The Power Hall of Fame: Golf's Biggest Hitters

The 1920s: Jim Barnes

One of the original big hitters on Tour, “Long Jim,” was known both for his unusual height (6’4” made you a freak in 1910) and his prodigious driving distance. Barnes used a lanky frame and long, muscular arms to crank drives past the likes of Walter Hagen and Harry Vardon on his way to four major championships and 21 Tour wins. His nine-stroke margin of victory in the 1921 U.S. Open (President Warren G. Harding is presenting him with this trophy in this photo) was a record that held up until Tiger’s win at Pebble Beach in 2000.