Jack Burns
1 Major Championship • 90th All-Time
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Wins
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2nd Place
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First Win Age
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Last Win Age
Major Championship Wins
Career Highlights
- 1887 — Moved to Warwick, England to become professional and greenskeeper at newly formed Warwickshire Golf Club
- 1888 — Won The Open Championship at Old Course St Andrews (171 over 36 holes) by 1 stroke
- 1888 — Defeated David Anderson Jr. and Ben Sayers for the Open title
- 1890 — Helped create neighboring golf course in Kenilworth
- 1891 — Returned to St Andrews and worked on the railways while continuing to caddie
Did You Know?
- Modest Champion: The £8 prize money from his Open Championship victory didn't make him a fortune — he returned to his job in Warwick shortly after winning
- Working Man's Game: Born the son of an Irish laborer, Burns started as a plasterer and returned to that profession later in life, showing golf was still finding its way as a career in the 1880s
- Pioneer Professional: Burns was among the first wave of club professionals in England, helping establish the role at Warwickshire Golf Club when it opened in 1893