Jimmy Demaret | |||||||
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Personal information | |||||||
Full name | James Newton Demaret | ||||||
Born | Houston, Texas, U.S. | May 24, 1910||||||
Died | December 28, 1983 Houston, Texas, U.S. | (aged 73)||||||
Height | 5 ft 10.5 in (1.79 m) | ||||||
Weight | 190 lb (86 kg; 14 st) | ||||||
Sporting nationality | United States | ||||||
Spouse | Idella Adams | ||||||
Children | 1 | ||||||
Career | |||||||
Turned professional | 1927 | ||||||
Former tour(s) | PGA Tour | ||||||
Professional wins | 37 | ||||||
Number of wins by tour | |||||||
PGA Tour | 31 | ||||||
Other | 6 | ||||||
Best results in major championships (wins: 3) | |||||||
Masters Tournament | Won: 1940, 1947, 1950 | ||||||
PGA Championship | T3: 1942, 1946, 1948, 1950 | ||||||
U.S. Open | 2nd: 1948 | ||||||
The Open Championship | T10: 1954 | ||||||
Achievements and awards | |||||||
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James Newton Demaret (May 24, 1910 – December 28, 1983) was an American professional golfer. He won 31 PGA Tour events in a long career between 1935 and 1957, and was the first three-time winner of the Masters, with titles in 1940, 1947, and 1950.[1][2][3]