Biography of Miller Barber -

Miller Barber (born March 31, 1931 Shreveport,
Louisiana) was an United States of
America|American professional golfer who enjoyed
significant success on the PGA Tour in the 1960s
and 1970s and a greater degree of success on the
Senior PGA Tour (now the Champions Tour) in the
1980s.

==Career==

Barber graduated from the University of Arkansas
in 1954, turned professional four years later, and
won his first PGA Tour event in 1964. He notched
up eleven tour wins in total, but did not win a
major championship.

Barber became eligible to play on the Senior PGA
Tour around a year after is was founded. He was
one of the dominant players on the tour throughout
the 1980s, competing on even terms with players
who had had much more distinguished earlier
careers such as Lee Trevino and Arnold Palmer. His
twenty four wins on the Tour included five senior
majors, three of them U.S. Senior Opens. 

==PGA Tour wins==

*1964  Cajun Classic Open Invitational  
*1967  Oklahoma City Open Invitational  
*1968  Byron Nelson Golf Classic
*1969  Kaiser International Open Invitational  
*1970  Greater New Orleans Open Invitational  
*1971  Phoenix Open Invitational  
*1972  Dean Martin Tucson Open  
*1973  World Open Golf Championship  
*1974  Ohio Kings Island Open 
*1977  Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic  
*1978  Phoenix Open

==Champions Tour wins==

*1981  Peter Jackson Champions, Suntree Seniors
Classic, Senior PGA Championship  
*1982  U.S. Senior Open, Suntree Seniors Classic,
Hilton Head Seniors International  
*1983  Senior Players Championship, Merrill
Lynch/Golf Digest Pro-Am, United Virginia Bank
Seniors, Hilton Head Seniors International  
*1984  Roy Clark Challenge, U.S. Senior Open,
Greater Syracuse Senior Classic, Denver Post
Champions of Golf  
*1985  Sunrise Senior Classic,  U.S. Senior Open, 
PaineWebber World Seniors Invitational  
*1986  MONY Senior Tournament of Champions  
*1987  Showdown Classic, Newport Cup  
*1988  Showdown Classic, Fairfield-Barnett Space
Coast Classic
*1989  MONY Senior Tournament of Champions,
Vintage Chrysler Invitational 

Senior majors are shown in bold.

==See also==
*Golfers with 20 Champions Tour wins
*Golfers with most Champions Tour major
championship wins

==External link==
*http://www.pgatour.com/players/bio/149768 Profile
on the PGA Tours official site

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Biography of Miller Barber -