Jerry Barber

Jerry Barber
Personal information
Full name	Carl Jerome Barber
Born	April 25, 1916(1916-04-25) Woodson, Illinois
Died	September 23, 1994 (aged 78) Glendale, California
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Weight	137 lb (62 kg; 9.8 st)
Nationality	United States
Career
Turned professional	1942
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour
Professional wins	13
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	7
Best results in Major Championships (Wins: 1)
The Masters	T5: 1962
U.S. Open	T9: 1956, 1960
Open Championship	DNP
PGA Championship	Won: 1961
Achievements and awards
PGA Player of the Year	1961

Carl Jerome "Jerry" Barber (April 25, 1916 – September 23, 1994) was an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour.

Barber was born in Woodson, Illinois and was raised in Jacksonville, Illinois. He turned professional in 1942. Among his seven tour victories, was the 1961 PGA Championship at Olympia Fields Country Club Trailing Don January by four shots with three holes to play in the final round, Barber made a 20-foot birdie putt at the 16th hole, a 40-foot par-saving putt at 17, and a 60-foot birdie putt at 18 to tie January and force a playoff, which Barber won the next day by one stroke.

Barber played on two Ryder Cup teams, 1955 and 1961, and also was team captain in 1961.

Barber holds the record for the oldest player to ever play on the PGA Tour, when he played in the 1994 Buick Invitational at the age of 77 years, 10 months, and 9 days.^[1]

Barber was often referred to in the media as "little Jerry Barber," because he stood five feet, five inches. In 1966, he portrayed himself in a guest appearance on episode #23 of I Dream of Jeannie.

Barber and his wife Lucile, who died of cancer in 1968, had five children: Tom, Nancy, twins Sandra and Sally, and Roger. Barber died in Glendale, California at the age of 78, after suffering a mitral valve prolapse and a stroke.

Professional wins (13)

PGA Tour wins (7)

• 1953 (1) Azalea Open Invitational
• 1954 (1) All American Open
• 1960 (2) Yorba Linda Open Invitational, Tournament of Champions
• 1961 (2) Azalea Open Invitational, PGA Championship
• 1963 (1) Azalea Open Invitational

Major championship is shown in bold.

Other wins (4)

this list may be incomplete

• 1950 Pennsylvania Open Championship
• 1951 Waterloo Open Golf Classic
• 1952 Waterloo Open Golf Classic
• 1959 California State Open

Other senior wins (2)

• 1987 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf - Legendary Division (with Doug Ford)
• 1993 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf - Demaret Division

Major Championships

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	54 Holes	Winning Score	Margin	Runner-up
1961	PGA Championship	2 shot deficit	-3 (69-67-71-70=277)	Playoff1	Don January

¹Defeated Don January in a 18 hole playoff - Barber 67, January 68

Results timeline

DNP = Did not play
WD = Withdrew
CUT = missed the half-way cut
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.

See also

• Golfers with most PGA Tour wins

References

• New York Times, Sunday September 25 1994
• Golf Digest article on Barber

External links

• Results and stats on PGA Tour's official site