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. He was born in Shreveport, Louisiana.
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[edit] Career
Barber 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] PGA Tour wins (11)
- 1964 (1) Cajun Classic Open Invitational
- 1967 (1) Oklahoma City Open Invitational
- 1968 (1) Byron Nelson Golf Classic
- 1969 (1) Kaiser International Open Invitational (January)
- 1970 (1) Greater New Orleans Open Invitational
- 1971 (1) Phoenix Open Invitational
- 1972 (1) Dean Martin Tucson Open
- 1973 (1) World Open Golf Championship
- 1974 (1) Ohio Kings Island Open
- 1977 (1) Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic
- 1978 (1) Phoenix Open
[edit] Champions Tour wins (24)
- 1981 (3) Peter Jackson Champions, Suntree Seniors Classic, Senior PGA Championship
- 1982 (3) U.S. Senior Open, Suntree Seniors Classic, Hilton Head Seniors International
- 1983 (4) Senior Players Championship, Merrill Lynch/Golf Digest Pro-Am, United Virginia Bank Seniors, Hilton Head Seniors International
- 1984 (4) Roy Clark Challenge, U.S. Senior Open, Greater Syracuse Senior Classic, Denver Post Champions of Golf
- 1985 (3) Sunrise Senior Classic, U.S. Senior Open, PaineWebber World Seniors Invitational
- 1986 (1) MONY Senior Tournament of Champions
- 1987 (2) Showdown Classic, Newport Cup
- 1988 (2) Showdown Classic, Fairfield-Barnett Space Coast Classic
- 1989 (2) MONY Senior Tournament of Champions, Vintage Chrysler Invitational
Senior majors are shown in bold.
[edit] See also
- Golfers with most PGA Tour wins
- Golfers with most Champions Tour wins
- Golfers with most Champions Tour major championship wins
