Jim Turnesa

Jim Turnesa
— Golfer —
Turnesa in 1936
Personal information
Full name	James R. Turnesa
Born	(1912-12-09)December 9, 1912 New York City, New York
Died	August 27, 1971(1971-08-27) (aged 58) Elmsford, New York
Nationality	United States
Career
Turned professional	1931
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour
Professional wins	10
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	2
Other	8
Best results in major championships (wins: 1)
Masters Tournament	T4: 1949
U.S. Open	3rd: 1948
The Open Championship	T5: 1954
PGA Championship	Won: 1952

James R. Turnesa (December 9, 1912 – August 27, 1971) was one of seven golfing brothers; Phil (1896–1987), Frank (1898–1949), Joe (1901–1991), Mike (1907–2000), Doug (1909–1972), Jim (1912–1971), and Willie (1914–2001). All but Willie turned professional and Jim was the only one to win a major championship, the 1952 PGA Championship, beating Chick Harbert 1-up in the match-play final.^[1] He had previously lost to Sam Snead in the 1942 PGA Championship final. In 1948, he held the record for low score (280) in the U.S. Open for about an hour. Ben Hogan (276) and Jimmy Demaret (278) finished later, erasing his record, and he finished third. He won one other PGA Tour event, the 1951 Reading Open.^[2]

Turnesa played on the 1953 Ryder Cup team.

He was born in New York, New York and died in Elmsford, New York of lung cancer.^[3]

Professional wins (10)

PGA Tour wins (2)

1951 Reading Open
1952 PGA Championship

Major championship is shown in bold.

Other wins (8)

Note: This list may be incomplete.

1937 Rhode Island Open
1946 Westchester PGA Championship
1947 North and South Open
1956 Westchester PGA Championship
1959 Metropolitan Open
1960 Haig & Haig Scotch Foursome (with Gloria Armstrong)
1964 Westchester PGA Championship
1968 Long Island PGA Championship

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	Winning score	Runner-up
1952	PGA Championship	1 up	Chick Harbert

Note: The PGA Championship was match play until 1958

Results timeline

Tournament	1937	1938	1939
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	T50	CUT	T32
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	DNP	NT	NT	NT	T37	T52	DNP	T4
U.S. Open	CUT	T33	NT	NT	NT	NT	DNP	T39	3	T4
The Open Championship	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	2	NT	DNP	R16	QF	R16	R64	R16

Tournament	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
Masters Tournament	T46	DNP	DNP	T27	T60	48	T22	CUT	T35	CUT
U.S. Open	T38	DNP	DNP	T17	T33	DNP	DNP	CUT	CUT	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T5	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	R32	1	R32	R64	DNP	R16	R128	CUT	T38

Tournament	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
Masters Tournament	T39	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	T46	CUT	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	T32	CUT	CUT	CUT	T62	CUT	CUT	DNP	CUT	T76

NT = No tournament
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
R128, R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in PGA Championship match play
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

Summary

Tournament	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	0	0	1	1	2	14	10
U.S. Open	0	0	1	2	2	3	16	10
The Open Championship	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1
PGA Championship	1	1	0	3	7	9	23	16
Totals	1	1	1	7	11	15	54	37

Most consecutive cuts made – 27 (1941 U.S. Open – 1956 PGA)
Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (1949 Masters – 1949 PGA)

U.S. national team appearances

Professional

Ryder Cup: 1953 (winners)
Canada Cup: 1953

References

↑ http://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship.cfm PGA Championship Media Guide
↑ http://www.pgatour.com/story/9080703 Miscellaneous PGA Tour records (wins by brothers)
↑ Jim Turnesa, Former PGA Champ Dies

PGA Championship champions

Match play era	1916 Jim Barnes 1917–18 Cancelled due to World War I 1919 Jim Barnes 1920 Jock Hutchison 1921 Walter Hagen 1922 Gene Sarazen 1923 Gene Sarazen 1924 Walter Hagen 1925 Walter Hagen 1926 Walter Hagen 1927 Walter Hagen 1928 Leo Diegel 1929 Leo Diegel 1930 Tommy Armour 1931 Tom Creavy 1932 Olin Dutra 1933 Gene Sarazen 1934 Paul Runyan 1935 Johnny Revolta 1936 Denny Shute 1937 Denny Shute 1938 Paul Runyan 1939 Henry Picard 1940 Byron Nelson 1941 Vic Ghezzi 1942 Sam Snead 1943 Cancelled due to World War II 1944 Bob Hamilton 1945 Byron Nelson 1946 Ben Hogan 1947 Jim Ferrier 1948 Ben Hogan 1949 Sam Snead 1950 Chandler Harper 1951 Sam Snead 1952 Jim Turnesa 1953 Walter Burkemo 1954 Chick Harbert 1955 Doug Ford 1956 Jack Burke, Jr. 1957 Lionel Hebert

Stroke play era	1958 Dow Finsterwald 1959 Bob Rosburg 1960 Jay Hebert 1961 Jerry Barber† 1962 Gary Player 1963 Jack Nicklaus 1964‡ Bobby Nichols 1965 Dave Marr 1966 Al Geiberger 1967 Don January† 1968 Julius Boros 1969‡ Raymond Floyd 1970 Dave Stockton 1971 Jack Nicklaus 1972 Gary Player 1973 Jack Nicklaus 1974 Lee Trevino 1975 Jack Nicklaus 1976 Dave Stockton 1977 Lanny Wadkins† 1978 John Mahaffey† 1979 David Graham† 1980 Jack Nicklaus 1981 Larry Nelson 1982‡ Raymond Floyd 1983‡ Hal Sutton 1984 Lee Trevino 1985 Hubert Green 1986 Bob Tway 1987 Larry Nelson† 1988 Jeff Sluman 1989 Payne Stewart 1990 Wayne Grady 1991 John Daly 1992 Nick Price 1993 Paul Azinger† 1994 Nick Price 1995 Steve Elkington† 1996 Mark Brooks† 1997 Davis Love III 1998 Vijay Singh 1999 Tiger Woods 2000‡ Tiger Woods† 2001 David Toms 2002 Rich Beem 2003 Shaun Micheel 2004 Vijay Singh† 2005 Phil Mickelson 2006 Tiger Woods 2007 Tiger Woods 2008 Pádraig Harrington 2009 Y. E. Yang 2010 Martin Kaymer† 2011 Keegan Bradley† 2012 Rory McIlroy 2013 Jason Dufner 2014 Rory McIlroy 2015 Jason Day 2016 Jimmy Walker

† indicates the event was won in a playoff; ‡ indicates the event was won wire-to-wire

United States Ryder Cup team – 1953

Jack Burke, Jr. Walter Burkemo Dave Douglas Fred Haas Ted Kroll Cary Middlecoff Ed Oliver Sam Snead Jim Turnesa Lloyd Mangrum (playing captain)

Won: 6.5 – 5.5

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