Jack Burke, Jr.

Jack Burke, Jr.
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name	John Joseph Burke, Jr.
Nickname	Jack, Jackie
Born	(1923-01-29) January 29, 1923 Fort Worth, Texas
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight	165 lb (75 kg; 11.8 st)
Nationality	United States
Career
Turned professional	1940
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour
Professional wins	18
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	16
Other	2
Best results in major championships (Wins: 2)
Masters Tournament	Won: 1956
U.S. Open	T10: 1955
The Open Championship	DNP
PGA Championship	Won: 1956
Achievements and awards
World Golf Hall of Fame	2000 (member page)
Vardon Trophy	1952
PGA Player of the Year	1956
PGA Tour Lifetime Achievement Award	2003
Bob Jones Award	2004

John Joseph "Jack" Burke, Jr. (born January 29, 1923) is an American professional golfer who was most prominent in the 1950s. He first rose to fame with two lopsided victories in the Ryder Cup matches in 1951 and was subsequently selected for the 1953, 1955, 1957, and 1959 teams, serving as playing captain in 1957. Burke also served as non-playing captain in the 1973 matches, and as special assistant captain to Hal Sutton in 2004. He won two major titles during his career, both in 1956, the Masters and PGA Championship.^[1]

Early life

Born in Fort Worth, Texas, Burke started in golf at age seven. His father, Jack, Sr., was the club professional at Houston's River Oaks Country Club and a runner-up at the U.S. Open in 1920.^[2]^[3] The younger Burke graduated from St. Thomas High School in Houston in 1940 and turned professional at age 17, then served four years in the Marines during World War II. After the war, Burke resumed his career in golf after first considering work in the oil fields of Texas. His first job was as a teaching pro in New Jersey, which was followed by a position as an assistant at Winged Foot Golf Club,^[4] where he was mentored by Claude Harmon, and later club pro at Metropolis Country Club in White Plains, New York.^[2]

Golf career

Burke won 16 PGA Tour events in his career, which included two majors in 1956.^[3] In his Masters victory, Burke came from eight strokes behind in the final round, with a one-under 71 to overtake leader Ken Venturi, then an amateur, who shot 80 (+8).^[5]^[6] Perhaps his most famous match was his nine-hour, 40-hole quarterfinal loss to Cary Middlecoff at the PGA Championship in 1955. The next year he went the distance in the match play format and won.^[1]^[7] Burke won the Vardon Trophy for lowest scoring average in 1952, a season in which he won four straight Tour events. He was selected PGA Player of the Year in 1956.^[3]

Burke partnered with Jimmy Demaret to found Champions Golf Club in Houston in 1957. The 36-hole facility hosted a PGA Tour event from 1966 to 1971, today's Shell Houston Open, as well as the 1967 Ryder Cup, 1969 U.S. Open, and 1993 U.S. Amateur. Burke was the fifth recipient of the PGA Tour Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003, and was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2000.^[3]

Burke shares his permanent locker at Augusta National Golf Club, home of The Masters in Augusta, Georgia with Tiger Woods. As tradition dictates, both keep their prized green jackets, awarded to the annual winner of the tournament, in a wooden, finished locker with gold name plates on the front, with each year listed for the year they won.

In recent years, Burke has coached several current PGA Tour stars, including Phil Mickelson, in putting.

Professional wins (18)

PGA Tour wins (16)

1950 (4) Bing Crosby Pro-Am (tie with Dave Douglas, Smiley Quick, Sam Snead), Rio Grande Valley Open, St. Petersburg Open, Sioux City Open
1952 (5) Texas Open, Houston Open, Baton Rouge Open, St. Petersburg Open, Miami Open
1953 (1) Inverness Invitational
1956 (2) Masters Tournament, PGA Championship
1958 (1) Insurance City Open Invitational
1959 (1) Houston Classic
1961 (1) Buick Open Invitational
1963 (1) Lucky International Open

Major championships are shown in bold.

Other wins (2)

Note: This list may be incomplete.

1949 Metropolitan Open
1967 Texas State Open

Major championships

Wins (2)

Year	Championship	54 holes	Winning score	Margin	Runner-up
1956	Masters Tournament	8 shot deficit	+1 (72-71-75-71=289)	1 stroke	Ken Venturi
1956	PGA Championship	n/a	3 & 2		Ted Kroll

Results timeline

Tournament	1949	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
Masters Tournament	DNP	WD	11	2	8	T6	T13	1	T7	CUT	T34
U.S. Open	T27	CUT	DNP	T41	T14	T15	T10	CUT	WD	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	R64	DNP	QF	R32	DNP	R64	QF	1	R64	4	T17

Tournament	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
Masters Tournament	T11	T7	T39	CUT	CUT	CUT	T44	T53	CUT	T24
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	CUT	T21	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	T29	T52	T17	T34	T44	T8	T66	T42	DNP	T69

Tournament	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974
Masters Tournament	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	T45	CUT	67	T56	DNP

Note: Burke never played in The Open Championship.
DNP = Did not play
WD = Withdrew
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in PGA Championship match play
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

Summary

Tournament	Wins	2nd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	1	1	2	6	10	22	14
U.S. Open	0	0	0	1	4	11	6
The Open Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
PGA Championship	1	0	2	5	7	22	21
Totals	2	1	4	12	21	55	41

