Jim Ferree

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| name = Jim Ferree

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| fullname = Purvis Jennings Ferree

| nickname = Jim

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1931|6|10}}

| birth_place = Pinebluff, North Carolina, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|03|14|1931|6|10}}

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| nationality = {{USA}}

| residence = Hilton Head, South Carolina, U.S.

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| college = North Carolina

| yearpro = 1955

| extour = PGA Tour
Senior PGA Tour

| prowins = 19

| pgawins = 1

| champwins = 2

| otherwins = 12 (regular)
4 (senior)

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| masters = DNP

| usopen = T17: 1957

| open = DNP

| pga = T28: 1964

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| award1 = Senior PGA Tour
Comeback Player of the Year

| year1 = 1993

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Purvis Jennings "Jim" Ferree (June 10, 1931 – March 14, 2023) was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Senior PGA Tour.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZagcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=E2IEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7141%2C609147 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Press |last=Kienzl |first=Ray |title=Ferree finds new career begins at 50 |date=July 3, 1989 |page=D-9 }}

Born in Pinebluff, North Carolina, Ferree grew up in Winston-Salem and graduated from Richard J. Reynolds High School. He learned the game of golf from his father, Purvis, long-time pro at Winston-Salem's Old Town Golf Club.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TzseAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ur4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6959%2C1793046 |newspaper=The Dispatch |location=Lexington, North Carolina |title=Purvis Ferree senior pro-am set for Lexington |date=May 13, 1989 |page=13}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UjseAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ur4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=1324%2C2289431 |newspaper=The Dispatch |location=Lexington, North Carolina |agency=(photo) |last=Wehrle |first=Bruce |title=Ferree honored |date=May 19, 1989 |page=11}} Ferree played college golf at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.{{cite web|title=Super Senior Jim Ferree Reminices at Last Year's Vantage |url=http://triadgolf.com/sep-oct/0996vant.htm |author=Ulrich, Max |publisher=Triad Golf Today |accessdate=2007-11-02 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071107150900/http://www.triadgolf.com/sep-oct/0996vant.htm |archivedate=2007-11-07 |url-status=dead }} Following service in the U.S. Army, he turned professional in late 1955.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bfkcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1JkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6267%2C6251051 |newspaper=Tuscaloosa News |location=Alabama |agency=Associated Press |title=Jim Ferree bids fair to become big golf name |date=December 17, 1955 |page=10 }}

Ferree had one PGA Tour win during his regular career years. He was regarded as one of the very best in the game in the tee-to-green ball-striking phase of the game, but putting was always his weakness. He spent most of his thirties and forties as the director of golf at Long Cove Club in Hilton Head, South Carolina.{{cite web | title=Ferree Is At Home At Long Cove Club | url=http://www.uswmidam.org/2003/results/Ferree_story.html | accessdate=2007-11-02}}

Ferree was later a club pro and joined the Senior PGA Tour at age fifty in 1981. He was chosen by PGA Commissioner Deane Beman to be the model for the knickers-wearing player on the Senior Tour's logo.{{cite magazine | title=My shot | last=Ferree |first=Jim | date=September 2, 1999 | magazine=Sports Illustrated | url=https://www.si.com/vault/1999/09/27/8110783/my-shot-my-life-as-a-logo-on-the-senior-tour-requires-that-i-do-only-one-thing-dress-for-the-part-senior-pga-tour |page=G18}}{{cite news |url=http://discoversouthcarolina.com/articles/home-course-jim-ferree |publisher=Discover South Carolina |title=Home Course: Jim Ferree |accessdate=July 11, 2016}} He shares the Georgia-Pacific Grand Champions record for most victories (9) with two other golfers. He was the Senior PGA Tour's Comeback Player of the Year in 1993.

In 1991, he became the first golfer inducted into the University of North Carolina's Hall of Fame. He lived in Hilton Head, South Carolina with his wife, Karen, also a former champion golfer.

Ferree died on March 14, 2023, at the age of 91.{{cite web |url=https://goheels.com/news/2023/3/14/mens-golf-tar-heel-pga-golfer-jim-ferree-1931-2023.aspx |title=Tar Heel, PGA Golfer Jim Ferree (1931–2023) |website=goheels.com |first=Steve |last=Kirschner |date=March 14, 2023 |access-date=March 15, 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.pgatour.com/pgatour-champions/article/news/latest/2023/03/15/jim-ferree-two-time-pga-tour-champions-winner-dies-at-age-91 |title=Jim Ferree, two-time PGA Tour Champions winner, dies at age 91 |publisher=PGA Tour |date=March 14, 2023 |access-date=March 15, 2023}}