Kurt Barnes

{{short description|Australian professional golfer}} {{Use Australian English|date=February 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}} {{Infobox golfer | name = Kurt Barnes | image = | imagesize =  | caption = | fullname = | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|5|25|df=y}} | birth_place = Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia | death_date =  | death_place = | height = {{height|m=1.83|precision=0}} | weight =  | nationality = {{AUS}} | residence = Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia | spouse = | partner = | children = | college = | yearpro = 2003 | tour = | extour = Japan Golf Tour PGA Tour of Australasia OneAsia Tour Von Nida Tour Omega China Tour | prowins = 6 | pgawins =  | eurowins =  | japwins = 1 | asiawins =  | sunwins =  | auswins =  | nwidewins =  | chalwins =  | champwins =  | seneurowins =  | otherwins = 5 | majorwins =  | masters = DNP | usopen = CUT: 2015 | open = CUT: 2010, 2011 | pga = DNP | wghofid =  | wghofyear =  | award1 = Omega China Tour Order of Merit winner | year1 = 2009 | award2 = | year2 = | awardssection =  }} '''Kurt Barnes''' (born 25 May 1981) is an Australian professional golfer.

== Early life and amateur career == Barnes was born in Muswellbrook, New South Wales. He had a successful amateur career which included victories in the 2002 Australian Amateur, the 2003 Riversdale Cup, which he won with a record 22 under par total, and the 2003 New Zealand Amateur Stroke Play Championship.

== Professional career == In 2003, Barnes turned professional. Shortly thereafter, he joined the PGA Tour of Australasia.

In 2009, Barnes became the first Australian to win on the Omega China Tour, when he claimed victory in the Sofitel Zhongshan IGC Open.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-04/26/content_11261844.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090428110917/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-04/26/content_11261844.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 April 2009 |title="Awesome" Barnes wins Sofitel Zhongshan IGC Open |agency=Xinhua News Agency|date=26 April 2009 |accessdate=2010-07-07}}</ref> He went on to head that tour's Order of Merit that season. He then qualified for the Japan Golf Tour by finishing first at that tour's qualifying school.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iseekgolf.com/news/39187-kurt-barnes-turning-japanese |title=Kurt Barnes: Turning Japanese |first=Anthony |last=Powter |work=iseekgolf.com |date=1 February 2010 |accessdate=2010-07-07}}</ref>

==Amateur wins== *2002 New South Wales Medal (tied with Adam Groom), Australian Amateur *2003 Riversdale Cup, New Zealand Amateur Stroke Play Championship

==Professional wins (6)== ===Japan Golf Tour wins (1)=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No. !Date !Tournament !Winning score !Margin of victory !Runners-up |- |align=center|1 |align=right|18 Sep 2011 |ANA Open |−13 (71-66-67-71=275) |1 stroke |{{flagicon|JPN}} Tomohiro Kondo, {{flagicon|JPN}} Shingo Katayama, {{flagicon|JPN}} Koumei Oda |}

===OneAsia Tour wins (1)=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No. !Date !Tournament !Winning score !Margin of victory !Runner-up |- |align=center|1 |align=right|22 May 2011 |SK Telecom Open1 |−14 (71-64-67=202){{efn|name=weather|Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.}} |1 stroke |{{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Kyung-tae |} 1Co-sanctioned by the Korean Tour

===Von Nida Tour wins (2)=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No. !Date !Tournament !Winning score !Margin of victory !Runner-up |- |align=center|1 |align=right|14 Nov 2004 |Toyota Queensland PGA Championship |−29 (66-64-64-65=259) |1 stroke |{{flagicon|AUS}} Gary Simpson |- |align=center|2 |align=right|30 Jan 2005 |Mitsubishi Motors Victorian Open |−12 (65-68-71=204) |Playoff |{{flagicon|AUS}} Nathan Green |}

===Omega China Tour wins (1)=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No. !Date !Tournament !Winning score !Margin of victory !Runner-up |- |align=center|1 |align=right|26 Apr 2009 |Sofitel Zhongshan Open |−4 (69-70-73-72=284) |1 stroke |{{flagicon|THA}} Wisut Artjanawat |}

===Other wins (1)=== *2005 Meriton Sydney Invitational

==Results in major championships== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;" !Tournament !2010 !! 2011 !! 2012 !! 2013 !! 2014 !! 2015 |- |align=left|Masters Tournament |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |- |align=left|U.S. Open |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |- |align=left|The Open Championship |CUT |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |- |align=left|PGA Championship |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |} {{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}} CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied

==Team appearances== '''Amateur''' *Australian Men's Interstate Teams Matches (representing New South Wales): 2002 (winners), 2003

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==External links== *{{official website|http://www.kurtbarnes.com.au/}} *{{AustralasiaTour player|003479}} *{{JapanTour player|15661}} *{{OWGR|7701}} * [http://www.golf.org.au/default.aspx?s=proplayersdisplay&id=73127 Kurt Barnes player profile, Golf Australia]

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