Jim Albus

Jim Albus
Personal information
Full name	James Christian Albus
Born	(1940-06-18) June 18, 1940 (age 84) Staten Island, New York
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	215 lb (98 kg; 15.4 st)
Sporting nationality	United States
Residence	Sarasota, Florida Middletown, Maryland
Career
College	Bucknell University University of California, Los Angeles
Turned professional	1968
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour Champions Tour
Professional wins	19
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour Champions	6
Other	13
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	T65: 1984
U.S. Open	T30: 1984
The Open Championship	DNP

James Christian Albus (born June 18, 1940) is an American professional golfer.

Albus was born in Staten Island, New York. He attended New Dorp High School, and went on to Bucknell University, where he was a successful baseball player. It was while he was at college that he took up golf, which was unusually late for a future pro. He transferred to UCLA and graduated in 1965.

In 1968, he became a golf professional and worked as a club professional at courses that included La Tourette Golf Course and Piping Rock Club. He won a number of local and regional tournaments while he was a club professional and played in five U.S. Opens and seven PGA Championships. He was Met PGA Player of the Year in 1981, 1982, 1986 and 1988. Albus' greatest success came after he turned 50 and began playing on the Senior PGA Tour, now known as the PGA Tour Champions, where he has won six tournaments, including a senior major, the 1991 Senior Players Championship.^[1]

Albus has been inducted into the Staten Island Sports Hall of Fame as well as the PGA Metropolitan Section Hall of Fame. He played his last event associated with the PGA Tour organization in 2009.

• 1970 Metropolitan Open
• 1975 Long Island PGA Championship
• 1976 Long Island PGA Championship
• 1978 New York State Open
• 1981 Metropolitan PGA Championship, Long Island PGA Championship
• 1982 Metropolitan PGA Championship
• 1984 Metropolitan Open
• 1986 Long Island PGA Championship
• 1987 Long Island Open
• 1988 Long Island Open

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	Jun 9, 1991	Mazda Presents The Senior Players Championship	−9 (66-74-69-70=279)	3 strokes	Bob Charles, Charles Coody, Dave Hill
2	Feb 21, 1993	GTE Suncoast Classic	−7 (68-68-70=206)	2 strokes	Don Bies, Gibby Gilbert
3	Mar 13, 1994	Vantage at The Dominion	−8 (68-67-73=208)	1 stroke	George Archer, Graham Marsh, Lee Trevino
4	Aug 7, 1994	Bank of Boston Senior Golf Classic	−13 (67-66-70=203)	2 strokes	Bob Brue, Raymond Floyd
5	Mar 12, 1995	The Dominion Seniors (2)	−11 (71-65-69=205)	3 strokes	Raymond Floyd, Jay Sigel
6	Feb 15, 1998	GTE Classic (2)	−6 (68-69-70=207)	1 stroke	José María Cañizares, Simon Hobday, Kermit Zarley

Senior PGA Tour playoff record (0–3)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1994	GTE Northwest Classic	Simon Hobday	Lost to birdie on third extra hole
2	1994	Golf Magazine Senior Tour Championship	Raymond Floyd	Lost to birdie on fifth extra hole
3	1995	Senior Tournament of Champions	Jim Colbert	Lost to birdie on third extra hole

• 2001 Georgia-Pacific Super Seniors Match-Play Championship, Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf - Legendary Division (with Simon Hobday)

Note: Albus never played in the Masters Tournament nor The Open Championship.

CUT = missed 36 hole cut
"T" = tied

Year	Championship	Winning score	Margin	Runners-up
1991	Mazda Presents The Senior Players Championship	−9 (66-74-69-70=279)	3 strokes	Bob Charles, Charles Coody, Dave Hill

Results may not be in chronological order.

Note: The Senior British Open Championship did not become a major until 2003.

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

• PGA Cup: 1977 (tie), 1981 (tie), 1982 (winners)

• List of people from Staten Island § Golf

• Jim Albus at the PGA Tour official site