34-525: Jack Burke may refer to: Jack Burke Jr. (born 1923), American golfer Jack Burke Sr. (1888–1943), American golfer Jack Burke (boxer) (1875–1942), American boxer known for fighting the longest boxing match in history Jack Burke (footballer) (1918–2004), Australian footballer, who played for Hawthorn Jack Burke (cyclist) (born 1995), Canadian cyclist See also [ edit ] John Burke (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
68-750: A PGA Tour event from 1966 to 1971 , today's Shell Houston Open . As well, the club hosted the 1967 Ryder Cup , the 1969 U.S. Open , the 1993 U.S. Amateur , and the PGA Tour Championship in 1990, 1997, 1999, 2001, and 2003. Burke was the fifth recipient of the PGA Tour Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003, and was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2000. Burke shares his permanent locker at Augusta National Golf Club , home of The Masters, with Tiger Woods . Both kept their green jackets in
102-573: A member of the World Golf Hall of Fame . Burke won 16 PGA Tour events between 1950 and 1963. He won four times in 1950 and five times in 1952, including four in consecutive weeks in February and March. He had not won since 1953 when he won the 1956 Masters, coming from eight strokes behind in the final round to overtake leader Ken Venturi , an amateur , who took 80. Later in 1956 he won the PGA Championship, beating Ted Kroll 3&2 in
136-615: A number of important events including the 1967 Ryder Cup and the 1969 U.S. Open . Born in Fort Worth, Texas , Burke started playing golf at the age of seven. His father, Jack Burke Sr. , was the club professional at Houston 's River Oaks Country Club until his sudden death in 1943. He was a runner-up at the U.S. Open in 1920 . The younger Burke graduated from St. Thomas High School in Houston in 1940. He attended Rice University in 1941. While still an amateur he qualified for
170-497: A row from the 6th to the 10th to be 5 up, finished the morning round 5 ahead and eventually won the match 5&3. Great Britain won 6 of the 8 singles and halved another to win the Ryder Cup for the first time since 1933. Burke was in the 1959 Ryder Cup team but had a hand injury and was not selected for any matches. Burke partnered with Jimmy Demaret to found Champions Golf Club in Houston in 1957. The 36-hole facility hosted
204-456: Is because St. Thomas is in the center of the Houston metropolitan area . In 2013 it had 105 full-time employees. St. Thomas originally competed in the now defunct T.C.I.L. ( Texas Christian Interscholastic League ) That league began in 1935 under the direction of Rev. Albert Mitchell (principal of Central Catholic, San Antonio) St. Thomas' last year of competition in the T.C.I.L. concluded when
238-454: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Jack Burke Jr. John Joseph Burke Jr. (January 29, 1923 – January 19, 2024) was an American professional golfer who was most prominent in the 1950s. The son of a professional golfer, Jack Burke Sr. , he won two major titles , both in 1956, the Masters and PGA Championship , and is
272-459: The 1941 U.S. Open , the first to be played in Texas , but missed the cut. In 1942 he became the professional at Galveston Country Club. From 1942 to 1946 he served in the U.S. Marine Corps and was stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar where he taught combat skills to Marines headed overseas for World War II . After the war, Burke resumed his golf career after first considering work in
306-419: The 1956 PGA Championship the format had been changed with 128 players competing in a pure matchplay format, players qualifying through a mixture of exemptions and sectional qualifying. Previously there had been 36 holes of strokeplay followed by matchplay for the leading 64. Burke won 7 matches, defeating Leon Pounders, Bill Collins , Fred Haas , Chandler Harper and Fred Hawkins in 18 holes matches to reach
340-874: The Long Beach Open , having led after 3 rounds. In September he won the Metropolitan Open at his home club, finishing six strokes ahead of Gene Sarazen . Burke started 1950 with a third-place finish in the Los Angeles Open . In the following days he was a joint winner in the Bing Crosby Pro-Am , one of four players who finished tied. In February he won his first outright tour event, the Rio Grande Valley Open and had further wins in March and July, finishing fifth in
374-503: The Masters . Burke won the Vardon Trophy for the lowest scoring average in 1952, finishing third in the money list. Burke won a further PGA tour event in 1953 but only finished 19th in the money list. He did not win in 1954 but he finished second in the Vardon Trophy standings and second in the money list, helped by $ 7,500 won for a runner-up finish in the big money World Championship of Golf . In 1955 he dropped to 15th in
