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27 august 1971 1 10 9 december 1912 3rd : 1948 elmsford , new york pga tour jim turnesa 1936.jpg jim turnesa turnesa in 1936 james r. turnesa '' ` won '' ' : 1952 new york city , new york 2 t4 : 1949 3rd : 1948 1931 jim turnesa
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jim turnesa

james r. turnesa -lrb- december 9 , 1912 -- august 27 , 1971 -rrb- was one of seven famous golfing brothers ; phil -lrb- 1896 -- 1987 -rrb- , frank -lrb- 1898 -- 1949 -rrb- , joe -lrb- 1901 -- 1991 -rrb- , mike -lrb- 1907 -- 2000 -rrb- , doug -lrb- 1909 -- 1972 -rrb- , jim -lrb- 1912 -- 1971 -rrb- , and willie -lrb- 1914 -- 2001 -rrb- .
all but willie turned professional and jim was the only one to win a major championship , the 1952 pga championship , beating chick harbert 1-up in the match-play final .
he had previously lost to sam snead in the 1942 pga championship final .
in 1948 , he held the record for low score -lrb- 280 -rrb- in the u.s. open for about an hour .
ben hogan -lrb- 276 -rrb- and jimmy demaret -lrb- 278 -rrb- finished later , erasing his record , and he finished third .
he won one other pga tour event , the 1951 reading open .
turnesa played on the 1953 ryder cup team .
he was born in new york , new york and died in elmsford , new york of lung cancer .
