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Jim Ferrier

Australia · born , Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · died

1major championship

Summary

  • First major 1947 PGA Championship
  • Runner-up in majors 2 times

Wins

  1. 1947 PGA Championship Plum Hollow Country Club · won the final 2 & 1 against Chick Harbert

Near misses

  1. 1936 The Amateur Championship St Andrews Links · runner-up to Hector Thomson · 2 up
  2. 1950 The Masters Augusta National Golf Club · runner-up to Jimmy Demaret · 285
  3. 1960 PGA Championship Firestone Country Club (South Course) · runner-up to Jay Hebert · 282

Rivals

Beat him

Beaten in finals and playoffs

Next in the chain: Jimmy Demaret's rivals →

Moments

  1. 1947 PGA Championship Ferrier routed Art Bell 10 & 9 in the 36-hole semifinal.
  2. 1947 PGA Championship In the final against Michigan favourite Harbert, crowds were so partisan that Ferrier hired two off-duty police officers for crowd control.

Records and firsts

  1. 1947 PGA Championship First PGA champion from: Australia

Results by championship

    Best day

    1947 PGA Championship

    Plum Hollow Country Club, Southfield, Michigan · won the final 2 & 1 against Chick Harbert

    Ferrier routed Art Bell 10 & 9 in the 36-hole semifinal.

    In the final against Michigan favourite Harbert, crowds were so partisan that Ferrier hired two off-duty police officers for crowd control.

    Record: Australia

    Chosen by rule: the major win our record tables single out. Year page: 1947.

    Career line, 1936–1960

    Masters
    1950 Masters: runner-up to Jimmy Demaret
    PGA Championship
    1947 PGA Championship: won1960 PGA Championship: runner-up to Jay Hebert
    The Amateur
    1936 The Amateur: runner-up
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    4 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.

    • Major win
    • Runner-up

    Jim Ferrier was born on February 24, 1915, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Ferrier won one major championship: the 1947 PGA Championship.

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    The record

    Wins in the majors (1)

    1. 1947 PGA Championship Plum Hollow Country Club, Southfield, Michigan · won the final 2 & 1 against Chick Harbert

    Near misses

    1. 1936 The Amateur Championship St Andrews Links · runner-up to Hector Thomson · 2 up
    2. 1950 The Masters Augusta National Golf Club · runner-up to Jimmy Demaret · 285
    3. 1960 PGA Championship Firestone Country Club (South Course) · runner-up to Jay Hebert · 282

    PGA Championship match play

    Every recorded match in our bracket file, 1916–1957: 18 won, 7 lost, including 1 of 1 finals.

    1. 1946 Round of 64 beat Sam Schneider 4 & 3
    2. 1946 Round of 32 beat Lawson Little 3 & 2
    3. 1946 Round of 16 lost to Jimmy Demaret 3 & 2
    4. 1947 Round of 64 beat Willie Goggin won on 19th hole
    5. 1947 Round of 32 beat Herman Barron 3 & 2
    6. 1947 Round of 16 beat Claude Harmon won on 37th hole
    7. 1947 Quarterfinal beat Lloyd Mangrum 4 & 3
    8. 1947 Semifinal beat Art Bell 10 & 9
    9. 1947 Final beat Chick Harbert 2 & 1
    10. 1948 Round of 64 beat Dutch Harrison won on 20th hole
    11. 1948 Round of 32 lost to Claude Harmon 1 up
    12. 1949 Round of 64 beat Andy LaPola 4 & 2
    13. 1949 Round of 32 beat Skip Alexander 1 up
    14. 1949 Round of 16 beat Marty Furgol 8 & 6
    15. 1949 Quarterfinal beat Clayton Heafner 3 & 2
    16. 1949 Semifinal lost to Sam Snead 3 & 2
    17. 1950 Round of 64 beat Frank Commisso 3 & 2
    18. 1950 Round of 32 lost to Elmer Reed 5 & 4
    19. 1951 Round of 64 beat Sam Bernardi 3 & 2
    20. 1951 Round of 32 beat Milon Marusic 3 & 2
    21. 1951 Round of 16 lost to Johnny Bulla 9 & 8
    22. 1952 Round of 64 beat Leonard Dodson won on 19th hole
    23. 1952 Round of 32 lost to Ray Honsberger 1 up
    24. 1953 Round of 64 beat Al Watrous 1 up
    25. 1953 Round of 32 lost to Ed Furgol 3 & 2

    Records and firsts

    Rows from our record tables that name this player, worded as the tables word them.

    1. 1947 PGA Championship First PGA champion from: Australia

    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.

    1. where2golf
    2. foremajorsgolf
    3. Golf Compendium PGA Tour career wins
    4. Golf Compendium winners list
    5. PGA of America winners & venues
    6. Golf Compendium 1947
    7. The Golf News Net history table (2026)
    8. Today's Golfer purse history
    9. PGA of America 2013 media guide, p. 85
    10. Golf Compendium 1946
    11. Golf Compendium 1949
    12. Golf Compendium 1951
    13. Golf Compendium 1953
    14. Wikipedia: The Amateur Championship
    15. golfbible.co.uk: amateur championship
    16. golfcompendium.com: british amateur championship winners