Background
Jamieson was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan and raised in Moline, Illinois.
Jamieson was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan and raised in Moline, Illinois.
He attended Oklahoma State University, where he was an All-American and a member of the 1963 National Collegiate Athletic Association Championship golf team
He started playing golf at age 7 at Oakwood Country Club in Moline. Jamieson served in Vietnam before turning pro in 1968 and joining the Professional Golf Association Tour in 1970. Jamieson played in about 180 Professional Golf Association Tour events from 1970–1978.
He had four top-6 finishes in major championships between 1971–1973.
Jamieson also played in the 1972 World Cup that was held in Melbourne, Australia. Jamieson was forced to retire from the Professional Golf Association Tour after he fell and broke his hand at a hotel in Phoenix in 1977.
After the injury, he became the head club pro at the Greenbrier Hotel in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, a position once held by Sam Snead. He also chaired the Ryder Cup when it was held at the Greenbrier in 1979.
Other stints in Jamieson"s career as a teaching and club pro have included lead instructor at the John Jacobs Golf School, head pro at The Pines Golf Club, head pro at the Pete Dye Golf Club, Director of Golf at Whitewater Golf Club in Thunder Bay, Ontario, and as operator of the Jim Jamieson School of Golf at the Resort at Glade Springs in Daniels, West Virginia.
He also owned two golf courses for about 6 years. 1961 Waterloo Amateur.