Kurt Barnes (born 25 May 1981) is an Australian professional golfer.
| Kurt Barnes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born | 25 May 1981 Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Sporting nationality |  Australia | ||
| Residence | Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| Career | |||
| Turned professional | 2003 | ||
| Former tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour PGA Tour of Australasia OneAsia Tour Von Nida Tour Omega China Tour | ||
| Professional wins | 6 | ||
| Number of wins by tour | |||
| Japan Golf Tour | 1 | ||
| Other | 5 | ||
| Best results in major championships | |||
| Masters Tournament | DNP | ||
| PGA Championship | DNP | ||
| U.S. Open | CUT: 2015 | ||
| The Open Championship | CUT: 2010, 2011 | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Barnes was born in Muswellbrook, New South Wales. He had a successful amateur career which included victories in the 2002 Australian Amateur, the 2003 Riversdale Cup, which he won with a record 22 under par total, and the 2003 New Zealand Amateur Stroke Play Championship. He turned professional at the end of 2003 and joined the PGA Tour of Australasia.
In 2009 Barnes became the first Australian to win on the Omega China Tour, when he claimed victory in the Sofitel Zhongshan IGC Open.[1] He went on to head the tour's Order of Merit that season, before winning his place on the Japan Golf Tour by finishing first at the tour's qualifying school.[2]
Amateur wins edit
- 2002 New South Wales Medal (tied with Adam Groom), Australian Amateur
- 2003 Riversdale Cup, New Zealand Amateur Stroke Play Championship
Professional wins (6) edit
Japan Golf Tour wins (1) edit
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 Sep 2011 | ANA Open | −13 (71-66-67-71=275) | 1 stroke |  Tomohiro Kondo, Shingo Katayama, Koumei Oda
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OneAsia Tour wins (1) edit
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22 May 2011 | SK Telecom Open1 | −14 (71-64-67=202)* | 1 stroke |  Kim Kyung-tae
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*Note: The 2011 SK Telecom Open was shortened to 54 holes due to fog.
1Co-sanctioned by the Korean Tour
Von Nida Tour wins (2) edit
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 Nov 2004 | Toyota Queensland PGA Championship | −29 (66-64-64-65=259) | 1 stroke | Gary Simpson
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| 2 | 30 Jan 2005 | Mitsubishi Motors Victorian Open | −12 (65-68-71=204) | Playoff | Nathan Green
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Omega China Tour wins (1) edit
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 Apr 2009 | Sofitel Zhongshan Open | −4 (69-70-73-72=284) | 1 stroke |  Wisut Artjanawat
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Other wins (1) edit
- 2005 Meriton Sydney Invitational
Results in major championships edit
| Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | ||||||
| U.S. Open | CUT | |||||
| The Open Championship | CUT | CUT | ||||
| PGA Championship |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Team appearances edit
Amateur
- Australian Men's Interstate Teams Matches (representing New South Wales): 2002 (winners), 2003
References edit
- ^ ""Awesome" Barnes wins Sofitel Zhongshan IGC Open". Xinhua News Agency. 26 April 2009. Archived from the original on 28 April 2009. Retrieved 7 July 2010.
- ^ Powter, Anthony (1 February 2010). "Kurt Barnes: Turning Japanese". iseekgolf.com. Retrieved 7 July 2010.
External links edit
- Official website
- Kurt Barnes at the PGA Tour of Australasia official site
- Kurt Barnes at the Japan Golf Tour official site
- Kurt Barnes at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
- Kurt Barnes player profile, Golf Australia
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