Brian Barnes
Summary
Near misses
Ryder Cup
6 Cups, 25 matches: 10 won, 14 lost, 1 halved, 10.5 points. Foursomes 2-4-0, four-ball 3-5-1, singles 5-5-0.
- 1969 Royal Birkdale Golf Club GB · tied 16–16 · 0-3-0, 0 points · automatic
- 1971 Old Warson Country Club GB · USA won 18.5–13.5 · 2-1-0, 2 points · automatic
- 1973 Muirfield GB&I · USA won 19–13 · 2-4-0, 2 points · automatic
- 1975 Laurel Valley Golf Club GB&I · USA won 21–11 · 2-2-1, 2.5 points · automatic
- 1977 Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club GB&I · USA won 12.5–7.5 · 1-2-0, 1 point
- 1979 The Greenbrier (Greenbrier Course) Europe · USA won 17–11 · 3-2-0, 3 points · automatic
Rivals
Ryder Cup partners
Ryder Cup opponents
Next in the chain: Bernard Gallacher's rivals →
Moments
- 1975 Ryder Cup Brian Barnes beat Jack Nicklaus twice on the final day, 4 & 2 in the morning and 2 & 1 in the afternoon.
Results by championship
Best day
1979 Ryder Cup
The Greenbrier (Greenbrier Course) · USA won 17–11 · 3-2-0, 3 points
Chosen by rule: his best Ryder Cup by points. Year page: 1979.
Career line, 1968–1979
9 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.
- Top 10
- Ryder Cup, GB / Europe
Brian Barnes was born in 1945 in Addington, Surrey, England. Barnes played in 6 Ryder Cups for GB and GB&I and Europe (1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979), winning 10, losing 14 and halving 1 of 25 matches for 10.5 points.
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The record
Near misses
Top-10 finishes are listed for The Open, the one championship with a full top 10 every year.
Ryder Cup
Barnes played 6 Ryder Cups for GB and GB&I and Europe: 25 matches, 10 won, 14 lost, 1 halved, 10.5 points (42.0% of those available). By format: foursomes 2-4-0, four-ball 3-5-1, singles 5-5-0 (won-lost-halved).
- 1969 Royal Birkdale Golf Club GB · tied 16–16 · 0-3-0, 0 points · automatic
- 1971 Old Warson Country Club GB · USA won 18.5–13.5 · 2-1-0, 2 points · automatic
- 1973 Muirfield GB&I · USA won 19–13 · 2-4-0, 2 points · automatic
- 1975 Laurel Valley Golf Club GB&I · USA won 21–11 · 2-2-1, 2.5 points · automatic
- 1977 Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club GB&I · USA won 12.5–7.5 · 1-2-0, 1 point
- 1979 The Greenbrier (Greenbrier Course) Europe · USA won 17–11 · 3-2-0, 3 points · automatic
Partners, with matches played together: Bernard Gallacher (10), Peter Butler (2), Peter Alliss (1), Christy O'Connor Snr (1), Tommy Horton (1).
Sources
Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.