Jim Payne (golfer)

Jim Payne
Jim Payne
Personal information
Full name	James Robert Payne
Born	17 April 1970 (age 54); Louth, Lincolnshire
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Sporting nationality	England
Spouse	Jinnie Payne (m. 1998)
Career
Turned professional	1991
Former tour(s)	European Tour
Professional wins	3
Highest ranking	96 (20 June 1993)
Number of wins by tour
European Tour	2
Other	1
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	T38: 1991
Achievements and awards
Sir Henry Cotton; Rookie of the Year
Sir Henry Cotton; Rookie of the Year	1992

James Robert Payne (born 17 April 1970) is an English professional golfer.

Payne was born in Louth, Lincolnshire. He had a promising career as a tournament golfer which petered out by his early thirties, partly due to injury problems which had required him to undergo a spinal fusion operation at the age of 24. As an amateur he won the 1991 European Amateur and the British Youths Open Amateur Championship. He played with Jack Nicklaus in the final round of the 1991 Open Championship at Royal Birkdale and finished as leading amateur. He turned professional after playing in the Walker Cup later that year.^[2]

In 1992 Payne was Rookie of the Year on the European Tour. He won two European Tour events, the 1993 Turespana Iberia Open de Baleares and the 1996 Italian Open. His last season on the European Tour was 2000. In 2003 he took a position as club professional at Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club, a two time venue of the Ryder Cup.

Amateur wins

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	14 Mar 1993	Turespaña Iberia Open de Baleares	−11 (73-66-71-67=277)	Playoff	Anders Gillner
2	5 May 1996	Conte of Florence Italian Open	−9 (70-71-67-67=275)	1 stroke	Patrik Sjöland

European Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1993	Turespaña Iberia Open de Baleares	Anders Gillner	Won with par on first extra hole

Tournament	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
The Open Championship	T38 LA	CUT				T56	T48									CUT

Note: Payne only played in The Open Championship.

Did not play

LA = Low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Amateur

Professional

^ "Week 25 1993 Ending 20 Jun 1993" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
^ Glover, Tim (14 January 1993). "High flyer answers his angels' prayers". London: The Independent. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2009.