Kurt Barnes

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Kurt Barnes
Personal information
Born (1981-05-25) 25 May 1981 (age 43)
Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Residence Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia
Career
Turned professional2003
Former tour(s) Japan Golf Tour
PGA Tour of Australasia
OneAsia Tour
Von Nida Tour
Omega China Tour
Professional wins6
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour1
Other5
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
Omega China Tour
Order of Merit winner 		2009

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

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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

Professional wins (6)

Japan Golf Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
118 Sep 2011 ANA Open −13 (71-66-67-71=275)1 stroke Flag of Japan.svg Tomohiro Kondo, Flag of Japan.svg Shingo Katayama,
Flag of Japan.svg Koumei Oda

OneAsia Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
122 May 2011 SK Telecom Open 1−14 (71-64-67=202)*1 stroke Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Kyung-tae

*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 2004 Toyota Queensland PGA Championship −29 (66-64-64-65=259)1 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gary Simpson
230 Jan 2005 Mitsubishi Motors Victorian Open −12 (65-68-71=204)Playoff Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nathan Green

Omega China Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
126 Apr 2009 Sofitel Zhongshan Open−4 (69-70-73-72=284)1 stroke Flag of Thailand.svg Wisut Artjanawat

Other wins (1)

Results in major championships

Tournament201020112012201320142015
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship CUTCUT
PGA Championship
  Did not play

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

Team appearances

Amateur

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References

  1. ↑ ""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.
  2. ↑ Powter, Anthony (1 February 2010). "Kurt Barnes: Turning Japanese". iseekgolf.com. Retrieved 7 July 2010.


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