Brian Barnes (golfer)

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Template:Short description Template:EngvarB Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox golfer Brian William Barnes (3 June 1945 – 9 September 2019) was a Scottish professional golfer. He won nine times on the European Tour between 1972 and 1981, and twice won the Senior British Open.

Barnes played in six consecutive Ryder Cup matches from 1969 to 1979. He was noted for having beaten Jack Nicklaus twice in one day in singles match play, during the 1975 Ryder Cup on 21 September, winning 4&2 in the morning round and 2&1 in the afternoon session.

Early life and amateur career

Barnes was born in Addington,[1] Surrey, England, to Scottish parents, and represented England at international level. He was educated at St. Dunstan's School, Burnham-on-Sea, and Millfield School in Somerset.[2]

Barnes was taught golf by his father, who was Secretary at Burnham and Berrow Golf Club. He won the British Youths Open Amateur Championship in 1964, having represented England in the youth international against Scotland that preceded the championship.[3] He turned professional soon afterwards.[4]

Professional career

Barnes became one of the "Butten boys", a group of young British professional golfers who were part of a training programme, funded by Ernest Butten, an entrepreneur and joint founder of PA Consulting Group. Starting in 1963, Butten had funded a residential golf school at Sundridge Park in Bromley, Kent. Max Faulkner was employed as the teaching professional.[5]

After turning professional Barnes continued to be considered an English golfer, representing England in the 1967 R.T.V. International Trophy. In 1971 he joined the Scottish PGA and subsequently played for Scotland in international competitions.[6][7]

Barnes won the Flame Lily Open in Rhodesia in March 1967 and won two British tournaments, the Agfa-Gevaert Tournament and the Coca-Cola Young Professionals' Championship, in 1969.[8][9][10] In 1970 he won the Wills Masters in Australia.[11]

Barnes was one of the leading European Tour golfers in the early years after the tour was founded in 1972. He placed between 4th and 8th on the Order of Merit every year from 1972 to 1980. He won nine events on the Tour between 1972 and 1981. He also played regularly on the African Safari Circuit, winning the Zambia Open in 1979 and the Kenya Open and Zambia Open in 1981.[12][13]

Barnes completed all four rounds of the Open Championship 16 times in succession from 1967 to 1982 and had three top ten finishes, the best of them a tie for fifth in 1972. He played in the Masters Tournament in 1972 and 1973 but missed the cut on both occasions.

Barnes played for Great Britain & Ireland and finally Europe in six consecutive Ryder Cup matches from 1969 to 1979. He has a 10–14–1 win–loss–tie record including a 5–5–0 record in singles matches (there were two sets of singles matches in some of the Ryder Cups in which he participated). He had a successful partnership with Bernard Gallacher in foursomes and four-ball matches, the pair having 5 wins and a half in their 10 matches playing together. He is, however, best remembered for beating Jack Nicklaus twice in one day in 1975.

After the 1984 season, when Barnes fell to 79th on the Order of Merit ranking, he only played a few tournaments the following year and retired to run a golf course in Sussex, England together with Max Faulkner; West Chillington. He made a semi-comeback in 1989 and played a full schedule of 25 tournaments, 46 years old, in 1991, reaching a 4th place finish at the Portuguese Open and finished 12th at the British Masters.[14]

In 1995, Barnes became eligible to play in senior tournaments, and was very successful. He won the Senior British Open Championship in 1995, and became, the following year, the first man to successfully defend the title. He topped the European Seniors Tour Order of Merit in 1995, and went on the play the Champions Tour in the late 1990s with moderate success. Arthritis hampered this recovery and forced him to leave tournament golf in 2000.

Barnes was responsible for one of the worst putting performances ever seen in a professional tournament. During the 1968 French Open, he missed a short putt on the par-3 8th hole. Angry with the miss, he then tried to rake the ball into the cup, but missed. He then hit the ball back and forth while it was still moving. After all of the missed putts and penalty strokes were counted, Barnes had scored a 15 for the hole.[15]

Personal life

Barnes married Hilary Faulkner, the daughter of Max Faulkner, in 1968; they had two children, Didi and Guy. Hilary died in 2014. After having heavy alcohol drinking habits during his life and golf career, in early 1993, Barnes checked himself in for a successful drying-out period, remained sober and continued his golf career, two years later with great success in senior tournaments.[16][17] Barnes died on 9 September 2019 of cancer, at the age of 74; he was with his son and daughter at home.[18][19]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (26)

