James Robert Payne (born 17 April 1970) is an English professional

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er. Payne was born in

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. He had a promising career as a tournament golfer which petered out by his early thirties, partly due to injury problems which had required him to undergo a spinal fusion operation at the age of 24. As an amateur he won the 1991 European Amateur and the

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. He played with

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in the final round of the 1991

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at Royal Birkdale and finished as leading amateur. He turned professional after playing in the

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later that year. In 1992 Payne was Rookie of the Year on the

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. He won two European Tour events, the 1993 Turespana Iberia Open de Baleares and the 1996 Italian Open. His last season on the European Tour was 2000. In 2003 he took a position as club professional at Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club, a two time venue of the

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Amateur wins

*1986

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*1987

*1991 European Amateur,

Professional wins (3)

European Tour wins (2)

European Tour playoff record (1–0)

Other wins (1)

*2000 Northern Open

Results in major championships

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

Team appearances

Amateur *

Jacques Léglise Trophy The Jacques Léglise Trophy is an annual amateur boys' team golf competition between Great Britain & Ireland and the Continent of Europe. It was first played in 1977, as a one-day match before the Boys Amateur Championship, but since 1996 it has ...

(representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1987 (winners) *

St Andrews Trophy The St Andrews Trophy is a biennial men's team golf tournament contested between teams of amateur golfers representing Great Britain & Ireland and the Continent of Europe. It takes its name from St Andrews in Scotland. It was first played in 19 ...

(representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1990 (winners) *

(representing Great Britain & Ireland):

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

European Amateur Team Championship The European Amateur Team Championship is a European amateur team golf championship for men organised by the European Golf Association which was introduced in 1959. The championship was played in odd-numbered years from 1959 to 2007 and has been ...

(representing England):

(winners),

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

Professional *

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(representing England):

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Payne, Jim English male golfers European Tour golfers Sportspeople from Louth, Lincolnshire 1970 births Living people