Mark James (golfer)

Mark James
— Golfer —

Personal information
Full name	Mark Hugh James
Nickname	Jesse
Born	(1953-10-28) 28 October 1953 Manchester, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	178 lb (81 kg; 12.7 st)
Nationality	England
Residence	Burley in Wharfedale, West Yorkshire, England
Career
Turned professional	1976
Current tour(s)	European Senior Tour
Former tour(s)	European Tour Champions Tour
Professional wins	31
Number of wins by tour
European Tour	18
PGA Tour Champions	3
European Senior Tour	2
Other	2
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	CUT: 1980
U.S. Open	CUT: 1990, 1996
The Open Championship	T3: 1981
PGA Championship	T31: 1999
Achievements and awards
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year	1976

Mark Hugh James (born 28 October 1953) is an English professional golfer who had a long career on the European Tour and captained Europe in the 1999 Ryder Cup. He has also played senior golf on the European Senior Tour and the U.S.-based Champions Tour.

James was born in Manchester, England and educated at Stamford School. He won the English Amateur championship in 1974 and was a member of the Great Britain & Ireland Walker Cup team in 1975. His first professional win was the 1977 Lusaka Open and the following year he picked up the first of his eighteen wins on the European Tour at the Sun Alliance Match Play Championship. He also holds the record for the highest European Tour event round of 111 strokes at the 1978 Italian Open in Sardinia.

James never won a major championship, but he had four top-five finishes at The Open Championship. He was consistently competitive on the European Tour with twenty top-thirty finishes on the Order of Merit, including seven top-ten finishes, the best of them third place in 1979. He was diagnosed with testicular cancer in 2000, but after treatment began playing golf again in 2001.^[1]

James represented Great Britain & Ireland or Europe in the Ryder Cup seven times including 1989 when Europe tied the match and retained the cup they had won in 1987, and 1995 when they won it outright. He was the European captain in the controversial "Battle of Brookline" in 1999, when the behaviour of the American galleries and team created a great deal of resentment in Europe, and also James' own actions during the matches drew fire from both sides of the Atlantic.

Prior to the event, James controversially chose Andrew Coltart as his second captain's pick on the team, thus leaving out Nick Faldo and Bernhard Langer (veterans who were the two most successful players for the European team in Ryder Cup history). In one of the most discussed moves in the Ryder Cup, James then kept Jean van de Velde, Jarmo Sandelin and Coltart on the bench during all sixteen matches during the first two days of play, relegating them to singles matches on Sunday only. His refusal to play those three first-time players helped lead to Europe's defeat, as none of the three won their one match. On the other hand, United States captain Ben Crenshaw played all twelve players at least once during the first two days, even though Mark O'Meara only played once.

James published a best selling book about the event called Into the Bear Pit in 2000. In addition to criticising the behaviour of the Americans at Brookline, it also detailed James' clashes with some of his fellow Europeans including Faldo, the fading superstar whose merits as a potential captain's pick for the Ryder Cup had been much debated in the UK. James revealed in his book that just before the Ryder Cup began he had thrown a letter of encouragement from Faldo into the bin rather than share it with team. The controversy that this revelation aroused led to James resigning as one of Europe's Ryder Cup vice-captains for 2001.

A follow-up book, called After the Bear Pit, covering James' cancer and his experiences as a European Tour player, as well as further thoughts on the Ryder Cup, appeared in 2002.

James qualified to play senior golf when he turned fifty in late 2003. He chose to play mainly in the U.S. and was second in the Champions Tour Qualifying Tournament Finals that November. In 2004 he became the first European player to win one of the Champions Tour's senior majors with victory at the Ford Senior Players Championship.^[2] In 2005, he won on the Champions Tour for a second time at the ACE Group Classic and finished in the top 20 on the money list for a second consecutive season. His last full season on the Champions Tour was 2010 and he has played mainly on the European Senior Tour since then.

James has also worked as a golf commentator for the BBC.

Professional wins (31)

