# Brian Jones (golfer)

Brian Jones (born 12 September 1951) is an Australian professional golfer.

## Golf career

Jones was born in Sydney. He turned professional in 1971. He played on the throughout Asia and Australasia including on the Japan Golf Tour. He won the Indian Open two times, five times in Australasia, and twelve times in Japan. He won 11 events on the Japan Golf Tour between 1977 and 1993.
Jones played in multiple Open Championships; his best performance coming at the 1981 Open Championship, where he finished in a tie for 8th place.
Jones played on the European Seniors Tour from 2002 to 2005, winning the 2002 De Vere Hotels Seniors Classic.

## Personal life

Jones married Sachiko, a Japanese woman, in the early 1980s.

## Professional wins (21)
### PGA of Japan Tour wins (11)

| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
| 1 | 28 Aug 1977 | KBC Augusta | −10 (73-72-68-65=278) | Playoff | Akira Yabe |
| 2 | 2 Jun 1985 | Mitsubishi Galant Tournament | −12 (67-70-72-63=272) | Playoff | Nobumitsu Yuhara |
| 3 | 25 Aug 1985 | Maruman Open | −9 (70-70-70-69=279) | 1 stroke | Teruo Suzumura |
| 4 | 20 Apr 1986 | Bridgestone Aso Open | −12 (70-69-67-34=240)* | 1 stroke | Nobumitsu Yuhara |
| 5 | 31 May 1987 | Mitsubishi Galant Tournament (2) | −5 (70-70-71-72=283) | 3 strokes | Nobuo Serizawa, Koichi Suzuki |
| 6 | 29 May 1988 | Mitsubishi Galant Tournament (3) | −17 (68-68-67-68=271) | Playoff | Naomichi Ozaki |
| 7 | 2 Oct 1988 | Tokai Classic | −14 (69-69-71-65=274) | 3 strokes | Koichi Suzuki |
| 8 | 29 Oct 1989 | ABC Lark Cup | −8 (70-69-69-72=280) | 4 strokes | Toshiaki Sudo |
| 9 | 4 Mar 1990 | Daiichi Fudosan Cup | −13 (71-66-70-68=275) | 2 strokes | Hideki Kase |
| 10 | 24 Jun 1990 | Mizuno Open | −16 (73-66-66-67=272) | 4 strokes | Tsuneyuki Nakajima |
| 11 | 13 Jun 1993 | Sapporo Tokyu Open | −14 (69-67-69-69=274) | 3 strokes | Akiyoshi Ohmachi |
*Note: The 1986 Bridgestone Aso Open was shortened to 63 holes due to rain.
PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (3–4)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
| 1 | 1976 | Pepsi-Wilson Tournament | Graham Marsh, Shozo Miyamoto, Peter Thomson | Thomson won with par on fourteenth extra hole Jones eliminated by par on fourth hole Miyamoto eliminated by par on first hole |
| 2 | 1977 | KBC Augusta | Akira Yabe | Won with par on second extra hole |
| 3 | 1985 | Mitsubishi Galant Tournament | Nobumitsu Yuhara | Won with birdie on fourth extra hole |
| 4 | 1988 | Mitsubishi Galant Tournament | Naomichi Ozaki | Won with birdie on first extra hole |
| 5 | 1988 | ANA Open | Naomichi Ozaki | Lost to par on third extra hole |
| 6 | 1988 | Polaroid Cup Golf Digest Tournament | Masashi Ozaki | Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
| 7 | 1991 | Fujisankei Classic | Isao Aoki, Saburo Fujiki, Hideki Kase | Fujiki won with birdie on second extra hole |

### Asia Golf Circuit wins (3)

| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runners-up |
| 1 | 19 Mar 1972 | Indian Open | −10 (70-72-70-70=282) | 2 strokes | Ben Arda, Peter Thomson |
| 2 | 3 Apr 1977 | Indian Open (2) | −4 (69-70-76-69=284) | 1 stroke | Mya Aye, Yoshikazu Hayashi, Peter Thomson |
| 3 | 19 Mar 1978 | Malaysian Open | −12 (69-71-66-70=276) | 6 strokes | Ben Arda, Stewart Ginn, Mike Krantz |

### PGA Tour of Australia wins (4)

| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
| 1 | 5 Oct 1980 | Barclays Australian Classic | +1 (74-73-68-74=289) | 2 strokes | John Clifford |
| 2 | 4 Jan 1981 | New Zealand PGA Championship | −4 (69-67-71-73=280) | Playoff | Dennis Clark, John Lister |
| 3 | 2 Dec 1984 | Air New Zealand Shell Open | −14 (66-67-67-66=266) | 2 strokes | Wayne Grady |
| 4 | 1 Feb 1987 | Foster's Tattersall Tasmanian Open | −5 (69-70-74-70=283) | 1 stroke | Mike Colandro |
PGA Tour of Australia playoff record (1–2)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
| 1 | 1976 | New South Wales PGA Championship | Marty Bohen, Mark Tapper | Tapper won 18-hole playoff; Tapper: −1 (71), Bohen: E (72), Jones: +1 (73) |
| 2 | 1976 | Tasmanian Open | Stewart Ginn, David Good, Ian Stanley | Good won with birdie on fifth extra hole Ginn and Stanley eliminated by par on first hole |
| 3 | 1981 | New Zealand PGA Championship | Dennis Clark, John Lister | Won with birdie on fourth extra hole Clark eliminated by par on second hole |

### Other wins (2)

* 1970 Western Australia Open
* 1985 Acom Doubles (with Mike Ferguson) (Japan)

### European Seniors Tour wins (1)

| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runners-up |
| 1 | 1 Sep 2002 | De Vere Hotels Seniors Classic | −9 (70-68-69=207) | 7 strokes | Tommy Horton |

## Results in major championships

| Tournament | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 |
| The Open Championship | CUT | | | CUT | | T8 | CUT | | | | | T59 | | | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1976, 1979 and 1982 Open Championships) "T" indicates a tie for a place Note: Jones only played in The Open Championship.

## Team appearances

* World Cup (representing Australia): 1990
* Four Tours World Championship (representing Australasia): 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 (winners)