Kurt Barnes

Kurt Barnes (born 25 May 1981) is an Australian professional golfer.

Kurt Barnes
Personal information
Full nameKurt Barnes
Born (1981-05-25) 25 May 1981
Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Nationality Australia
ResidenceMuswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia
Career
Turned professional2003
Current tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
PGA Tour of Australasia
Professional wins7
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour1
Other6
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenCUT: 2015
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 2010, 2011
Achievements and awards
Omega China Tour
Order of Merit winner
2009

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 (4)

Professional wins (7)

Japan Golf Tour wins (1)

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

OneAsia Tour wins (1)

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

1Co-sanctioned by the Korean Tour

China Tour wins (1)

  • 2009 Sofitel Zhongshan IGC Open

Von Nida Tour wins (2)

Other wins (2)

  • 2005 Meriton Sydney Invitational
  • 2009 Japan Golf Tour Qualifying School

Results in major championships

Tournament 201020112012201320142015
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship CUT CUT
PGA Championship
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

References

  1. ""Awesome" Barnes wins Sofitel Zhongshan IGC Open". Xinhua News Agency. 26 April 2009. Retrieved 7 July 2010.
  2. Powter, Anthony (1 February 2010). "Kurt Barnes: Turning Japanese". iseekgolf.com. Retrieved 7 July 2010.


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