Most consecutive cuts made – 14 (1951 Masters – 1956 Masters)
Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (1955 U.S. Open – 1956 Masters)

References

1 2 "Burkes's Blazing Putter Wins PGA, 3 and 2". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. July 25, 1956. p. 15. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
1 2 "Sport: Texas Grass Fire". Time. March 13, 1950. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
1 2 3 4 "Member bio: Jack Burke, Jr.". World Golf Hall of Fame. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
↑ Hauser, Melanie. "A Champion of Golf" (PDF). The Memorial Tournament magazine. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 17, 2011. Retrieved April 10, 2010.
↑ "Jack Burke Surprise Winner of Masters Golf". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 9, 1956. p. 18. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
↑ Wind, Herbert Warren (April 16, 1956). "And Then—Jackie Burke Took Charge". Sports Illustrated. p. 28. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
↑ "Tournament Info for: 1956 PGA Championship". PGA.com. Retrieved January 2, 2013.

External links

World Golf Hall of Fame – Jack Burke Jr.
Texas Golf Hall of Fame – Jack Burke Jr.
St. Thomas High School – Jack Burke Jr. '40
Champions Golf Club – History

Jack Burke, Jr. in the Major championships

Masters Tournament champions

1934 Horton Smith 1935 Gene Sarazen† 1936 Horton Smith 1937 Byron Nelson 1938 Henry Picard 1939 Ralph Guldahl 1940 Jimmy Demaret 1941‡ Craig Wood 1942 Byron Nelson† 1943-45 Cancelled due to World War II 1946 Herman Keiser 1947 Jimmy Demaret 1948 Claude Harmon 1949 Sam Snead 1950 Jimmy Demaret 1951 Ben Hogan 1952 Sam Snead 1953 Ben Hogan 1954 Sam Snead† 1955 Cary Middlecoff 1956 Jack Burke, Jr. 1957 Doug Ford 1958 Arnold Palmer 1959 Art Wall, Jr. 1960‡ Arnold Palmer 1961 Gary Player 1962 Arnold Palmer† 1963 Jack Nicklaus 1964 Arnold Palmer 1965 Jack Nicklaus 1966 Jack Nicklaus† 1967 Gay Brewer 1968 Bob Goalby 1969 George Archer 1970 Billy Casper† 1971 Charles Coody 1972‡ Jack Nicklaus 1973 Tommy Aaron 1974 Gary Player 1975 Jack Nicklaus 1976‡ Raymond Floyd 1977 Tom Watson 1978 Gary Player 1979 Fuzzy Zoeller† 1980 Seve Ballesteros 1981 Tom Watson 1982 Craig Stadler† 1983 Seve Ballesteros 1984 Ben Crenshaw 1985 Bernhard Langer 1986 Jack Nicklaus 1987 Larry Mize† 1988 Sandy Lyle 1989 Nick Faldo† 1990 Nick Faldo† 1991 Ian Woosnam 1992 Fred Couples 1993 Bernhard Langer 1994 José María Olazábal 1995 Ben Crenshaw 1996 Nick Faldo 1997 Tiger Woods 1998 Mark O'Meara 1999 José María Olazábal 2000 Vijay Singh 2001 Tiger Woods 2002 Tiger Woods 2003 Mike Weir† 2004 Phil Mickelson 2005 Tiger Woods† 2006 Phil Mickelson 2007 Zach Johnson 2008 Trevor Immelman 2009 Ángel Cabrera† 2010 Phil Mickelson 2011 Charl Schwartzel 2012 Bubba Watson† 2013 Adam Scott† 2014 Bubba Watson 2015‡ Jordan Spieth

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

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

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

PGA and PGA Tour Players of the Year

PGA Players of the Year

PGA Tour Players of the Year

Jack Burke, Jr. in the Ryder Cup

United States Ryder Cup captains

United States Ryder Cup team – 1951

Skip Alexander Jack Burke, Jr. Jimmy Demaret E. J. Harrison Clayton Heafner Ben Hogan Ed Oliver Lloyd Mangrum Henry Ransom Sam Snead (playing captain)

Won: 9.5 – 2.5

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

United States Ryder Cup team – 1955

Jerry Barber Tommy Bolt Jack Burke, Jr. Doug Ford Marty Furgol Chandler Harper Ted Kroll Cary Middlecoff Sam Snead Chick Harbert (playing captain)

Won: 8 – 4

United States Ryder Cup team – 1957

Tommy Bolt Dow Finsterwald Doug Ford Ed Furgol Fred Hawkins Lionel Hebert Ted Kroll Dick Mayer Art Wall, Jr. Jack Burke, Jr. (playing captain)

Lost: 4.5 – 7.5

United States Ryder Cup team – 1959

Julius Boros Jack Burke, Jr. Dow Finsterwald Doug Ford Jay Hebert Cary Middlecoff Bob Rosburg Mike Souchak Art Wall, Jr. Sam Snead (playing captain)

Won: 8.5 – 3.5

United States Ryder Cup team – 1973

Tommy Aaron Homero Blancas Gay Brewer Billy Casper Dave Hill Lou Graham Jack Nicklaus Arnold Palmer Chi-Chi Rodríguez J. C. Snead Lee Trevino Tom Weiskopf Jack Burke, Jr. (non-playing captain)

Won: 19 – 13

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