Jim Barnes
4 Major Championships • 22th All-Time
Major Championship Wins
About Jim Barnes
Jim Barnes won 4 major championships during a 9-year span, with the first coming in 1916.
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Career Highlights
- 1916 & 1919 PGA Championships — Won the first two PGA Championships ever played, establishing dominance in match play format
- 1921 U.S. Open — Dominant 9-stroke victory, a record margin that stood for 79 years until Tiger Woods won by 15 in 2000
- 1925 Open Championship — Won at Prestwick, becoming first Briton to win three different modern professional majors
- 22 PGA Tour Wins — Led tour in victories four different seasons (1916, 1917, 1919, 1921)
- 1937 Long Island Open — At age 51, became first player over 50 to win a PGA Tour event
- Triple Western Open Champion — Won prestigious Western Open in 1914, 1917, and 1919 (considered a major at the time)
Did You Know?
- "Long Jim" Barnes: Standing 6'4" tall, Jim was nicknamed "Long Jim" for his towering height, which was exceptionally rare for athletes in the early 1900s
- English Immigrant: Born in Lelant, Cornwall, England, Barnes moved to the U.S. as a young adult and became a dominant force in American golf, though he never became a U.S. citizen
- Consecutive Cuts Streak: Made an incredible 27 consecutive major championship cuts from the 1912 U.S. Open through the 1926 Open Championship — a remarkable consistency record for that era