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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard" style="width:25em"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn" style="background-color:#ace1af"><span class="note">John Jacobs <br /> <small><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">OBE</a></small></span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:NL-HaNA_2.24.01.04_0_908-8524.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/NL-HaNA_2.24.01.04_0_908-8524.jpg/220px-NL-HaNA_2.24.01.04_0_908-8524.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="282" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/NL-HaNA_2.24.01.04_0_908-8524.jpg/330px-NL-HaNA_2.24.01.04_0_908-8524.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/NL-HaNA_2.24.01.04_0_908-8524.jpg/440px-NL-HaNA_2.24.01.04_0_908-8524.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2736" data-file-height="3504" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Jacobs at the 1957 Dutch Open</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#ace1af">Personal information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight:normal;"><b>Full name</b></th><td class="infobox-data">John Robert Maurice Jacobs OBE</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight:normal;"><b>Born</b></th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1925-03-14</span>)</span>14 March 1925<br /><a href="/wiki/Woodsetts" title="Woodsetts">Woodsetts</a>, Yorkshire, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight:normal;"><b>Died</b></th><td class="infobox-data">13 January 2017<span style="display:none">(2017-01-13)</span> (aged 91)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight:normal;"><b>Sporting nationality</b></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight:normal;"><b>Spouse</b></th><td class="infobox-data">Rita (died 2006)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight:normal;"><b>Children</b></th><td class="infobox-data">Joanna, Jonathan</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#ace1af">Career</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight:normal;"><b>Status</b></th><td class="infobox-data">Professional</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight:normal;"><b>Former tour(s)</b></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/European_Tour" class="mw-redirect" title="European Tour">European Tour</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight:normal;"><b>Professional wins</b></th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#ace1af">Best results in major championships<br /></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Masters_Tournament" title="Masters Tournament">Masters Tournament</a></th><td class="infobox-data">DNP</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/PGA_Championship" title="PGA Championship">PGA Championship</a></th><td class="infobox-data">DNP</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/U.S._Open_(golf)" title="U.S. Open (golf)">U.S. Open</a></th><td class="infobox-data">DNP</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/The_Open_Championship" title="The Open Championship">The Open Championship</a></th><td class="infobox-data">T12: 1955</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#ace1af">Achievements and awards</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox-subbox"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/World_Golf_Hall_of_Fame" title="World Golf Hall of Fame">World Golf Hall of Fame</a></th><td class="infobox-data">2000 <i>(<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldgolfhalloffame.org/john-jacobs/">member page</a>)</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">Officer of the Most<br />Excellent Order of<br />the British Empire</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1997</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>John Robert Maurice Jacobs</b>, <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">OBE</a> (14 March 1925 – 13 January 2017)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bbc-obit_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-obit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was an English <a href="/wiki/Professional_golfer" title="Professional golfer">professional golfer</a>, coach, entrepreneur, writer and administrator. He was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/World_Golf_Hall_of_Fame" title="World Golf Hall of Fame">World Golf Hall of Fame</a> in 2000. