Jack Burns

Background

He was the son of an Irish labourer, and started earning his living as a plasterer.

Career

However, there is reference to him being a professional golfer in the minutes of the Street Andrews Golf Club in October 1885. Burns moved to Warwick, England in 1887 to become the golf professional and greenskeeper at the newly formed Warwickshire Golf Club (now known as Warwick Golf Centre), the first golf club in Warwickshire. He returned to his job in Warwick and was involved in the creation of the neighbouring golf course in Kenilworth in 1890.

He moved back to Street Andrews in 1891 to work on the railways, but he carried on caddying.

When he died in 1927, his profession was listed as a plasterer again. Wins (1)

Results timeline.

Achievements

• Burns returned to Scotland in October 1888 to become the winner of the Open Championship, which was held at the Old Course at Street Andrews. The £8 prize of his major championship title accomplishment did not make him a fortune.