Jim Rutledge
- January 10, 2024
- Golfer
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Jim Rutledge Biography
| Name | Jim Rutledge |
| Birthday | Aug 26 |
| Birth Year | 1959 |
| Place Of Birth | Victoria |
| Birth Country | Australia |
| Birth Sign | Capricorn |
Jim Rutledge is one of the most popular and richest Golfer who was born on August 26, 1959 in Victoria, Australia. James Edgar Rutledge (born August 26, 1959) is a Canadian professional golfer who currently plays on the Champions Tour.
After turning 50 on August 26, 2009, Rutledge has made several appearances on the Champions Tour, with some success. He earned conditional exempt status for the 2011 Champions Tour season, by finishing eighth at the final qualifying school tournament on November 19, 2010. Only the top five players in that event gained full status for 2011. He fully qualified for the 2012 Champions Tour after finishing tied for second at qualifying school in 2011.
Jim Rutledge Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Golfer |
| House | Living in own house. |
Jim Rutledge is one of the richest Golfer from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jim Rutledge 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Rutledge was born in Victoria, British Columbia. He won the Canadian Juvenile Championship in 1975 at the Gorge Vale Golf Club in Victoria and the Canadian Junior Championship in 1977. He turned professional in 1978. For the first 20 years of his career, Rutledge would play in Asia in the winter and in Canada for the rest of the year. He did not do this from 1988 to 1992 though. During that time Rutledge was a member of the European Tour, where his best finish on the Order of Merit came in 1990 when he finished in 55th, earning £75,274. He played in his first major at the 1990 Open Championship, where he was high on the leaderboard going into the weekend, but ended up finishing T-57. He played in his second and last major the following year at the 1991 Open Championship but he missed the cut. Rutledge’s best finish on the Asia Golf Circuit Order of Merit was third in 1994 and 1995. He has finished third on the Canadian Tour’s Order of Merit three times. He is one of the winningest players in Canadian Tour history, winning six times on tour.
Rutledge was a member of the Nationwide Tour between 2001 and 2009, except for 2007 when he was a member of the PGA Tour. Rutledge’s first Nationwide Tour win in 2006 at the ING New Zealand PGA Championship, helped him finish in 14th on the money list, which earned him his PGA Tour card for 2007. As the second oldest rookie in the history of the PGA Tour, he was not able to retain his tour card. Rutledge only made 5 of 23 cuts, with his best finish coming at the Mayakoba Golf Classic at Riviera Maya-Cancun where he finished T-31. He does not play in Asia anymore but still plays on the Canadian Tour.
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Isidor Ranked on the list of most popular Golfer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Jim Rutledge celebrates birthday on August 26 of every year.
Top Facts about Jim Rutledge
- Jim Rutledge is a Canadian professional golfer born in 1959.
- He turned pro in 1980 and joined the PGA Tour Canada in 1984.
- Rutledge has won four times on the PGA Tour Canada.
- He played on the Web.com Tour from 1996 to 2000.
- Rutledge made his debut on the Champions Tour in 2011.
- His best finish at a major championship was T-23 at the 1997 U.S Open.
- Rutledge has earned over $2 million in career earnings on the Champions Tour.
- He holds multiple course records across Canada and internationally.
- In 2013, he became only the second Canadian to win a Champions Tour event.
- Rutledge was named to Golf Digest’s “Best Teachers by State” list for British Columbia (Canada) in 2021.
Why did Jim Rutledge leave four roses?
Rutledge said there were years when he took just four days of vacation time because of commitments to the distillery , and he wants to be able to spend time with his family while he’s healthy enough to enjoy it.
Who is Jim Rutledge?
Master Distiller Jim Rutledge has five decades in the bourbon business, so you can easily say whiskey flows through his veins. Starting at Seagram in 1966, he retired as master distiller for the famed Four Roses Bourbon brand after 49 years back in 2015. That retirement lasted about a week.
Who owns Cream of Kentucky?
Jim Rutledge now owns the brand and chose to use it as his first release from his new distillery, J.W. Rutledge Distillery. Rutledge was the master distiller at Four Roses for 21 years.
What distillery makes cream of Kentucky?
Rutledge Distillery , which includes reviving the heritage brand Cream of Kentucky.
Is Cream of Kentucky worth it?
Cream of Kentucky is a great bourbon, but it’s not exceptional. It doesn’t have a wow factor; that moment where you take a sip and think to yourself, “Wow, this is gooooood!” This is a $75 bourbon masquerading as a $150 limited edition because the current state of the industry allows it.