Miller 'Mr. X' Barber

 

Victories:

PGA TOUR
(11) 1964  Cajun Classic Open Invitational.  1967  Oklahoma City Open Invitational.  1968  Byron Nelson Golf Classic.  1969  Kaiser International Open Invitational.  1970  Greater New Orleans Open Invitational.  1971  Phoenix Open Invitational.  1972  Dean Martin Tucson Open.  1973  World Open Golf Championship.  1974  Ohio Kings Island Open.  1977  Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic.  1978  Phoenix Open.

Champions Tour
(24) 1981  Peter Jackson Champions,  Suntree Seniors Classic,  PGA Seniors' Championship.  1982 U.S. Senior Open,  Suntree Seniors Classic,  Hilton Head Seniors International.  1983  Senior Tournament Players Championship,  Merrill Lynch/Golf Digest Pro-Am,  United Virginia Bank Seniors,  Hilton Head Seniors International.  1984  Roy Clark Challenge,  U.S. Senior Open,  Greater Syracuse Senior Classic,  Denver Post Champions of Golf.  1985  Sunrise Senior Classic,  U.S. Senior Open,  PaineWebber World Seniors Invitational.  1986  MONY Senior Tournament of Champions.  1987  Showdown Classic,  Newport Cup.  1988  Showdown Classic,  Fairfield-Barnett Space Coast Classic.  1989  MONY Senior Tournament of Champions,  Vintage Chrysler Invitational.

International
(4) 1985 Shootout at Jeremy Ranch [with Ben Crenshaw], Coca-Cola Grand Slam. 1987 Mazda Championship [with Nancy Lopez]. 1991 Fuji Electric Grandslam.

Important Notes: Turned professional in 1958...member of the United States Ryder Cup Team in 1969 and 1971...inducted into the Arkansas (state) Hall of Fame in 1975...in 1981 he led all players with $83,136 in earnings and won three events in six starts...defeated Arnold Palmer by two strokes for the PGA Seniors' Championship at Turnberry Isle CC in 1981...in 1982 he was the leading money-winner on the Champions Tour and winner of the U.S. Senior Open by four strokes over Gene Littler and Dan Sikes at Portland (OR) GC... in 1983 he finished second on the money list...was the first winner of the Senior Tournament Players Championship in 1983...in 1984 he had four wins, including a two-stroke victory over Arnold Palmer at the U.S. Senior Open at Oak Hill CC...second on the money list in 1984...in 1986 he became the second player to pass the $1 million mark in Champions Tour earnings, when he placed 12th at the PGA Seniors' Championship...in 1989 he became the first Champions Tour player to earn $2 million in combined career money and also became the first player to earn $2 million in Champions Tour career money...in 1993 he fired a career-low 62 in the second round at the Gulfstream Aerospace Invitational...in 1996 he sank a 25-foot birdie putt on the final hole to best Tommy Jacobs for the MasterCard Champions crown at the Northville Long Island Classic...elected to the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 1996...elected to the Arkansas Golf Hall of Fame in 1997...in 1999 he played in his 500th Champions Tour event...member of the Texas Golf Hall of Fame...the only three time winner of the U.S. Senior Open.

Important Stats: Ranked 57th on the Champions Tour Career Money list with $4,058,864 after the 2005 season...ranked 66th on the Champions Tour All Time Money list with $5,623,068 after the 2005 season...ranked 303rd on the PGA TOUR Career Money list with $1,564,204 after the 2005 season.

Arkansas Notes: Graduated in 1954...inducted into the University of Arkansas Hall of Honor in 1990.

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