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José Jurado

Argentina · born · died

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Summary

  • Best major finish runner-up, 1931 Open
  • Open top 10s 1926 (T8), 1928 (T6)

Near misses

  1. 1926 The Open Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club · finished T8 · 303
  2. 1928 The Open Royal St George's Golf Club · finished T6 · 301
  3. 1931 The Open Carnoustie Golf Links (Championship Course) · runner-up to Tommy Armour · 297

Rivals

Beat him

Next in the chain: Tommy Armour's rivals →

Results by championship

    Best day

    1931 The Open

    Runner-up to Tommy Armour · 297.

    Chosen by rule: the most recent of the best major finishes. Year page: 1931.

    Career line, 1926–1931

    3 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.

    • Runner-up
    • Top 10

    José Jurado was born in 1899. Jurado's best major finish was second, at the 1931 Open.

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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.

    1. 1926 The Open Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club · finished T8 · 303
    2. 1928 The Open Royal St George's Golf Club · finished T6 · 301
    3. 1931 The Open Carnoustie Golf Links (Championship Course) · runner-up to Tommy Armour · 297

    Profile

    Researched for this card in October 2026; each line names the page it comes from.

    Status

    Beyond our rooms

    • 1920 Argentine Open winner
    • 1921 Argentine PGA Championship winner
    • 1922 Argentine PGA Championship winner
    • 1924 Argentine Open winner
    • 1924 South Open winner
    • 1925 Argentine Open winner
    • 1925 Argentine PGA Championship winner
    • 1925 South Open winner
    • 1927 Argentine Open winner
    • 1927 Argentine PGA Championship winner

    Source: Wikipedia: José Jurado

    Known for

    • Argentine professional golfer, often credited as the father of Argentine professional golf; runner-up to Tommy Armour in the 1931 Open Championship. Wikipedia

    Sources

    Elsewhere: Wikipedia · Wikidata.

    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. Wikipedia: José Jurado
    2. Wikidata: Q6292636
    3. R&A 1926
    4. R&A 1928