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James A. Jamieson (April 21, 1943 – December 5, 2018) was an American
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who played on the
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in the 1970s.


Biography

Jamieson was born in
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and raised in
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. He started playing
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at age 7 at Oakwood Country Club in Moline. He attended
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, where he was an All-American and a member of the 1963 NCAA Championship golf team. Jamieson served in
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before turning pro in 1968 and joining the PGA Tour in 1970. Jamieson played in about 180 PGA Tour events from 1970 to 1978. His career year was 1972 when he won the
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and had eight other top-10 finishes in PGA Tour events including a T-5 at
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and a T-2 at the
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. He had four top-6 finishes in major championships between 1971 and 1973. Jamieson played with
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in the 1972
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in
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, finishing tied for fourth place with Australia. Jamieson was forced to retire from the PGA Tour after he fell and broke his hand at a hotel in Phoenix in 1977. After the injury, he became the head club pro at the
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in
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, a position once held by
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. He also chaired the
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when it was held at the Greenbrier in 1979. Other stints in Jamieson's career as a teaching and club pro have included lead instructor at the John Jacobs Golf School, head pro at The Pines Golf Club, head pro at the Pete Dye Golf Club, Director of Golf at Whitewater Golf Club in
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,
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, and as operator of the ''Jim Jamieson School of Golf'' at the Resort at Glade Springs in Daniels, West Virginia. He also owned two golf courses for about 6 years. Jamieson died on December 5, 2018.


Amateur wins

*1961 Waterloo Amateur *1967 Illinois State Amateur


Professional wins (1)


PGA Tour wins (1)


Results in major championships

''Note: Jamieson never played in
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.''
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place


U.S. national team appearances

Professional *
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:
1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...


See also

* Fall 1968 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates


References


External links

*
The Jim Jamieson School of Golf
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jamieson, Jim American male golfers Oklahoma State Cowboys golfers PGA Tour golfers Golfers from Michigan Golfers from Illinois Golfers from West Virginia The Greenbrier people Sportspeople from Kalamazoo, Michigan Sportspeople from Moline, Illinois 1943 births 2018 deaths 20th-century American sportsmen