Jim Rutledge

Jim Rutledge
Jim Rutledge
Personal information
Full name	James Edgar Rutledge
Born	August 26, 1959 (age 65); Champions Tour
Professional wins	9
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour of Australasia	1
Korn Ferry Tour	1
Other	8
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	T57: 1990

James Edgar Rutledge (born August 26, 1959) is a

Champions Tour

.

Early life

Rutledge was born in Victoria, British Columbia. He won the Canadian Juvenile Championship in 1975 at the Gorge Vale Golf Club in Victoria and the Canadian Junior Championship in 1977.

Professional career

In 1978, Rutledge turned professional. For the first 20 years of his career, Rutledge would play in

European Tour, where his best finish on the Order of Merit came in 1990 when he finished in 55th, earning £75,274. He played in his first major at the 1990 Open Championship, where he was high on the leaderboard going into the weekend, but ended up finishing T-57. He played in his second and last major the following year at the 1991 Open Championship but he missed the cut. Rutledge's best finish on the Asia Golf Circuit

Order of Merit was third in 1994 and 1995. He has finished third on the Canadian Tour's Order of Merit three times. He is one of the winningest players in Canadian Tour history, winning six times on tour.

Rutledge was a member of the

Mayakoba Golf Classic at Riviera Maya-Cancun

where he finished T-31. He does not play in Asia anymore but still plays on the Canadian Tour.

After turning 50 on August 26, 2009, Rutledge has made several appearances on the

Champions Tour after finishing tied for second at qualifying school in 2011.^[2]

Amateur wins

1975 Canadian Juvenile Championship
1977 Canadian Junior Championship

Professional wins (9)

Asia Golf Circuit wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	Mar 5, 1995	Classic Indian Open	−8 (69-69-74-68=280)	1 stroke	Daniel Chopra, Bob May

Asia Golf Circuit playoff record (0–2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponents	Result
1	1994	Maekyung Open	Kim Jong-duck, Mike Tschetter	Kim won with par on second extra hole Rutledge eliminated by birdie on first hole
2	1996	Mitsubishi Motors Southwoods Open	Don Walsworth, Manny Zerman	Zerman won with par on second extra hole Walsworth eliminated by par on first hole

Nationwide Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	Feb 26, 2006	ING New Zealand PGA Championship ¹	−9 (75-68-72-64=279)	1 stroke	Brett Rumford, Jarrod Lyle

¹Co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia

Canadian Tour wins (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Jun 11, 1989	Canadian Airlines-George Williams B.C. Open	−16 (65-67-71-65=268)	2 strokes	Rick Gibson, Carlos Espinosa
2	Jun 26, 1994	Alberta Open	−9 (68-66-69-68=271)	1 stroke	Roger Wessels
3	Aug 27, 1995	Montclair Kings County Classic	−8 (72-76-68-64=280)	3 strokes	Guy Hill, Manny Zerman

Earlier Canadian wins (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Sep 29, 1979	British Columbia Open	−6 (68-68-71=210)	2 strokes	Dan Halldorson
2	Sep 13, 1981	British Columbia Open (2)	−13 (66-67-67=200)	7 strokes	Steve Berry, Dave Fowler, Mark Shushack, Gord Todd
3	Sep 16, 1984	CPGA Championship	−16 (71-65-70-66=272)	6 strokes	Ray Stewart

Other wins (1)

2000 Niagara Classic

Results in major championships

Tournament	1990	1991
The Open Championship	T57	CUT

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Note: Rutledge only played in The Open Championship.

Canadian national team appearances

World Cup: 1984, 1995, 2006
Dunhill Cup: 1993, 1996

References

^ The Globe and Mail, November 20, 2010
^ Freeman earns medalist honors at q-school

External links

Jim Rutledge at the PGA Tour official site
Jim Rutledge at the European Tour official site
Jim Rutledge at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
Article from Sports Illustrated

[1] The Globe and Mail, November 20, 2010

[2] Freeman earns medalist honors at q-school

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