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Jacobs_(English_golfer)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jacobs was born in <a href="/wiki/Woodsetts" title="Woodsetts">Woodsetts</a>, Yorkshire, the son of Robert "Bob" Jacobs (1880–1934), the professional at <a href="/wiki/Lindrick_Golf_Club" title="Lindrick Golf Club">Lindrick Golf Club</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-et2_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-et2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Robert was born in <a href="/wiki/Brancaster" title="Brancaster">Brancaster</a>, Norfolk, and had become an assistant professional at the nearby <a href="/wiki/Royal_West_Norfolk_Golf_Club" title="Royal West Norfolk Golf Club">Royal West Norfolk Golf Club</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-et2_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-et2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Robert had been the professional at Lindrick since 1919, having been at Bungay & Waveney Golf Club in Norfolk and Bedford Golf Club before <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>. During the war Robert served in the 24th Battalion <a href="/wiki/Royal_Fusiliers" title="Royal Fusiliers">Royal Fusiliers</a>, the 2nd <a href="/wiki/Sportsman%27s_Battalion" class="mw-redirect" title="Sportsman's Battalion">Sportsman's Battalion</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nep_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nep-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was badly gassed during the war, never fully recovered and committed suicide in December 1934 when Jacobs was nine years old.<sup id="cite_ref-nep_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nep-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jacobs's mother Vivian was the stewardess at Lindrick.<sup id="cite_ref-et2_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-et2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Robert was replaced at Lindrick by his nephew <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_Jacobs_(golfer)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jack Jacobs (golfer) (page does not exist)">John Archibald "Jack" Jacobs</a> (1907–1999) who had been his assistant.<sup id="cite_ref-et2_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-et2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jack was a useful player who had finished as high as 16th in the <a href="/wiki/1935_Open_Championship" title="1935 Open Championship">1935 Open Championship</a> and was twice runner-up in the <a href="/wiki/PGA_Seniors_Championship" title="PGA Seniors Championship">PGA Seniors Championship</a> (1958 and 1959).<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jacobs joined the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, although he did not go into active service. It was during his period in the RAF that he met his future wife, Rita. They were married in early 1949.<sup id="cite_ref-et2_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-et2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Playing_career">Playing career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Jacobs_(English_golfer)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Playing career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jacobs turned professional after the end of the war, an assistant to his cousin Jack. He was demobilised from the RAF in 1947, taking his first paid position as an assistant at Hallamshire Golf Club, near Sheffield, soon afterwards.<sup id="cite_ref-et2_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-et2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jacobs was runner-up in the 1948 Yorkshire Professional Championship at Oakdale. After being tied with <a href="/wiki/John_Fallon_(golfer)" title="John Fallon (golfer)">John Fallon</a> after 36 holes, Jacobs lost the 18-hole playoff by 2 strokes. </p><p>In 1949 Jacobs became the professional at <a href="/wiki/Gezira_Sporting_Club" title="Gezira Sporting Club">Gezira Sporting Club</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cairo" title="Cairo">Cairo</a>, Egypt. He was there until early in 1952 when he left during the early stages of the <a href="/wiki/Egyptian_revolution_of_1952" class="mw-redirect" title="Egyptian revolution of 1952">Egyptian revolution of 1952</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-et2_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-et2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jacobs spent the summer of 1951 in England and qualified for the <a href="/wiki/Open_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="Open Championship">Open Championship</a> for the first time, although he missed the cut. Jacobs spent 1952 playing as an unattached professional before becoming the professional at Sandy Lodge Golf Club near <a href="/wiki/Watford" title="Watford">Watford</a> later in the year. He was at Sandy Lodge until resigning and leaving in early 1964. </p><p>Jacobs had a moderately successful tournament career at home and abroad. In 1957 he won the <a href="/wiki/South_African_Professional_Match_Play_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="South African Professional Match Play Championship">Dunlop South African Professional Match Play Masters</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Open_(golf)" title="Dutch Open (golf)">Dutch Open</a>. His win in the South African Professional Match Play was in March, at Houghton Golf Club in <a href="/wiki/Johannesburg" title="Johannesburg">Johannesburg</a>. Jacobs beat <a href="/wiki/Gary_Player" title="Gary Player">Gary Player</a> 2&1 in the 36-hole final, winning the first prize of £200.