more golf. He was runner-up in the 1931 Australian Open at the age of sixteen. He won the Australian Amateur title in 1935, 1936, 1938 and 1939. He was also victorious in the Australian Open as an amateur in 1938 and 1939, and won several other significant Australian events. He was runner-up in The Amateur Championship at St Andrews in 1936. Ferrier worked as a golf reporter and writer for several Australian publications.
In 1940, Ferrier went to the United States as a golf journalist, but was not allowed to qualify for the U.S. Amateur, due to a golf manual published earlier in the year that he was contracted to receive royalties from. He turned professional in March 1941 and joined the PGA Tour as a club pro based in Elmhurst, Illinois. He and his wife Norma worked in defence industry jobs during World War II; this was part of conditions to become American citizens. He served in the U.S. Army from 1944 to 1945, rising to the rank of staff sergeant. While stationed in the artillery at Camp Roberts, California, he gained his first tour victory at the Oakland Open in December 1944, a week after a runner-up finish to Byron Nelson in San Francisco.
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