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MILLER BARBER
UNITED STATES
Birthday:
03/31/1931
Champions Tour - Media Guide
| PGA TOUR VICTORIES | (11) |
| 1964 Cajun Classic Open Invitational. 1967 Oklahoma City Open Invitational. 1968 Byron Nelson Golf Classic. 1969 Kaiser International Open Invitational. 1970 Greater New Orleans Open Invitational. 1971 Phoenix Open Invitational. 1972 Dean Martin Tucson Open. 1973 World Open Golf Championship. 1974 Ohio Kings Island Open. 1977 Anheuser-Busch Golf
Classic. 1978 Phoenix Open.
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| Champions Tour VICTORIES | (24) |
| 1981 Peter Jackson Champions, Suntree Seniors Classic, PGA Seniors' Championship. 1982 U.S. Senior Open, Suntree Seniors Classic, Hilton Head Seniors International. 1983 Senior Tournament Players Championship, Merrill Lynch/Golf Digest Pro-Am, United Virginia Bank Seniors, Hilton Head Seniors International. 1984 Roy Clark Challenge, U.S. Senior Open, Greater Syracuse Senior
Classic, Denver Post Champions of Golf. 1985 Sunrise Senior Classic, U.S. Senior Open, PaineWebber World Seniors Invitational. 1986 MONY Senior Tournament of Champions. 1987 Showdown Classic, Newport Cup. 1988 Showdown Classic, Fairfield-Barnett Space Coast Classic. 1989 MONY Senior Tournament of Champions, Vintage Chrysler Invitational.
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| Current Year Champions Tour Money and Position | () |
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| Best PGA TOUR Finishes | |
| 1-- Cajun Classic Open Invitational, Oklahoma City Open Invitational, Byron Nelson Golf Classic, Kaiser International Open Invitational, Greater New Orleans Open Invitational, Phoenix Open Invitational, Dean Martin Tucson Open, World Open Golf Championship, Ohio Kings Island Open, Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic, Phoenix Open. | |
| Best Champions Tour Finishes | |
| 1-- Peter Jackson Champions, Suntree Seniors Classic, PGA Seniors' Championship, U.S. Senior Open, Suntree Seniors Classic, Hilton Head Seniors International, Senior Tournament Players Championship, Merrill Lynch/Golf Digest Pro-Am, United Virginia Bank Seniors, Hilton Head Seniors International, Roy Clark Challenge, U.S. Senior Open, Greater Syracuse Senior Classic, Denver Post Champions of Golf, Sunrise Senior Classic, U.S. Senior Open, PaineWebber World Seniors Invitational, MONY Senior Tournament of Champions, Showdown Classic, Newport Cup, Showdown Classic, Fairfield-Barnett Space Coast Classic, MONY Senior Tournament of Champions, Vintage Chrysler Invitational. | |
| 2011 Season Champions Tour | |
| Tournaments Entered--; in money--; Top 10 finishes-- | |
| Career Highlights | |
| PGA TOURPlayoff Record | |
| 3-4 | |
| Champions TourPlayoff Record | |
| 2-1 | |
| Other Information | |
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His 24 official Champions Tour wins are third behind Lee Trevino and Hale Irwin on the all-time victory list. Formerly shared Champions Tour record for most consecutive years winning at least one event (nine), but Hale Irwin now holds the record with 11 (1995-present). Is the only three-time winner of the U.S. Senior Open. Was the first winner of the Ford Senior Players Championship in 1983. Edged Gene Littler by a stroke at Canterbury GC after leading or sharing the lead for three of the four rounds. Defeated Arnold Palmer by two strokes for the 1981 PGA Seniors' Championship title. Leading money-winner on the Champions Tour in 1981 and 1982. Played the PGA TOUR full-time from 1959-1983. Best year on the PGA TOUR was 1973, when he placed sixth in earnings with $184,014. Each of his 11 PGA TOUR wins came in a different season. Claimed at least one victory a year from 1967 to 1974, a feat matched only by Jack Nicklaus during that span. Shot 65-67 in freezing conditions in the final two rounds for his first PGA TOUR win, the 1964 Cajun Classic in Lafayette, LA. Was the 10th player to surpass the $1-million mark in official PGA TOUR career earnings. Member of the United States Ryder Cup team in 1969 and 1971. |
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