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Michael Weston

The Bizarre English Curse At The PGA Championship That Stretches Back Over 100 Years

English golfer Jim Barnes was a Major winner.

It's one of those strange statistics in the game that is hard to get your head around - no English player has won the PGA Championship since Jim Barnes claimed victory at the first two tournaments in 1916 and 1919.

In total, that's 104 tournaments without an English winner.

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