Jack Burns (golfer)

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Jack Burns
Personal information
Nationality  Scotland
Career
Status Professional
Best results in Major Championships
(Wins: 1)
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship Won: 1888
PGA Championship DNP

Jack Burns, a native of St Andrews, was a Scottish professional golfer.

While employed as golf professional and greenkeeper at Warwick Golf Club in England, Burns won the 1888 Open Championship, which was held at the St Andrews Links that year.[1] In those days a major championship title did not make a man's fortune, and Burns later moved back to St Andrews to work on the railways.

Contents

[edit] Major championships

[edit] Wins (1)

Year Championship Winning score Margin Runners-up
1888 The Open Championship (86-85=171) 1 stroke England David Anderson, Jr., England Ben Sayers

[edit] Results timeline

Tournament 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889
The Open Championship T23 DNP DNP 7 DNP DNP 1 14
Tournament 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899
The Open Championship DNP CUT DNP DNP 45 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
Tournament 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905
The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT

DNP = Did not play
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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[edit] External links


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