European Tour wins (18)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	1 Jul 1978	Sun Alliance European Match Play Championship	3&2		Neil Coles
2	17 Jun 1979	Welsh Golf Classic	−6 (72-68-68-70=278)	Playoff	Mike Miller, Eddie Polland
3	26 Aug 1979	Carroll's Irish Open	−6 (73-75-69-65=282)	1 stroke	Ed Sneed
4	17 Aug 1980	Carroll's Irish Open	−4 (71-66-74-73=284)	1 stroke	Brian Barnes
5	2 May 1982	Italian Open	−8 (70-67-71-72=280)	3 strokes	Bobby Clampett, Ian Woosnam
6	17 Apr 1983	Tunisian Open	−4 (74-69-69-72=284)	2 strokes	Gordon J. Brand, Gordon Brand Jnr, Tom Sieckmann
7	19 May 1985	GSI L'Equipe Open	−16 (68-67-71-66=272)	3 strokes	Carl Mason
8	17 Aug 1986	Benson & Hedges International Open	−14 (65-70-69-70=274)	Playoff	Hugh Baiocchi, Lee Trevino
9	15 May 1988	Peugeot Open de Espana	−18 (63-68-63-68=262)	3 strokes	Nick Faldo
10	5 Mar 1989	Karl Litten Desert Classic	−11 (69-68-72-68=277)	Playoff	Peter O'Malley
11	27 Mar 1989	AGF Open	−11 (69-67-69-72=277)	3 strokes	Mark Mouland
12	18 Jun 1989	NM English Open	−9 (72-70-69-68=279)	1 stroke	Eamonn Darcy, Craig Parry, Sam Torrance
13	3 Jun 1990	Dunhill British Masters	−18 (70-67-66-67=270)	2 strokes	David Feherty
14	19 Aug 1990	NM English Open	−4 (76-68-65-75=284)	Playoff	Sam Torrance
15	17 Jan 1993	Madeira Island Open	−7 (71-69-70-71=281)	3 strokes	Gordon J. Brand, Paul Broadhurst
16	14 Feb 1993	Turespana Iberia Open de Canarias	−13 (71-69-69-66=275)	6 strokes	De Wet Basson
17	12 Mar 1995	Moroccan Open	−13 (70-70-70-65=275)	1 stroke	David Gilford
18	27 Apr 1997	Peugeot Open de Espana	−11 (67-68-73-69=277)	Playoff	Greg Norman

Other wins (5)

1977 Lusaka Open (Africa)
1981 São Paulo Open (South America)
1980 Euro Masters Invitational (Italy – not a European Tour event)
1983 Euro Masters Invitational (Italy – not a European Tour event)
1988 South African TPC
2011 Gary Player Invitational (with George Coetzee)

Champions Tour wins (3)

Legend
Champions Tour major championships (1)
Other Champions Tour (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	11 Jul 2004	Ford Senior Players Championship	−13 (68-67-67-73=275)	1 stroke	José Maria Cañizares
2	20 Feb 2005	The ACE Group Classic	−13 (69-68-66=203)	2 strokes	Tom Wargo, Hale Irwin
3	11 Feb 2007	Allianz Championship	−15 (64-69-68=201)	2 strokes	Jay Haas

European Senior Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	4 Sep 2005	Bovis Lend Lease European Senior Masters	−9 (70-71-66=207)	Playoff	Sam Torrance
2	10 May 2009	Son Gual Mallorca Senior Open	−10 (70-70-66=206)	Playoff	Eamonn Darcy

Other senior wins (2)

2011 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf - Raphael Division (with Des Smyth)
2012 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf - Raphael Division (with Des Smyth)

Results in major championships

Tournament	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT	DNP	DNP	T5	CUT	CUT	4
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Masters Tournament	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	T45	T3	T51	T29	T44	T20	T35	CUT	T63	T13
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	T31	T26	CUT	T27	T4	T8	T22	T20	T18	T43	CUT
PGA Championship	CUT	DNP	T40	CUT	CUT	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	T31	DNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Yellow background for top-10

Summary

Tournament	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	0	0	0	1	0
U.S. Open	0	0	0	0	2	0
The Open Championship	1	4	5	10	26	20
PGA Championship	0	0	0	0	6	2
Totals	1	4	5	10	35	22

Most consecutive cuts made – 7 (1980 Open Championship – 1986 Open Championship)
Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (five times)

Champions Tour major championships

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	Winning score	Margin	Runner-up
2004	Ford Senior Players Championship	−13 (68-67-67-73=275)	1 stroke	José Maria Cañizares

Results timeline

Results not in chronological order before 2014.

Tournament	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
The Tradition	T19	4	T4	DNP	DNP	T41	T50	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Senior PGA Championship	T4	T10	CUT	T33	T62	T9	T56	CUT	T56	CUT	DNP	DNP
Senior Players Championship	1	T49	T11	DNP	DNP	T22	T11	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Senior Open	T15	T54	T14	T47	T29	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Senior British Open Championship	4	T12	T15	T61	T16	T43	T20	T72	T53	47	CUT	CUT

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

Team appearances

Amateur

Walker Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1975

Professional

Hennessy Cognac Cup (representing Great Britain and Ireland): 1976 (winners), 1978 (winners), 1980 (winners), 1982 (winners & individual winner), (representing England) 1984 (winners)
Ryder Cup (representing Great Britain and Ireland/Europe): 1977, 1979, 1981, 1989 (tied and retained cup), 1991, 1993, 1995 (winners), 1999 (non-playing captain)
World Cup (representing England): 1978, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1997, 1999
Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing England): 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999
Four Tours World Championship (representing Europe): 1988, 1989, 1990

References

External links

Mark James at the European Tour official site
Mark James at the PGA Tour official site