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#1732794422728408-733: The Spring area. In 2012 Richard Connelly of the Houston Press ranked St. Thomas as the third most architecturally beautiful high school campus in Greater Houston . Connelly said that "An appropriately churchy feel to the entrance relieves the somewhat banal industrial feel of the wings." The Joplin Campus includes strength/conditioning and sports medicine facilities as well as 20,000 square feet (1,900 m ) locker rooms for basketball and wrestling teams. The weight training room
442-478: The Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS). The Eagles have prospered well in its league with numerous district and state championships. The most recent state championship came in 2023 with the cross-country team winning the state title. In May 2008 the school hired Craig Biggio , the former Houston Astros second baseman and Hall of Famer , as head baseball coach. Biggio remained
476-631: The 2010s St. Thomas sought to expand but lacked land needed to build more buildings. As of July 2013 St. Thomas High School and the investment group AV Dickson Street were engaged in a dispute over the acquisition of the High School for Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice (HSLECJ) property of the Houston Independent School District (HISD). On Thursday July 18, 2013 the HISD board rejected both requests. David Thompson,
510-626: The 36-hole semifinals. In his semifinal against Ed Furgol , Burke was 5-down after 14 holes of the morning round but recovered to win at the 37th hole, to meet Ted Kroll in the final. Kroll was 3-up after 19 holes but Burke made 5 birdies in 6 holes from the 4th hole to go 2-up and eventually won 3&2. He was selected PGA Player of the Year in 1956, finishing 5th in the money list. After 1956, Burke had less success although he won further PGA Tour events in 1958, 1959, 1961 and 1963 bringing his total to 16 over his career. In 1958, he finished 14th in
544-518: The HISD board attorney, stated that both bidders violated the district's code of silence policy. In November of that year HISD sold the former HSLECJ to St. Thomas. HISD received $ 60 million from St. Thomas. At the time of sale HISD was still using the HSLECJ campus and St. Thomas had to wait until the new campus for HSLECJ opened before repurposing it. HSLECJ, later renamed to High School for Law and Justice, moved to its new campus in 2018. The HSLECJ
578-530: The PGA tour money list. He did not win in 1951 but was runner-up five times and again finished fifth in the money list. In February and March 1952 Burke won four successive tournaments in four weeks. Three of these he won by six or more strokes with the other being won in a three-way playoff. He had his fifth win of the season in December. In addition he lost two 18-hole playoffs during the year and finished second in
612-741: The Sacred Heart within the Archdiocese of Galveston–Houston, but a significant part of the student body comes from other area Christian schools. Students from public middle schools also often choose to apply for admission for their freshman year. As of 2019 , the school has four bus routes: Pearland , Christ the Redeemer Catholic School in Cypress , St. Martha Catholic School in Kingwood , and St. Edward Catholic School in
646-748: The Texas Golf Hall of Fame in 2016. They ran the Champions Golf Club together. Burke became a centenarian on January 29, 2023, and also became the first known major winner to turn 100. Burke died on January 19, 2024, 10 days before what would have been his 101st birthday. At the time of his death in 2024, Burke was the oldest living major golf champion. Source: PGA Tour playoff record (4–4) Sources: Note: This list may be incomplete. Note: Burke never played in The Open Championship . CUT = missed
680-433: The building of the new facility, which has expanded in later years. During Houston's 20th century growth into a focus of world culture, St. Thomas High School has trained men of vision and responsibility, winners of national and international fame; statesmen, churchmen, artists, historians, athletes, civic and business leaders, industrial pioneers, and citizens of many talents. The school was named after St. Thomas Aquinas ,
714-486: The final. His last tour win came in 1963, just before his 40th birthday. Burke was on five successive American Ryder Cup teams from 1951 to 1959, serving as playing captain in 1957 , when Great Britain won for the first time since 1933, and as the non-playing captain in 1973 . He had a successful playing record, winning 7 of his 8 matches, only losing his singles match in 1957. In 1957, Burke and Jimmy Demaret founded Champions Golf Club in Houston . The club has hosted
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#1732794422728748-467: The halfway cut WD = withdrew R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in PGA Championship match play "T" indicates a tie for a place. Source: Source: St. Thomas High School (Houston, Texas) St. Thomas High School is an all-boys , Catholic college preparatory school in Houston, Texas . Founded in 1900, St. Thomas is the second oldest continuously operating private high school in Houston behind Incarnate Word Academy , which
