James Stephen Spence (born 26 May 1963) is an

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professional

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er.

Career

Spence was born in

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. He turned professional in 1985 and has finished in the top 100 on the

European Tour The European Tour (currently known as the DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons), legally the PGA European Tour is the leading men's professional golf tour in Europe. The organisation also operates the European Senior Tour (for players aged fif ...

Order of Merit more than a dozen times, with a best placing of tenth in 1992. His two European Tour wins came at the 1992

Canon European Masters The Omega European Masters is the Swiss stop on professional men's golf's European Tour, and in 2009 it became the first event in Europe to be co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour. Founded as the Swiss Open in 1923, the tournament was prefixed with E ...

and the 2000

Moroccan Open The Moroccan Open was a professional golf tournament on the European Tour The European Tour (currently known as the DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons), legally the PGA European Tour is the leading men's professional golf tour in Europe. Th ...

. In 2003 he succeeded Mark James as the Chairman of The European Tour's Tournament Committee. Spence also appeared on the Sky TV scientific programme '' Brainiac: Science Abuse'' where he took part in "Brainiac Golf", in which a Brainiac went head to head against Spence. Every time a ball was putted it set off a fuse which ignited a caravan filled with a unique chemical compound, e.g.

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, which coloured the explosive flame. Spence also has a radio show named in his honour, 'The Jamie Spence Show' on

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Professional wins (3)

European Tour wins (2)

European Tour playoff record (1–0)

Challenge Tour wins (1)

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Open della Pinetina

Results in major championships

''Note: Spence only played in The Open Championship.''
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Professional *

Alfred Dunhill Cup The Alfred Dunhill Cup was a team golf tournament which ran from 1985 to 2000, sponsored by Alfred Dunhill Ltd. It was for three-man teams of professional golfers, one team representing each country, and was promoted as the "World Team Championsh ...

(representing England):

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(winners),

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World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i ...

(representing England):

References

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* * English male golfers European Tour golfers European Senior Tour golfers PGA Tour Champions golfers People educated at The Skinners' School People from Royal Tunbridge Wells 1963 births Living people {{England-golf-bio-stub