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jacobs had beaten an in-form <a href="/wiki/Harold_Henning" title="Harold Henning">Harold Henning</a> in the semi-final.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August he won the Dutch Open at Hilversumsche Golf Club near Hilversum, three shots clear of <a href="/wiki/Flory_Van_Donck" title="Flory Van Donck">Flory Van Donck</a>. Jacobs and Van Donck were level after three rounds but a course-record 67 gave Jacobs the victory. Jacobs had a hole-in-one at the 16th hole of his second round.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jacobs never won a big tournament in Britain but was runner-up a number of times, including being a losing finalist in the 1953 <a href="/wiki/Goodwin_(Sheffield)_Foursomes_Tournament" title="Goodwin (Sheffield) Foursomes Tournament">Goodwin (Sheffield) Foursomes Tournament</a>, losing to 47-year-old <a href="/wiki/Henry_Cotton_(golfer)" title="Henry Cotton (golfer)">Henry Cotton</a> in the final of the 1954 <a href="/wiki/Penfold_Tournament" title="Penfold Tournament">Penfold Tournament</a>, joint second in the 1960 <a href="/wiki/Dunlop_Masters" class="mw-redirect" title="Dunlop Masters">Dunlop Masters</a>, second in the 1963 <a href="/wiki/Cox_Moore_Tournament" title="Cox Moore Tournament">Cox Moore Tournament</a> and losing finalist, partnered with <a href="/wiki/Joe_Carr" title="Joe Carr">Joe Carr</a>, in the 1963 <a href="/wiki/Gleneagles_Hotel_Foursomes_Tournament" title="Gleneagles Hotel Foursomes Tournament">Gleneagles Hotel Foursomes Tournament</a>. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/1955_Ryder_Cup" title="1955 Ryder Cup">1955</a>, Jacobs made his one appearance in the <a href="/wiki/Ryder_Cup" title="Ryder Cup">Ryder Cup</a>. Qualification for seven members of the 10-man team was based on the Order of Merit after the <a href="/wiki/1955_Open_Championship" title="1955 Open Championship">1955 Open Championship</a>. The qualifying events were stroke-play tournaments played in Great Britain from the Spalding Tournament ending on 22 April to the Open Championship itself, ending on 8 July.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the time the Order of Merit was a points-based system and a series of top-20 finishes, including a tie for 12th place in the Open, left Jacobs in 7th place in the Order of Merit and earned him a place in the team.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The match was played at <a href="/wiki/Thunderbird_Country_Club" title="Thunderbird Country Club">Thunderbird Country Club</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rancho_Mirage,_California" title="Rancho Mirage, California">Rancho Mirage, California</a>. Jacobs won both his matches. Partnered with <a href="/wiki/John_Fallon_(golfer)" title="John Fallon (golfer)">John Fallon</a>, they won their foursomes match by 1 hole. He then beat <a href="/wiki/Cary_Middlecoff" title="Cary Middlecoff">Cary Middlecoff</a> in his singles match, again 1-up, holing a 4-foot putt on the final green. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_life">Later life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Jacobs_(English_golfer)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Later life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jacobs was largely responsible for the creation of the European Tour due to his coaching activities and contacts in so many European countries. </p><p>He served as Tournament Director-General of the <a href="/wiki/European_Tour" class="mw-redirect" title="European Tour">European Tour</a> from 1971 to 1975, a period which included the inaugural season of the modern tour in 1972. In 1979 and 1981 he was the non-playing captain of the European Ryder Cup team which was remembered for a dispute between <a href="/wiki/Seve_Ballesteros" title="Seve Ballesteros">Seve Ballesteros</a> and the European Tour. Ballesteros had only played a handful of tournaments in Europe in the season leading up to the 1981 Ryder Cup because of a disagreement over appearance money. Jacobs wanted Ballesteros on his team and rang him in America. "Seve, I want you to come back to play in Europe. I can't guarantee you will get one of the two Ryder Cup places that are up for grabs – the organising committee can fill them as it sees fit – but I will be voting for you.".<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the end, although Ballesteros did come back and Jacobs as captain voted for him, <a href="/wiki/Neil_Coles" title="Neil Coles">Neil Coles</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bernhard_Langer" title="Bernhard Langer">Bernhard Langer</a> voted against his inclusion.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jacobs was also a leading golf coach, who worked with many top players, and established his own golf academies. In 1972 he set up a driving range business in the United Kingdom. He wrote several books including <i>Practical Golf</i> and <i>Golf Doctor</i>. His influence has been acknowledged by later coaches such as <a href="/wiki/Butch_Harmon" title="Butch Harmon">Butch Harmon</a>, who stated, "John Jacobs wrote the book on coaching. There is not a teacher out here who does not owe him something." </p><p>He also designed golf courses, such as Chartridge Park Golf Club in Buckinghamshire, the <a href="/wiki/Buckinghamshire_Golf_Club" title="Buckinghamshire Golf Club">Buckinghamshire</a> in Denham and Patshull Park Hotel, Golf & Country Club in Shropshire.