Brian Jones (born 12 September 1951) is an Australian

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Golf career

Jones was born in

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. He turned professional in 1971. He played on the throughout Asia and Australasia including on the

Japan Golf Tour The Japan Golf Tour () is a prominent professional golf tour. It was founded in 1973 and as of 2006, it offered the third-highest annual prize fund out of the regular (that is not for seniors) men's professional tours after the PGA Tour and the ...

. He won the Indian Open two times, five times in Australasia, and twelve times in Japan. He won 11 events on the Japan Golf Tour between 1977 and 1993. Jones played in multiple Open Championships; his best performance coming at the

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, where he finished in a tie for 8th place. Jones played on the

European Seniors Tour The European Senior Tour, currently branded as the Legends Tour, is a professional golf tour for male golfers aged 50 and over, run by the PGA European Tour. The tour was titled as the Staysure Tour for the 2018 and 2019 seasons after UK-based i ...

from 2002 to 2005, winning the 2002 De Vere Hotels Seniors Classic.

Personal life

Jones married Sachiko, a Japanese woman, in the early 1980s.

Professional wins (21)

PGA of Japan Tour wins (11)

''*Note: The 1986 Bridgestone Aso Open was shortened to 63 holes due to rain.'' PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (3–4)

Asia Golf Circuit wins (3)

PGA Tour of Australia wins (4)

PGA Tour of Australia playoff record (1–2)

Other wins (2)

*1970 Western Australia Open *1985 Acom Doubles (with Mike Ferguson) (Japan)

European Seniors Tour wins (1)

Results in major championships

CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1976, 1979 and 1982 Open Championships)
"T" indicates a tie for a place
''Note: Jones only played in The Open Championship.''

Team appearances

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(representing Australia):

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

Four Tours World Championship The Four Tours World Championship was an annual professional golf tournament that was played from 1985 to 1991. It was played between teams representing the four main professional tours: the American PGA Tour, the PGA European Tour, the PGA Tour o ...

(representing Australasia): 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 (winners)

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* * * Australian male golfers Japan Golf Tour golfers European Senior Tour golfers Golfers from Sydney 1951 births Living people Sportsmen from New South Wales 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{Australia-golf-bio-stub