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Jim Carter (golfer)

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Jim Carter
Personal information
Full nameJim Laver Carter
NicknamePrez
Born (1961-06-24) June 24, 1961 (age 63)
Spring Lake, North Carolina, U.S.
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st)
Sporting nationality United States
ResidenceScottsdale, Arizona, U.S.
Career
CollegeArizona State University
Turned professional1985
Current tour(s)Champions Tour
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
Nationwide Tour
Professional wins12
Highest ranking85 (August 20, 1989)[1]
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour1
Korn Ferry Tour1
Other10
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipT56: 1989
U.S. OpenT24: 2002
The Open ChampionshipT69: 2002

Jim Laver Carter (born June 24, 1961) is an American professional golfer who plays on the Champions Tour. He has also played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.

Biography

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Carter was born in Spring Lake, North Carolina. As a high school senior, he led Mesa High's boys golf team to an Arizona state championship in 1979.[2] He attended Arizona State University in Tempe and was a distinguished member of the golf team – a two-time first-team All-American and an All-Pac-10 conference selection, as well as the 1983 NCAA Champion (Arizona State University's first individual champion in men's golf). He also represented the U.S. Collegians at the USA vs. Japan Matches at Pebble Beach and was named Ambassador. He won the 1981 and 1984 Arizona State Amateur Championship, and the 1983 and 1984 Southwest Amateur Championship. He was three times named Arizona's amateur golfer of the year. He was honored with the Arizona State University Athlete of the Year award in 1984. He was also awarded the conference PAC-10 Medal, the highest honor a student athlete can receive. In 1995, he was inducted into the Arizona State University Athletic Hall of Fame. In 2007 he was inducted into the Mesa City Sports Hall of Fame.

Carter turned pro in 1985. In contrast to his college career, Carter's level of success as a tour professional has been very modest. He won once on the Nationwide Tour in 1994, and once on the PGA Tour in 2000. Qualifying for the PGA Tour has been a constant struggle; however, he managed to qualify for the elite tour in 15 of the 19 years between 1987 and 2005. His best finish in a major championship was T-24 at the 2002 U.S. Open.[3] Carter lives in Scottsdale, Arizona.

In 2011, Carter played in The Senior Open Championship (missed cut) and U.S. Senior Open (finished tied for 50th), his first two career Champions Tour events. He finished 6th at the 2011 Champions Tour Q School, just missing out on earning a Champions Tour card, but earned automatic entry as Q School medalist Jeff Freeman did not turn 50 until April 2012.[4]

Personal life

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Carter earned a Business degree in 1984 from Arizona State University. He is a resident of Scottsdale, Arizona.[5]

Amateur wins

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  • 1979 Arizona state high school (Mesa High) team championship, Mesa City Amateur
  • 1981 Arizona State Amateur
  • 1983 Southwestern Amateur, NCAA Championship
  • 1984 Arizona State Amateur, Southwestern Amateur

Professional wins (12)

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PGA Tour wins (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 Feb 27, 2000 Touchstone Energy Tucson Open −19 (66-68-69-66=269) 2 strokes United States Chris DiMarco, United States Tom Scherrer,
France Jean van de Velde

Nike Tour wins (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 Sep 4, 1994 Nike New Mexico Charity Classic −16 (69-66-71-66=272) 1 stroke United States Emlyn Aubrey, United States Chad Ginn

Nike Tour playoff record (0–2)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 1993 Nike Utah Classic United States Curt Byrum, United States Tommy Moore,
United States Sean Murphy 		Murphy won with birdie on third extra hole
Byrum and Carter eliminated by birdie on second hole
2 1994 Nike Dominion Open United States Sonny Skinner Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Other wins (10)

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  • 1986 Kingman Open
  • 1987 Scottsdale Healthcare Classic
  • 1989 Arizona Open
  • 1992 Wigwam Classic
  • 1996 Arizona Open
  • 2004 Tommy Bahama Desert Marlin
  • 2013 Arizona Senior Open
  • 2014 Arizona Senior Open
  • 2020 Arizona Senior Open, Lone Star NGL Texas Senior Open

Results in major championships

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Tournament 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
U.S. Open T71 T55 CUT T46 CUT T24
The Open Championship CUT T69
PGA Championship T66 CUT CUT T56 CUT WD CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" = tied
Note: Carter never played in the Masters Tournament.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Week 33 1989 Ending 20 Aug 1989" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
  2. ^ "2007 Mesa City Sports Hall of Fame Inductees". mesasports.org. 2007. Retrieved January 16, 2021. [Carter] helped Mesa High to state golf title his senior year [1979].
  3. ^ "Golf Major Championships". Retrieved January 24, 2008.
  4. ^ Carter an excited rookie, though starts are limited
  5. ^ "Jim Carter". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on November 25, 2012. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
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