Passages: Notable golf deaths in 2019

In 2019, the golf world mourned the loss of architect Alice Dye, Gordon Brand Jr., Dan Jenkins and several others.

Brian Barnes at the 59th Senior PGA Championship in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. (Photo by Montana Pritchard/PGA of America via Getty Images)

Brian Barnes

Brian Barnes will be forever remembered as the man who once beat Jack Nicklaus twice in the 1975 Ryder Cup. U.S. captain Arnold Palmer approached Great Britain & Ireland counterpart Bernard Hunt and asked him to name his best player to play Nicklaus in singles. Hunt picked Barnes.