Ernie Jones (golfer)
Ernie Jones | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Ernest Thomas Jones |
Born | Curragh Camp, County Kildare, Ireland | 22 September 1932
Died | 31 December 2019 (aged 87) Downpatrick, Northern Ireland |
Sporting nationality | Ireland |
Career | |
Status | Professional |
Professional wins | 6 |
Best results in major championships | |
Masters Tournament | DNP |
PGA Championship | DNP |
U.S. Open | DNP |
The Open Championship | T46: 1972 |
Ernest Thomas Jones (22 September 1932 – 31 December 2019) was an
Golf career
Jones won the Irish PGA Championship in 1955 and 1964.[1][2] He also won the 1959 Hennessy Tournament. Outside Ireland, Jones was a surprise winner of the 1961 Cox Moore Tournament with an impressive score of 270, two strokes ahead of Peter Alliss, taking the first prize of £1,000.[3] He also won the 1971 Kenya Open after a playoff against Russell Meek.[4]
Playing with Christy Greene, Jones represented Ireland in the 1965 Canada Cup in Madrid. He also represented Ireland in the 1967 R.T.V. International Trophy at Edmondstown Golf Course, County Dublin.[5]
Jones played in the
As a senior, Jones won the 1984
Jones became an assistant at the Royal Curragh Golf Club in 1948 and was later the professional at Carlow Golf Club, Foxrock Golf Club, Bangor Golf Club (from 1963),
Professional wins (6)
- 1955 Irish PGA Championship
- 1959 Hennessy Tournament
- 1961 Cox Moore Tournament
- 1964 Irish PGA Championship
- 1971 Kenya Open
- 1984 Trusthouse Forte PGA Seniors Championship
Results in major championships
Tournament | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 |
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The Open Championship | CUT |
Tournament | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 |
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The Open Championship | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT |
Tournament | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 |
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The Open Championship | T46 |
Note: Jones only played in The Open Championship.
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Team appearances
- World Cup (representing Ireland): 1965
- R.T.V. International Trophy (representing Ireland): 1967
- PGA Cup (representing Great Britain and Ireland): 1976
References
- The Glasgow Herald. 2 September 1955. p. 4.
- ^ "Jones gains Irish Championship". The Times. 28 August 1964. p. 5.
- The Glasgow Herald. 29 April 1961. p. 19.
- ^ "Nairobi". The Times. 19 April 1971. p. 7.
- The Glasgow Herald. 28 August 1967. p. 4.
- The Glasgow Herald. 21 May 1984. p. 14.
- ^ O'Sullivan, John (10 July 2001). "K Club's professional has done his rounds". The Irish Times.
- ^ "Ernest 'Ernie' Jones (1932-2019)". The Professional Golfers' Association. 2 January 2020.
- ^ Keogh, Brian (9 July 2013). ""It's being able to look back and say, you know what, I gave that everything I had."". irishgolfdesk.com.
External links
- Ernie Jones at the European Tour official site