Jim Turnesa
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James R. Turnesa (December 9, 1912 – August 27, 1971) was one of seven famous golfing brothers; Phil (1896-1897), Frank (1898-1949), Joe (1901-1991), Mike (1907-2000), Doug (1909-1972), Jim (1912-1971), and Willie (1914-2001). All but Willie turned professional and Jim was the only one to win a major championship, the 1952 PGA Championship, beating Chick Harbert 1-up in the match-play final[1]. He had previously lost to Sam Snead in the 1942 PGA Championship final. In 1948, he held the record for low score (280) in the U.S. Open for about an hour. Ben Hogan (276) and Jimmy Demaret (278) finished later, erasing his record, and he finished third. He won one other PGA Tour event, the 1951 Reading Open.[2]
Turnesa played on the 1953 Ryder Cup team.
He was born in New York, New York and died in Elmsford, New York of lung cancer.
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[edit] PGA Tour wins
- 1951 Reading Open
- 1952 PGA Championship
Major championship is shown in bold.
[edit] Other wins
this list may be incomplete
- 1937 Rhode Island Open
- 1959 Metropolitan Open
[edit] Results in major championships
Tournament | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 |
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The Masters | DNP | DNP | DNP |
U.S. Open | T50 | CUT | T32 |
The Open Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP |
PGA Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Tournament | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 |
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The Masters | DNP | DNP | DNP | NT | NT | NT | T37 | T52 | DNP | T4 |
U.S. Open | CUT | T33 | NT | NT | NT | NT | DNP | T39 | 3 | T4 |
The Open Championship | NT | NT | NT | NT | NT | NT | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
PGA Championship | DNP | DNP | F | NT | DNP | R16 | SF | R16 | R64 | R16 |
Tournament | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The Masters | T46 | DNP | DNP | T27 | T60 | 48 | T22 | CUT | T35 | CUT |
U.S. Open | T38 | DNP | DNP | T17 | T33 | DNP | DNP | CUT | CUT | DNP |
The Open Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T5 | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
PGA Championship | DNP | R32 | 1 | R32 | R64 | DNP | R16 | R128 | CUT | T38 |
Tournament | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The Masters | T39 | CUT | CUT | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
U.S. Open | T46 | CUT | DNP | DNP | CUT | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
The Open Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
PGA Championship | T32 | CUT | CUT | CUT | T62 | CUT | CUT | DNP | CUT | T76 |
NT = No tournament
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
R128, R64, R32, R16, QF, SF, F = Round in which player lost in PGA Championship match play
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship.cfm PGA Championship Media Guide
- ^ http://www.pgatour.com/story/9080703 Miscellaneous PGA Tour records (wins by brothers)