Miller Barber

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Miller Barber (born March 31, 1931) is an American professional golfer who enjoyed significant success on the PGA Tour in the 1960s and 1970s and a greater degree of success on the Senior PGA Tour (now the Champions Tour) in the 1980s.

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[edit] Career

Barber was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. He graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1954, turned professional four years later, and won his first PGA Tour event in 1964. He notched up eleven tour wins in total, but did not win a major championship. He played on the Ryder Cup team in 1969 and 1971.

Barber became eligible to play on the Senior PGA Tour around a year after is was founded. He was one of the dominant players on the tour throughout the 1980s, competing on even terms with players who had had much more distinguished earlier careers such as Lee Trevino and Arnold Palmer. His twenty four wins on the Tour included five senior majors, three of them U.S. Senior Opens.

[edit] Professional wins (39)

[edit] PGA Tour wins (11)

[edit] Other wins (1)

[edit] Champions Tour wins (24)

Senior majors are shown in bold.

[edit] Other senior wins (3)

[edit] Results in major championships

Tournament 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
The Masters DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T12 7
U.S. Open CUT 22 CUT DNP T32 T26 T18 T24 T6
The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 10
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DQ T34 DNP T8 T5
Tournament 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
The Masters T21 CUT CUT T43 T15 T26 DNP DNP T24 T12
U.S. Open 6 59 T29 T25 DNP T24 T38 CUT T35 CUT
The Open Championship CUT T60 DNP DNP CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship CUT T4 T16 T24 T60 DNP T51 T25 DNP T28
Tournament 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986
The Masters CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP CUT DNP DNP CUT
The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship T65 CUT T34 DNP DNP DNP DNP

DNP = Did not play
WD = Withdrew
DQ = Disqualified
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

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