Jack Burke, Jr.

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**Jack Burke, Jr**
Personal Information
Birth	January 29, 1923 (1923-01-29) (age 85) Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
Nationality	United States
College	None
Career
Professional wins	17 (PGA Tour: 16, Other: 1)
Best Results in Major Championships Wins: 2
Masters	Won 1956
U.S. Open	T10: 1955
British Open	DNP
PGA Championship	Won 1956
Awards
World Golf Hall of Fame	2000
PGA Tour Lifetime Achievement Award	2003
Vardon Trophy	1952
PGA Player of the Year	1956

John Joseph "Jack" Burke, Jr. (born 29 January 1923) is an American professional golfer who was most prominent in the 1950s. He first rose to fame with two lopsided victories in the 1951 Ryder Cup matches. He was subsequently selected for the 1953, 1955, 1957, and 1959 teams, serving as playing captain in 1957. He also served as non-playing captain in the 1973 matches.

Burke won 16 PGA Tour events in his career, including the 1956 Masters and PGA Championship. Perhaps his most famous match was his nine-hour, 40-hole quarterfinal loss to Cary Middlecoff in the 1955 PGA Championship.

Burke won the Vardon Trophy for lowest scoring average in 1952 and was selected PGA Tour Player of the Year in 1956.

After retiring from competition, Burke, along with Jimmy Demaret, was the main force in creating the Houston Champions Golf Club which has been the site of many PGA Tour events, as well as the 1969 U.S. Open and 1993 U.S. Amateur. He became the fifth recipient of the PGA Tour Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003, and was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2000.

1 PGA Tour wins (16)
2 Other wins
3 Major Championships
- 3.1 Wins (2)
- 3.2 Results timeline
4 See also

[edit] PGA Tour wins (16)

1950 (4) Bing Crosby Pro-Am (tie with Dave Douglas, Smiley Quick, Sam Snead), Rio Grande Valley Open, St. Petersburg Open, Sioux City Open
1952 (5) Texas Open, Houston Open, Baton Rouge Open, St. Petersburg Open, Miami Open
1953 (1) Inverness Invitational
1956 (2) The Masters, PGA Championship
1958 (1) Insurance City Open Invitational
1959 (1) Houston Classic
1961 (1) Buick Open Invitational
1963 (1) Lucky International Open

Major championships are shown in bold.

[edit] Other wins

this list may be incomplete

1949 Metropolitan Open
1967 Texas State Open

[edit] Major Championships

[edit] Wins (2)

Year	Championship	Winning Score	Margin	Runner Up
1956	The Masters	+1 (72-71-75-71=289)	1 stroke	Ken Venturi
1956	PGA Championship	3&2	3 strokes	Ted Kroll

[edit] Results timeline

Tournament	1949	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
The Masters	DNP	WD	11	2	8	T6	T13	1	T7	CUT	T34
U.S. Open	T27	CUT	DNP	T41	T14	T15	T10	CUT	WD	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	R64	DNP	QF	R32	DNP	R64	QF	1	R64	4	T17

Tournament	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
The Masters	T11	T7	T39	CUT	CUT	CUT	T44	T53	CUT	T24
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	CUT	T21	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	T29	T52	T17	T34	T44	T8	T66	T42	DNP	T69

Tournament	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974
The Masters	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	T45	CUT	67	T56	DNP

DNP = Did not play
WD = Withdrew
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
R## — Round of 16, 32, etc. The PGA Championship was conducted at match play before 1958.
QF — Quarterfinal
SF — Semifinal
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.