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jacobs has written a number of golf instruction books. His best known is "Practical Golf", written with Ken Bowden and illustrated by Anthony Ravielli. It was first published in June 1972 and it is on a number of top 10 lists<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_weasel_words" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Avoid weasel words"><span title="The material near this tag possibly uses too vague attribution or weasel words. (September 2022)">which?</span></a></i>]</sup> of the best golf instruction books of all time. </p><p>Jacobs was an Honorary member of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club at St Andrews. </p><p>Jacobs died on 13 January 2017, aged 91.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc-obit_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-obit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tournament_wins_(2)"><span id="Tournament_wins_.282.29"></span>Tournament wins (2)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Jacobs_(English_golfer)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Tournament wins (2)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Date </th> <th>Tournament </th> <th>Venue </th> <th>Winning score </th> <th>Margin of<br />victory </th> <th>Runner-up </th></tr> <tr> <td>9 Mar 1957 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/South_African_Professional_Match_Play_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="South African Professional Match Play Championship">Dunlop South African<br />Professional Match Play Masters</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Houghton_Golf_Club&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Houghton Golf Club (page does not exist)">Houghton Golf Club</a> </td> <td align="center" colspan="2">2&1 in final </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa"><img alt="South Africa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Gary_Player" title="Gary Player">Gary Player</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 Aug 1957 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Open_(golf)" title="Dutch Open (golf)">Dutch Open</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hilversumsche_Golf_Club&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hilversumsche Golf Club (page does not exist)">Hilversumsche Golf Club</a> </td> <td>73-73-71-67=284 </td> <td>3 strokes </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium"><img alt="Belgium" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Flory_Van_Donck" title="Flory Van Donck">Flory Van Donck</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Results_in_major_championships">Results in major championships</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Jacobs_(English_golfer)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Results in major championships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Tournament </th> <th>1951 </th> <th>1952 </th> <th>1953 </th> <th>1954 </th> <th>1955 </th> <th>1956 </th> <th>1957 </th> <th>1958 </th> <th>1959 </th> <th>1960 </th> <th>1961 </th> <th>1962 </th> <th>1963 </th> <th>1964 </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/The_Open_Championship" title="The Open Championship">The Open Championship</a> </td> <td>CUT </td> <td>T27 </td> <td>T14 </td> <td>T20 </td> <td>T12 </td> <td>16 </td> <td>CUT </td> <td>CUT </td> <td>CUT </td> <td>T32 </td> <td>T20 </td> <td>CUT </td> <td>CUT </td> <td>CUT </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i>Note: Jacobs only played in <a href="/wiki/The_Open_Championship" title="The Open Championship">The Open Championship</a>.</i><br /> CUT = missed the half-way cut<br /> "T" indicates a tie for a place </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Team_appearances">Team appearances</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Jacobs_(English_golfer)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Team appearances"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ryder_Cup" title="Ryder Cup">Ryder Cup</a> (representing Great Britain & Ireland/Europe): <a href="/wiki/1955_Ryder_Cup" title="1955 Ryder Cup">1955</a>, <a href="/wiki/1979_Ryder_Cup" title="1979 Ryder Cup">1979</a> (non-playing captain), <a href="/wiki/1981_Ryder_Cup" title="1981 Ryder Cup">1981</a> (non-playing captain)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joy_Cup" title="Joy Cup">Joy Cup</a> (representing the British Isles): 1954 (winners), 1955 (winners), 1958 (winners)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amateurs%E2%80%93Professionals_Match" title="Amateurs–Professionals Match">Amateurs–Professionals Match</a> (representing the Professionals): 1958</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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