Ernie Jones (golfer)

Ernie Jones
Personal information
Full name Ernest Thomas Jones
Born (1932-09-22) 22 September 1932
Curragh Camp, County Kildare, Ireland
Nationality  Ireland
Career
Status Professional
Professional wins 6
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship T46: 1972
PGA Championship DNP

Ernest Thomas Jones (born 22 September 1932) is an Irish professional golfer. He twice won the Irish PGA Championship and represented Ireland in the 1965 Canada Cup. His biggest individual successes came in the 1961 Cox Moore Tournament and, as a senior, in the 1984 Trusthouse Forte PGA Seniors Championship.

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 in a playoff.

Jones played in the Open Championship 8 times between 1957 and 1972 but only make the cut once, on his last appearance in 1972.

As a senior, Jones won the 1984 Trusthouse Forte PGA Seniors Championship at Stratford-on-Avon, beating Peter Butler and Ross Whitehead by 3 strokes and winning £3,000.[4]

Professional wins (6)

Results in major championships

Tournament 1957 1958 1959
The Open Championship CUT
Tournament 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
The Open Championship CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT
Tournament 1970 1971 1972
The Open Championship T46

Note: Jones only played in The Open Championship.

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Team appearances

References

  1. ↑ "E. Jones wins Irish title". The Glasgow Herald. 2 September 1955. p. 4.
  2. ↑ "Jones gains Irish Championship". The Times. 28 August 1964. p. 5.
  3. ↑ "Surprise win for Jones". The Glasgow Herald. 29 April 1961. p. 19.
  4. ↑ "Ernie Jones". The Glasgow Herald. 21 May 1984. p. 14.
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