782-509: The league came to a close in the 1999-2000 athletic season. The Eagles are proud owners of numerous District, Regional and State Championships in various sports that date back from over the past 100 years, as well as several within the past five years in their current league. The athletic department provides 12 different programs which are: Baseball, Basketball, Cross-Country, Football, Golf, Lacrosse, Rugby, Soccer, Swimming, Tennis, Track & Field, and Wrestling. Currently, St. Thomas competes in
816-520: The locker, awarded to the winners of the tournament. Burke coached several current PGA Tour stars, including Phil Mickelson , in putting. Burke was first married to Ielene Lang in 1952. His second wife was Robin Moran, an amateur golfer. She was runner-up in the 1997 U.S. Women's Amateur , played in the 1998 Curtis Cup and was the captain of the American 2016 Curtis Cup team. She was inducted into
850-469: The money list. He reach the quarterfinals of 1955 PGA Championship , losing a nine-hour, 40-hole quarterfinal match to Cary Middlecoff . Burke won two majors in 1956, the Masters and the PGA Championship. In his Masters victory, Burke came from eight strokes behind in the final round to overtake Ken Venturi , then an amateur . After three rounds Venturi led by four strokes from Cary Middlecoff with
884-509: The oil fields of Texas. His first job was as a teaching professional at Hollywood Golf Club in Deal, New Jersey , which was followed by a position as an assistant at Winged Foot Golf Club , where he was mentored by Claude Harmon . From early 1948 he was the club professional at Metropolis Country Club in White Plains, New York . In January 1949, Burke finished tied for the third place in
918-536: The patron saint of students and education. St. Thomas has occupied its current (as of 2023) site since 1940. The school's location in central Houston on the north bank of the Buffalo Bayou at Memorial and Shepherd which places it 3 miles from Downtown Houston . The campus is self-contained with a fine arts center, computer lab, library, competition gymnasium, baseball field, chapel, and stadium, most housed in distinguished Texas Cordova Shell Stone buildings. By
952-411: The rest of the field at least seven shots behind. After 8 holes of the final round Venturi had a six-stroke lead over Middlecoff and Burke. Middlecoff took a double bogey at the 17th hole, his third of the round, and finished in third place. Burke completed the last 10 holes in level par while Venturi had seven bogeys, giving Burke a one-shot victory over Venturi with Middlecoff a further shot behind. For
986-403: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack_Burke&oldid=951304774 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
1020-412: The tour money list, his best season after 1956. Burke was in five successive American Ryder Cup teams from 1951 to 1959. He was the playing captain in 1957 and the non-playing captain in 1973 . He had a successful playing record, winning his first 7 matches; two matches in 1951, 1953 and 1955, and winning in the foursomes in 1957, before losing to Peter Mills in the singles. Mills won 5 holes in
1054-479: Was assured when Father Roche bought a block of land at Austin and Hadley and constructed Houston's first College Preparatory School for boys. Thanks to the foresight of a native Texan, The Rev. T.P. O'Rourke, C.S.B., educator and author, St. Thomas High School in 1940 moved to the current site on the bank of Buffalo Bayou . The college section later became the University of St. Thomas . Father A.L. Higgins directed
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1088-723: Was founded in 1873. The school is operated by the Basilian Fathers in the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston . St. Thomas High School was established in 1900 as St. Thomas College and housed that year at Franklin Avenue and Caroline Street. The founders were the Rev. Nicholas Roche, C.S.B. and two other Basilian Fathers. When the original school suffered hurricane damage, the Fathers relocated to Capitol and Main. In 1903, permanency
1122-566: Was named the Joplin Campus, and select portions were opened in 2020. The dedication was held November 2020. St. Thomas High School is situated west of Downtown Houston on the wooded banks of Buffalo Bayou at the corner of Memorial Drive and Shepherd. A majority of students at St. Thomas come from various private, Catholic, and parochial grade schools such as St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, St. Anne (Houston) , St. Michael's, St. Cecilia's, St. Rose of Lima, St. Theresa, and The Regis School of
1156-413: Was previously a cafeteria. The auditorium at Joplin has a capacity of 630. St. Thomas also built a new baseball field summer of 2023 (Fr. Wilson Field). In 2013 there were 745 students, with 63% being non-Hispanic White, 21% being Hispanic or Latino, 7% being African-American, 6% being Asian, and 3% being multiracial. In 2013 students came from over 130 ZIP codes. The school administration stated that this
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