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177:(8 December 1922 – 22 August 2014) was a leading Australian professional golfer in the 1946–69 period. As a club professional he taught thousands of golfers and as a player he won 90 professional tournaments on the Australian golf circuit. Harris also served 6 years in the Australian Army during the Second World War.
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In mid-1950 Harris became club professional at
Keysborough Golf Club where he stayed for most of his tournament playing career. Bob Spencer later followed as Harris's assistant. Throughout his time at Keysborough he earned his living as a typical club pro (by teaching, running the pro shop etc.) and
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Harris became a junior PGA member before age 18, under professional Colin
Campbell at Long Island Golf Club in 1940. His professional golfing career was then put on hold for the next six years when he was enlisted in the Australian Army during the Second World War. He spent this time serving as a
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Harris was reacquainted with Colin
Campbell and Bob Spencer (Campbell's nephew) who were running a teaching school on top of the Manchester Unity Building in Melbourne CDB. Later they worked in Hartley's sports store on Flinders St. All of Harris's teaching and practice at this time was done by
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titles from 1950 to 1963 and the
Victorian PGA Championship trophy is named the "Jack Harris Cup" in his honour. He became a life member of PGA Australia (2001) in recognition of his distinguished services as a PGA member and his achievements in the golfing community. He also became an inaugural
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After his tournament playing days were over Harris also spent 13 years as the club and teaching professional at
Sorrento Golf Club on the Mornington Peninsula. Harris also continued as a teaching professional at his own school in St Kilda. He will also be remembered for his golf segment on the
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Even without overseas experience Harris recorded multiple tournaments wins against many golfers who were
Australian Open winners including three of whom were also major winners. He also played in tournaments with many top overseas golfers who visited Australia such as
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just like many of his contemporaries practice time to sharpen up his game for tournament play was very limited. Despite this, Harris, throughout the 1950s and early 1960s was still ranked in the top handful of
Australian golfers along with the likes of
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sapper (a soldier of the engineer corps) in Darwin and later on Labuan Island in Borneo. Harris was discharged from the army in 1946, aged 24, to resume a golfing career after missing a critical development period.
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1960 Yarra Yarra Easter Open, Victorian PGA Foursomes (with Bob
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hitting into nets off rubber mats. Harris won his first
Victorian PGA in 1950 at age 28 while he was still teaching golf at Hartley's sports store.
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1959 Mount Lofty, Amstel, Victorian PGA Foursomes (with Bob
Spencer), Woodlands Open, Yarrawonga Open, Green Acres Purse, Cranbourne Purse
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1956 Peter Scott Purse, Woodlands Open, South West Victorian Open, Liquor Industry Purse, Williamstown Purse, Latrobe Purse
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1957 Liquor Industry Purse, Woodend Open, Victorian PGA Foursomes (with Bob Spencer), Yarra Yarra Open, Chesterfield Purse
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1954 Albert Park Purse, Peter Scott Purse, Woodlands Open, Yarra Yarra Open, Williamstown Purse, Amstel Purse, Kew Purse
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The trophy for Victorian PGA winners was named the "Jack Harris Cup" to recognize his dominance in the event.
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1953 West Victorian Open, Woodlands Coronation, Victorian Open Provincial, Keysborough GC Purse
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1964 Woodlands Open, Van Cooth Celebrities, Liquor Industry Purse, Royal Melbourne Purse
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Varley Trophy winner for best annual scoring average on several occasions.
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1951 Penfold-Bromford Purse, Amstel Purse, Royal Canberra Fourball Purse
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Channel 7 TV World of Sport programme in the 1960s alongside AFL legend
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An inaugural inductee into the Victorian Golf Hall of Fame in 2011.
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inductee into the Victorian Golf Hall of Fame (in 2011), alongside
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1949 Victoria Purse, Victorian PGA Foursomes (with Colin Campbell)
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749:"Bunker Didn't Stop Jack Harris on Winning Run Home"
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767:"Harris Takes Close Golf Crown With Record 68"
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473:1963 NSW/Vic Border Open, Victoria GC Pro-am
332:Life Member of PGA Australia (October 2001).
695:"Nagle Breaks Records To Lead Golf Tourney"
659:"Cellarbrations Victorian PGA Championship"
623:"Half-way Leader Fight For Open Golf Title"
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837:Australian Army personnel of World War II
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479:1965 Woodlands Open, Keysborough Purse
341:Australian International Squad member.
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320:Harris died aged 91 in August 2014.
713:"Vale: PGA Life Member Jack Harris"
641:"Cremin, Harris in Victorian Title"
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842:Military personnel from Melbourne
677:"Swinbourne and Phillips 2 under"
409:this list may still be incomplete
92:1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
715:. 22 August 2014. Archived from
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862:Sportsmen from Victoria (state)
847:People from Footscray, Victoria
661:. PGA Australia. Archived from
527:. PGA Australia. Archived from
364:Adelaide Advertiser Tournament
351:PGA Tour of Australia wins (8)
189:, Burtta Cheney, Doug Bachli,
16:Australian professional golfer
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773:. Melbourne. 20 October 1952.
647:. Adelaide. 19 November 1949.
569:"Harris Equals Course Record"
525:"Victoria Celebrates Legends"
785:"Harris Wins Penfolds Purse"
587:"Congratulations for Winner"
469:Victorian Close Championship
462:Victorian Close Championship
431:Victorian Close Championship
611:. Melbourne. 19 March 1955.
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731:"Golfer to meet Americans"
605:"Top Pros, at Wattle Park"
398:Victorian PGA Championship
392:Victorian PGA Championship
382:Victorian PGA Championship
376:Victorian PGA Championship
370:Victorian PGA Championship
358:Victorian PGA Championship
182:Victorian PGA Championship
511:"PGA Australia Facebook"
180:Harris won a record six
61:West Footscray, Victoria
827:Australian male golfers
789:The Advertiser Adelaide
573:Illawarra Daily Mercury
157:PGA Tour of Australasia
832:Golfers from Melbourne
460:1961 Henderson Purse,
346:Professional wins (90)
152:Number of wins by tour
803:"Vic. Golf to Harris"
737:. 30 September 1952.
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98:Sporting nationality
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701:. 28 November 1957.
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593:. 22 November 1954.
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133:Turned professional
807:The Canberra Times
699:The Canberra Times
683:. 26 October 1962.
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307:Sewsunker Sewgolum
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175:John Bruce Harris
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857:2014 deaths
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591:The Mercury
303:Jimmy Adams
271:Bobby Locke
267:Gary Player
231:Eric Cremin
215:Jim Ferrier
195:Bob Shearer
191:Ivo Whitton
82:, Australia
63:, Australia
25:Jack Harris
821:Categories
497:References
404:Other wins
54:1922-12-08
771:The Argus
609:The Argus
279:Ed Oliver
275:Ed Furgol
255:Sam Snead
219:Kel Nagle
111:Australia
80:Melbourne
37:Full name
753:The Mail
287:Dai Rees
553:14 July
548:The Age
324:Honours
305:, and
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