| Kurt Barnes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born | 25 May 1981 Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Sporting nationality |  Australia | ||
| Residence | Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| Career | |||
| Turned professional | 2003 | ||
| Former tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour PGA Tour of Australasia OneAsia Tour Von Nida Tour Omega China Tour | ||
| Professional wins | 6 | ||
| Number of wins by tour | |||
| Japan Golf Tour | 1 | ||
| Other | 5 | ||
| Best results in major championships | |||
| Masters Tournament | DNP | ||
| PGA Championship | DNP | ||
| U.S. Open | CUT: 2015 | ||
| The Open Championship | CUT: 2010, 2011 | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Kurt Barnes (born 25 May 1981) is an Australian professional golfer.
Barnes was born in Muswellbrook, New South Wales. He had a successful amateur career which included victories in the 2002 Australian Amateur, the 2003 Riversdale Cup, which he won with a record 22 under par total, and the 2003 New Zealand Amateur Stroke Play Championship. He turned professional at the end of 2003 and joined the PGA Tour of Australasia.
In 2009 Barnes became the first Australian to win on the Omega China Tour, when he claimed victory in the Sofitel Zhongshan IGC Open.[1] He went on to head the tour's Order of Merit that season, before winning his place on the Japan Golf Tour by finishing first at the tour's qualifying school.[2]
- ^ ""Awesome" Barnes wins Sofitel Zhongshan IGC Open". Xinhua News Agency. 26 April 2009. Archived from the original on 28 April 2009. Retrieved 7 July 2010.
- ^ Powter, Anthony (1 February 2010). "Kurt Barnes: Turning Japanese". iseekgolf.com. Retrieved 7 July 2010.