European Tour wins (9)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 10 Jun 1972 Martini International −7 (72-69-70-66=277) 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Jack Newton
2 11 Aug 1974 Dutch Open −5 (71-69-71=211)* 5 strokes Template:Flagicon Peter Oosterhuis, Template:Flagicon Simon Owen,
Template:Flagicon Glenn Ralph
3 4 May 1975 French Open −7 (68-69-71-73=281) 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Neil Coles, Template:Flagicon Eamonn Darcy,
Template:Flagicon Dale Hayes, Template:Flagicon John O'Leary
4 5 Sep 1976 Sun Alliance Match Play Championship 4 and 3 Template:Flagicon Craig Defoy
5 22 Apr 1978 Spanish Open −12 (67-75-70-64=276) 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Howard Clark
6 18 Jun 1978 Greater Manchester Open −5 (69-71-69-66=275) Playoff Template:Flagicon Bob Charles, Template:Flagicon Denis Durnian,
Template:Flagicon Nick Job
7 15 Apr 1979 Portuguese Open −5 (69-75-71-72=287) 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Francisco Abreu
8 6 May 1979 Italian Open −7 (73-70-71-67=281) Playoff Template:Flagicon Dale Hayes
9 13 Sep 1981 Haig Whisky TPC −8 (73-70-71-62=276) Playoff Template:Flagicon Brian Waites

*Note: The 1974 Dutch Open was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

European Tour playoff record (3–2)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 1977 Dunlop Masters Template:Flagicon Guy Hunt Lost to par on third extra hole
2 1977 Italian Open Template:Flagicon Ángel Gallardo Lost to birdie on fourth extra hole
3 1978 Greater Manchester Open Template:Flagicon Bob Charles, Template:Flagicon Denis Durnian,
Template:Flagicon Nick Job 		Won with birdie on first extra hole
4 1979 Italian Open Template:Flagicon Dale Hayes Won with birdie on fourth extra hole
5 1981 Haig Whisky TPC Template:Flagicon Brian Waites Won with par on fourth extra hole

Safari Circuit wins (3)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 1 Apr 1979 Zambia Open −12 (71-64-72-73=280) 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Sandy Lyle
2 15 Mar 1981 Benson & Hedges Kenya Open −10 (65-70-71-68=274) 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Bernard Gallacher, Template:Flagicon Sandy Lyle
3 31 Mar 1981 Zambia Open (2) −16 (70-67-69-70=276) 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Howard Clark, Template:Flagicon John Morgan

Australasian wins (1)

Other wins (11)

Senior PGA Tour wins (3)

Legend
Senior major championships (2)
Other Senior PGA Tour (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 30 Jul 1995 Senior British Open −7 (67-67-77-70=281) Playoff Template:Flagicon Bob Murphy
2 28 Jul 1996 Senior British Open (2) −11 (72-65-66-74=277) 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Bob Charles, Template:Flagicon David Oakley
3 21 Jun 1998 AT&T Canada Senior Open Championship −12 (68-68-68=204) 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Tom Jenkins, Template:Flagicon Dana Quigley,
Template:Flagicon Bruce Summerhays

Senior PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 1995 Senior British Open Template:Flagicon Bob Murphy Won with eagle on third extra hole

European Seniors Tour wins (2)

Legend
Senior major championships (2)
Other European Seniors Tour (0)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 30 Jul 1995 Senior British Open −7 (67-67-77-70=281) Playoff Template:Flagicon Bob Murphy
2 28 Jul 1996 Senior British Open (2) −11 (72-65-66-74=277) 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Bob Charles, Template:Flagicon David Oakley

European Seniors Tour playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 1995 Senior British Open Template:Flagicon Bob Murphy Won with eagle on third extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
Masters Tournament
The Open Championship CUT CUT T25 T6 T40
Tournament 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
Masters Tournament CUT CUT
The Open Championship T32 64 5 T10 T44 T23 14 T36 T34 T50
Tournament 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
Masters Tournament
The Open Championship T58 T14 T35 CUT
Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
Masters Tournament
The Open Championship CUT T60

Note: Barnes only played in the Masters Tournament and The Open Championship.

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CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Senior major championships

Wins (2)

Year Championship Winning score Margin Runner(s)-up
1995 Senior British Open −7 (67-67-77-70=281) Playoff1 Template:Flagicon Bob Murphy
1996 Senior British Open (2) −11 (72-65-66-74=277) 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Bob Charles, Template:Flagicon David Oakley

1Defeated Murphy with an eagle on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff.

Results timeline

Tournament 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
The Tradition 24 30 T9 WD
Senior PGA Championship T4 T23 CUT WD WD
U.S. Senior Open T11 T17 T49 T4 WD T58
Senior Players Championship 3 WD T39 T14 T12
The Senior Open Championship 1 1 WD 3 T27 WD

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  Win

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  Top 10

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"T" indicates a tie for a place

Team appearances

See also

References

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  16. ↑ Brian Barnes obituary, Maverick golfer celebrated for beating Jack Nicklaus twice in one day by Peter Mason,The Guardian, 12 September 2019
  17. ↑ DRY RUN MAKING UP FOR LOST TIME, BRIAN BARNES IS BACK ON HIS GAME NOW THAT HE'S OFF THE BOTTLE by Tim Rosaforte, Sports Illustrated, 8 July 1996
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