Background
Barber was born in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Barber was born in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Also in 1969, Barber entered the final round of the Masters Tournament two shots out of the lead and was paired in Sunday"s final group but shot a final round 74 to finish 7th. He played on the Ryder Cup team in 1969 and 1971, and in the latter year was ranked sixth on the McCormack rankings. The World Open Golf Championship played at Pinehurst Country Club was a 144-hole affair.
Barber became eligible to play on the Senior Professional Golf Association Tour around a year after it was founded.
He was one of the dominant players on the tour throughout the 1980s, competing on even terms with players who had had much more distinguished earlier careers, such as Lee Trevino and Arnold Palmer. His 24 wins on the tour included five senior majors, three of them United States. Senior Opens.
Barber holds the record for combined Professional Golf Association Tour and Champions Tour starts at 1,297. Barber played with an unusual looped backswing/downswing, but squared up very consistently through impact.
Several other Professional Golf Association Tour players, including Jim Furyk, have had success with similar methods.
Barber died June 11, 2013 at the age of 82 of lymphoma in Scottsdale, Arizona. Professional Golf Association Tour wins (11) Other wins (1) Senior Professional Golf Association Tour wins (24) Other senior wins (5) DNP = Did not play DQ = Disqualified CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" indicates a tie for a place Yellow background for top-10. Summary Most consecutive cuts made – 12 (1966 United States Open – 1970 United States Open) Longest streak of top-10s – 5 (1968 Professional Golf Association – 1969 Professional Golf Association) Wins (5) Professional Ryder Cup: 1969 (winners), 1971 (winners).