Jim Rutledge
| Jim Rutledge | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | James Edgar Rutledge |
| Born | August 26, 1959 Victoria, British Columbia |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Weight | 180 lb (82 kg; 13 st) |
| Sporting nationality |  Canada |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1978 |
| Current tour(s) | Champions Tour |
| Former tour(s) | Asian Tour European Tour PGA Tour Nationwide Tour Canadian Tour |
| Professional wins | 9 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Korn Ferry Tour | 1 |
| Other | 8 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP |
| The Open Championship | T57: 1990 |
James Edgar Rutledge (born August 26, 1959) is a Canadian professional golfer who currently plays on the Champions Tour.
Rutledge was born in Victoria, British Columbia. He won the Canadian Juvenile Championship in 1975 at the Gorge Vale Golf Club in Victoria and the Canadian Junior Championship in 1977. He turned professional in 1978. For the first 20 years of his career, Rutledge would play in Asia in the winter and in Canada for the rest of the year. He did not do this from 1988 to 1992 though. During that time Rutledge was a member of the European Tour, where his best finish on the Order of Merit came in 1990 when he finished in 55th, earning £75,274. He played in his first major at the 1990 Open Championship, where he was high on the leaderboard going into the weekend, but ended up finishing T-57. He played in his second and last major the following year at the 1991 Open Championship but he missed the cut. Rutledge's best finish on the Asian Tour money list was third in 1994. He has finished third on the Canadian Tour's Order of Merit three times. He is one of the winningest players in Canadian Tour history, winning six times on tour.
Rutledge has been a member of the Nationwide Tour every year since 2001, except for 2007 when he was a member of the PGA Tour. Rutledge's first Nationwide Tour win in 2006 at the ING New Zealand PGA Championship, helped him finish in 14th on the money list, which earned him his PGA Tour card for 2007. As the second oldest rookie in the history of the PGA Tour, he was not able to retain his tour card. Rutledge only made 5 of 23 cuts, with his best finish coming at the Mayakoba Golf Classic at Riviera Maya-Cancun where he finished T-31. He does not play in Asia anymore but still plays on the Canadian Tour.
After turning 50 on August 26, 2009, Rutledge has made several appearances on the Champions Tour, with some success. He earned conditional exempt status for the 2011 Champions Tour season, by finishing eighth at the final qualifying school tournament on November 19, 2010. Only the top five players in that event gained full status for 2011.[1] He fully qualified for the 2012 Champions Tour after finishing tied for second at qualifying school in 2011.[2]
Amateur wins (2)
- 1975 Canadian Juvenile Championship
- 1977 Canadian Junior Championship
Professional wins (9)
Nationwide Tour wins (1)
Canadian Tour wins (6)
- 1979 British Columbia Open
- 1981 British Columbia Open
- 1984 Canadian PGA Championship
- 1989 British Columbia Open
- 1994 Alberta Open
- 1995 Montclair PEI Classic
Other wins (2)
- 1995 Indian Open
- 2000 Niagara Classic
Results in major championships
| Tournament | 1990 | 1991 |
|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | DNP | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP | DNP |
| The Open Championship | T57 | CUT |
| PGA Championship | DNP | DNP |
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.
Canadian national team appearances
- World Cup: 1984, 1995, 2006
- Dunhill Cup: 1993, 1996
See also
References
- ^ The Globe and Mail, November 20, 2010
- ^ Freeman earns medalist honors at q-school
External links
- Jim Rutledge at the PGA Tour official site
- Jim Rutledge at the European Tour official site
- Article from Sports Illustrated