Kurt Barnes Explained

Kurt Barnes
Birth Date:25 May 1981
Birth Place:Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia
Residence:Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia
Yearpro:2003
Extour:Japan Golf Tour
PGA Tour of Australasia
OneAsia Tour
Von Nida Tour
Omega China Tour
Prowins:6
Japwins:1
Otherwins:5
Masters:DNP
Usopen:CUT: 2015
Open:CUT: 2010, 2011
Pga:DNP
Award1:Omega China Tour
Order of Merit winner
Year1:2009

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

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

Professional wins (6)

OneAsia Tour wins (1)

*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)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
114 Nov 2004Toyota Queensland PGA Championship−29 (66-64-64-65=259)1 stroke Gary Simpson
230 Jan 2005Mitsubishi Motors Victorian Open−12 (65-68-71=204)Playoff Nathan Green

Other wins (1)

Results in major championships

Tournament2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Masters Tournament
U.S. OpenCUT
The Open ChampionshipCUTCUT
PGA Championship
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: "Awesome" Barnes wins Sofitel Zhongshan IGC Open . https://web.archive.org/web/20090428110917/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-04/26/content_11261844.htm . dead . 28 April 2009 . Xinhua News Agency. 26 April 2009 . 2010-07-07.
  2. Web site: Kurt Barnes: Turning Japanese . Anthony . Powter . iseekgolf.com . 1 February 2010 . 2010-07-07.