Herman Barron

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| birth_place = Port Chester, New York

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| death_place = Pompano Beach, Florida

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| usopen = T4: 1946

| open = CUT: 1963

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Herman Barron (December 23, 1909 – June 11, 1978) was an American professional golfer best known for being the first Jewish golfer to win a PGA Tour event.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5t5GAAAAMAAJ&q=%22aaron+krickstein%22+Jewish |title=American Jewish desk reference |publisher=Random House |year=1999 |author= American Jewish Historical Society|isbn=9780375402432 |accessdate=March 20, 2011}}

Biography

Barron was born in Port Chester, New York. He was one of barely a dozen professional golfers who earned their living as touring professionals in the 1930s and 1940s. His first professional win came at the 1934 Philadelphia Open Championship. On February 8, 1942, Barron became the first Jewish golfer to win an official PGA Tour event by winning the Western Open by two strokes over Henry Picard at Phoenix Golf Club in Phoenix, Arizona.

Barron was consistently among the Tour's top money winners. His best year came in 1946. In June he won the Philadelphia Inquirer Open, finished tied for fourth in the U.S. Open the following week, and in late July won the All American Open at the Tam O'Shanter Golf Course in Chicago.{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/HermanBarron.htm|title=Biographical information from International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame}}

Barron played on America's victorious 1947 Ryder Cup team, but was soon forced into retiring as a touring professional due to failing health. For the next 15 years, he held the position of teaching pro at the Fenway Golf Club in Westchester County, New York.

Barron returned to the touring circuit in the early 1960s and won the 1963 Senior PGA Championship.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iG5AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=i6MMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1796%2C1135192 |title=Senior title for Barron |first=Cyril |last=Horne |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=8 July 1963 |page=4}}

Barron continued to work as a teaching pro until his death in Pompano Beach, Florida at the age of 68. He played a large role in the development of Israel's first golf course, in Caesarea. He is enshrined in the Westchester Hall of Fame, in the PGA Metropolitan Section Hall of Fame in New York, and in the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.{{cite web|title=History of Fenway Golf Club|url=http://www.fenwaygolfclub.com/Default.aspx?p=DynamicModule&pageid=277974&ssid=151829&vnf=1}}

Professional wins (14)

=PGA Tour wins (4)=

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!No.!!Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!Margin of
victory!!Runner-up!!Ref

align=center|1

|Feb 8, 1942

|Western Open

|−8 (69-69-71-67=276)

|2 strokes

|{{flagicon|USA}} Henry Picard

|{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zTsbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=50wEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6494%2C5672349 |newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press |agency=United Press |title=Barron 'Hot', Wins Golf |date=June 10, 1946 |page=19}}

align=center|2

|Jun 10, 1946

|Philadelphia Inquirer Open

|−3 (72-68-68-69=277)

|Playoff

|{{flagicon|USA}} Lew Worsham

|{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TPUaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xUwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3067%2C1878949 |newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press |agency=United Press |title=Two in Playoff For Golf Prize |date=June 10, 1946 |page=18}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TfUaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xUwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3027%2C2163766 |newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press |agency=United Press |title=Barron Is Victor Of Golf Play Off |date=June 11, 1946 |page=23}}

align=center|3

|Jul 28, 1946

|All American Open

|−8 (68-71-69-72=280)

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|USA}} Ellsworth Vines

|{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rPUaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=y0wEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5324%2C3342905 |newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press |agency=United Press |title=Barron Captures Rich Golf Prize |date=July 29, 1946 |page=18}}

align=center|4

|May 9, 1948

|Goodall Round Robin

| +38 points

|6 points

|{{flagicon|ZAF|1928}} Bobby Locke

|{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EXdHAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sf4MAAAAIBAJ&pg=1015,3575991&dq=round+robin+barron&hl=en |title=Barron Noses Out Locke In Goodall Round Robin |newspaper=Meriden Record |location=Meriden, Connecticut |agency=AP |page=11 |date=May 10, 1948 |accessdate=September 16, 2011 }}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9M4pAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-P8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2792,3103967&dq=round+robin+barron&hl=en |title=Herman Barron Captures Goodall Open With 38 Plus |newspaper=Toledo Blade |location=Toledo, Ohio |agency=AP |page=22 |date=May 10, 1948 |accessdate=September 16, 2011 }}

=Other wins (8)=

1934 Philadelphia Open Championship
1937 Metropolitan PGA
1938 Westchester PGA Championship
1941 Westchester PGA Championship
1943 Westchester PGA Championship
1951 Westchester PGA Championship
1954 Westchester Open
1955 Westchester PGA Championship

=Senior wins (2)=

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!No.!!Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!Margin of
victory!!Runner-up

align=center|1

|Feb 3, 1963

|PGA Seniors' Championship

|−16 (67-67-69-69=272)

|2 strokes

|{{flagicon|USA}} John Barnum

align=center|2

|Jul 7, 1963

|World Senior Championship

|align=center colspan=2|3 & 2

|{{flagicon|ENG}} George Evans

Results in major championships

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!Tournament

!1929

!1930

!1931

!1932

!1933

!1934

!1935

!1936

!1937

!1938

!1939

align=left|Masters Tournament

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|NYF

|WD

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|WD

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align=left|U.S. Open

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|T28

|T15

|T31

|T13

|T23

|T14

|T11

|CUT

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align=left|The Open Championship

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align=left|PGA Championship

|style="background:yellow;"|R16

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|style="background:yellow;"|QF

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|R32

|R64

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|R32

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"

!Tournament

!1940

!1941

!1942

!1943

!1944

!1945

!1946

!1947

!1948

!1949

align=left|Masters Tournament

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|T36

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT

|T25

|T17

|T25

|T13

align=left|U.S. Open

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|style="background:yellow;"|T5

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT

|style="background:yellow;"|T4

|T27

|style="background:yellow;"|7

|T27

align=left|The Open Championship

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

align=left|PGA Championship

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|style="background:yellow;"|R16

|R32

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|style="background:yellow;"|R16

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!Tournament

!1950

!1951

!1952

!1953

!1954

!1955

!1956

!1957

!1958

!1959

align=left|Masters Tournament

|T46

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

align=left|U.S. Open

|CUT

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|CUT

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|T50

|CUT

align=left|The Open Championship

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align=left|PGA Championship

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|T35

|CUT

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!Tournament

!1960

!1961

!1962

!1963

align=left|Masters Tournament

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align=left|U.S. Open

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align=left|The Open Championship

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|CUT

align=left|PGA Championship

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|CUT

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NYF = tournament not yet founded

NT = no tournament

WD = withdrew

CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1959 PGA Championship)

R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = round in which player lost in PGA Championship match play

"T" indicates a tie for a place

References

Category:American male golfers

Category:PGA Tour golfers

Category:Ryder Cup competitors for the United States

Category:Jewish American golfers

Category:Jews from New York (state)

Category:Sportspeople from Port Chester, New York

Category:Golfers from Westchester County, New York

Category:Sportspeople from Pompano Beach, Florida

Category:1909 births

Category:1978 deaths

Category:20th-century American Jews

Herman Barron

Biography

Professional wins (14)

=PGA Tour wins (4)=

=Other wins (8)=

=Senior wins (2)=

Results in major championships

See also

References