Miller Barber
| Miller Barber | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Miller Westford Barber, Jr. |
| Nickname | Mr. X |
| Born |
March 31, 1931 Shreveport, Louisiana |
| Died | June 11, 2013 (aged 82) Scottsdale, Arizona |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Weight | 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st) |
| Nationality |
 United States
|
| Career | |
| College | University of Arkansas |
| Turned professional | 1958 |
| Former tour(s) |
PGA Tour Champions Tour |
| Professional wins | 41 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 11 |
| PGA Tour Champions | 24 |
| Other | 1 (regular) 5 (senior) |
| Best results in major championships |
|
| Masters Tournament | 7th: 1969 |
| U.S. Open | 6th/T6: 1969, 1970 |
| The Open Championship | 10th: 1969 |
| PGA Championship | T4: 1971 |
Miller Westford Barber, Jr. (March 31, 1931 – June 11, 2013) was an American professional golfer who enjoyed significant success on the PGA Tour in the 1960s and 1970s, and a greater degree of success on the Senior PGA Tour (now the Champions Tour) in the 1980s.
Barber was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. He graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1954, turned professional four years later, and won his first PGA Tour event in 1964. He earned 11 career tour wins, but did not win a major championship. The closest he came was in 1969 at the U.S. Open at Houston, where he held a three-shot lead over the field after three rounds, but shot 78 in the last round to finish three shots behind winner Orville Moody. Also in 1969, Barber entered the final round of the Masters Tournament two shots out of the lead and was paired in Sunday's final group but shot a final round 74 to finish 7th. He played on the Ryder Cup team in 1969 and 1971, and in the latter year was ranked sixth on the McCormack rankings.
In 1973, Barber won the longest regulation tournament in PGA Tour history. The World Open Golf Championship played at Pinehurst Country Club was a 144-hole affair. Barber won by three strokes over Ben Crenshaw.
Barber became eligible to play on the Senior PGA Tour around a year after it was founded. He was one of the dominant players on the tour throughout the 1980s, competing on even terms with players who had had much more distinguished earlier careers, such as Lee Trevino and Arnold Palmer. His 24 wins on the tour included five senior majors, three of them U.S. Senior Opens.
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