Tommy Jacobs
| Tommy Jacobs | |
|---|---|
| — Golfer — | |
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Keith Thomas Jacobs, Jr. |
| Born |
February 13, 1935 Denver, Colorado |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Weight | 160 lb (73 kg; 11 st) |
| Nationality |
 United States
|
| Residence | Leland, North Carolina |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1956 |
| Former tour(s) |
PGA Tour Champions Tour |
| Professional wins | 7 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 4 |
| Other | 3 |
| Best results in major championships |
|
| Masters Tournament | 2nd: 1966 |
| U.S. Open | 2nd: 1964 |
| The Open Championship | DNP |
| PGA Championship | T8: 1963 |
| British Amateur | R64: 1955 |
Keith Thomas Jacobs, Jr. (born February 13, 1935) is an American professional golfer and golf course owner/operator who has played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour. He is the older brother of John Jacobs who has also played on the PGA Tour and is a current player on the Champions Tour.
Jacobs was born in Denver Colorado and raised in southern California, where he started in junior golf. In 1951, Jacobs won the International Jaycee Junior Championship. At sixteen, he advanced to the semi-finals of the USGA National Amateur, which earned him an invitation to The Masters at age 17. For 58 years, Jacobs had the distinction of being the youngest golfer to play in the Masters (in 1952). The record was broken by Matteo Manassero in 2010. He turned professional in 1956.
Jacobs won four PGA Tour events. His first win came in 1958 at the newly revamped Denver Open, and his last was in the 1964 Palm Springs Golf Classic. During his career, Jacobs had sole 2nd-place finishes in two major championships. He lost the 1964 U.S. Open to Ken Venturi by four strokes, and was runner-up in a playoff at the Masters Tournament in 1966 that he (72) and Gay Brewer (78) lost to Jack Nicklaus (70). Jacobs was a member of the 1965 Ryder Cup team, and finished with a record of 3-1-1.
Like most pro golfers of his generation, Jacobs earned his living primarily as a club pro during his thirties and forties. He was Director of Golf at La Costa Hotel Spa and The Farms Golf Club in Rancho Santa Fe, California for more than 20 years. He joined the Senior PGA Tour (now known as the Champions Tour) in 1985 and continued to play in selected events into the 2000s; his last appearance was at the 2003 Senior PGA Championship. In 1995, he went on to form an LLC, which purchased Bel Air Greens golf course, and changed the name to Tommy Jacobs' Bel Air Greens – a nine-hole, par-32 golf course in Palm Springs, California. Jacobs and his partners completed the sale of the golf course in 2006.
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