James Martin (1924 – 14 February 2000) was an Irish

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who enjoyed three victories on the British circuit in the 1960s, including the Piccadilly Medal in 1964 and the

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in 1968. Martin was born in Wicklow. His father was the professional at Greystones Golf Club. He was selected to represent Ireland at five World Cups between 1962 and 1970, and also to represent Great Britain in the

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in 1965, where he would play in - and lose - one foursomes match, in partnership with Jimmy Hitchcock, to Julius Boros and Tony Lema. Martin died on 14 February 2000 at

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in Loughlinstown, Dublin, Ireland aged 75.http://www.independent.ie/regionals/braypeople/temp/jimmy-martin-was-one-of-wicklows-golfing-greats-27594846.html Jimmy Martin was one of Wicklows golfing greats

Professional wins (7)

''This list is probably incomplete'' *1954 Coombe Hill Assistants' Tournament *1964

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, Piccadilly Medal *1965

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(tie with

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) *1968

*1969 Irish PGA Championship *1970 Turnberry-B.O.A.C. Foursomes Tournament (with Roddy Carr)

Results in major championships

''Note: Martin only played in The Open Championship.''
CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1969 and 1974 Open Championships)
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Team appearances

* World Cup (representing Ireland):

1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...

1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extrem ...

(representing Great Britain):

1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndo ...

References

*Alliss, Peter: "The Who's Who of Golf" (1983), Orbis Publishing Ltd. . {{DEFAULTSORT:Martin, Jimmy Irish male golfers Ryder Cup competitors for Europe People from Wicklow (town) 1924 births 2000 deaths