Miller Barber
Sherman, Texas, resident Miller Barber earned 11 victories on the PGA Tour including the 1968 Byron Nelson and the 1973 World Open Championship. He joined the Champions Tour in 1981 and won 24 events, second on the all-time list behind Lee Trevino. Known as "Mr. X," Barber is the only three-time winner of the U.S. Senior Open (1982, 1984, 1985) and is the all-time Champions Tour leader in number of tournaments played with 603. Barber, a 1954 graduate of the University of Arkansas, also holds the Tour record for most consecutive years winning at least one event (1981-89). He is the first Senior Tour player to pass the 2 million dollar mark in career earnings and made more than 4 million dollars on the Champions Tour. Barber also has 24 career hole-in-ones. The Shreveport, La., native, born there on March 31, 1931, is a member of the Texas Sports Hall of Fame Class of 1996. (Golf)
