J. B. Holmes

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For other persons named John Holmes, see John Holmes (disambiguation).

J.B. Holmes (born April 26, 1982 in Campbellsville, Kentucky) is an American golfer. His first name is John, but he prefers J.B. He attended the University of Kentucky and represented the United States in the 2005 Walker Cup before turning professional later that year. His official website is JBHolmes.com,

Holmes won the 2005 PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament. He tied for tenth in his first PGA Tour start at the 2006 Sony Open in Hawaii and in February that year he won the FBR Open, making him the fastest golfer to reach $1,000,000 in career earnings on the PGA Tour. It was his fifth tournament as a professional and his fourth on the PGA Tour.

1 Style of play
2 Trivia
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Style of play

Holmes, along with fellow rookies such as Camilo Villegas and Bubba Watson, is known for hitting the ball long distances, in excess of 300 yards (312.7 yards, ranking him number 2 in driving distance, only 6 yards behind the leader, Watson). As such, he plays courses by routinely hitting his driver as far as he can, reminicisent of John Daly's "Grip it and Rip It" philosophy, and using his distance advantage to put him closer to the green and in position for a wedge or short iron to the green. While the style of play is not new, many critics have complained that J.B. Holmes's style has ushered in a new wave of golfers dedicated to smashing the ball as far as they can, assisted by the newer golf equipment offered by golf club companies and hacking the ball out of the rough onto the green, effectively eliminating the equalizing effect that the sport of golf usually affords shorter, accurate hitters.

[edit] Trivia

Holmes suffered from a mild form of dyslexia when he was in school.

Began to play on the Taylor County High School (Campbellsville, Kentucky) varsity golf team when he was in third grade.^[1]
His dad coached his little league baseball team. Maurice Holmes ( father, head agency manager of Kentucky Farm Bureau Insurance Agency in Campbellsville ) was the head coach of the REDS.