Senior Players Championship champions

1983 Miller Barber 1984 Arnold Palmer 1985 Arnold Palmer 1986 Chi-Chi Rodríguez 1987 Gary Player 1988 Billy Casper 1989 Orville Moody 1990 Jack Nicklaus 1991 Jim Albus 1992 Dave Stockton 1993 Jim Colbert 1994 Dave Stockton 1995 J. C. Snead† 1996 Raymond Floyd 1997 Larry Gilbert 1998 Gil Morgan 1999 Hale Irwin 2000 Raymond Floyd 2001 Allen Doyle† 2002 Stewart Ginn 2003 Craig Stadler 2004 Mark James 2005 Peter Jacobsen 2006 Bobby Wadkins 2007 Loren Roberts 2008 D. A. Weibring 2009 Jay Haas 2010 Mark O'Meara† 2011 Fred Couples† 2012 Joe Daley 2013 Kenny Perry 2014 Bernhard Langer 2015 Bernhard Langer 2016 Bernhard Langer

† indicates the event was won in a playoff

Sir Henry Cotton Rookies of the Year

1960 Tommy Goodwin
1961 Alex Caygill
1962 No award
1963 Tony Jacklin
1964 No award
1965 No award
1966 Robin Liddle
1967 No award
1968 Bernard Gallacher
1969 Peter Oosterhuis
1970 Stuart Brown
1971 David Llewellyn
1972 Sam Torrance
1973 Pip Elson
1974 Carl Mason
1975 No award
1976 Mark James
1977 Nick Faldo
1978 Sandy Lyle
1979 Mike Miller
1980 Paul Hoad
1981 Jeremy Bennett
1982 Gordon Brand, Jnr
1983 Grant Turner
1984 Philip Parkin
1985 Paul Thomas
1986 José María Olazábal
1987 Peter Baker
1988 Colin Montgomerie
1989 Paul Broadhurst
1990 Russell Claydon
1991 Per-Ulrik Johansson
1992 Jim Payne
1993 Gary Orr
1994 Jonathan Lomas
1995 Jarmo Sandelin
1996 Thomas Bjørn
1997 Scott Henderson
1998 Olivier Edmond
1999 Sergio García
2000 Ian Poulter
2001 Paul Casey
2002 Nick Dougherty
2003 Peter Lawrie
2004 Scott Drummond
2005 Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño
2006 Marc Warren
2007 Martin Kaymer
2008 Pablo Larrazábal
2009 Chris Wood
2010 Matteo Manassero
2011 Tom Lewis
2012 Ricardo Santos
2013 Peter Uihlein
2014 Brooks Koepka
2015 An Byeong-hun
2016 Wang Jeung-hun

Mark James in the Ryder Cup

European Ryder Cup captains

Great Britain

Great Britain & Ireland

Europe

Great Britain and Ireland Ryder Cup team – 1977

Brian Barnes Ken Brown Howard Clark Neil Coles Eamonn Darcy Peter Dawson Nick Faldo Bernard Gallacher Tommy Horton Tony Jacklin Mark James Peter Oosterhuis Brian Huggett (non-playing captain)

Lost: 7.5 – 12.5

European Ryder Cup team – 1979

Seve Ballesteros Brian Barnes Ken Brown Nick Faldo Bernard Gallacher Antonio Garrido Tony Jacklin Mark James Michael King Sandy Lyle Peter Oosterhuis Des Smyth John Jacobs (non-playing captain)

Lost: 11 – 17

European Ryder Cup team – 1981

José Maria Cañizares Howard Clark Eamonn Darcy Nick Faldo Bernard Gallacher Mark James Bernhard Langer Sandy Lyle Peter Oosterhuis Manuel Piñero Des Smyth Sam Torrance John Jacobs (non-playing captain)

Lost: 9.5 – 18.5

European Ryder Cup team – 1989

Seve Ballesteros Gordon Brand, Jnr José Maria Cañizares Howard Clark Nick Faldo Mark James Bernhard Langer Christy O'Connor Jnr José María Olazábal Ronan Rafferty Sam Torrance Ian Woosnam Tony Jacklin (non-playing captain)

Tied: 14 – 14

European Ryder Cup team – 1991

Seve Ballesteros Paul Broadhurst Nick Faldo David Feherty David Gilford Mark James Bernhard Langer Colin Montgomerie José María Olazábal Steven Richardson Sam Torrance Ian Woosnam Bernard Gallacher (non-playing captain)

Lost: 13.5 – 14.5

European Ryder Cup team – 1993

Peter Baker Seve Ballesteros Nick Faldo Joakim Haeggman Mark James Barry Lane Bernhard Langer Colin Montgomerie José María Olazábal Costantino Rocca Sam Torrance Ian Woosnam Bernard Gallacher (non-playing captain)

Lost: 13 – 15

European Ryder Cup team – 1995

Seve Ballesteros Howard Clark Nick Faldo David Gilford Mark James Per-Ulrik Johansson Bernhard Langer Colin Montgomerie Costantino Rocca Sam Torrance Philip Walton Ian Woosnam Bernard Gallacher (non-playing captain)

Won: 14.5 – 13.5

European Ryder Cup team – 1999

Darren Clarke Andrew Coltart Sergio García Pádraig Harrington Miguel Ángel Jiménez Paul Lawrie Colin Montgomerie José María Olazábal Jesper Parnevik Jarmo Sandelin Jean van de Velde Lee Westwood Mark James (non-playing captain)

Lost: 13.5 – 14.5

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