Jim Simons

James Bradley Simons (May 15, 1950 – December 8, 2005) was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1970s and 1980s. Early life Simons was born in Pittsburgh and raised in suburban Butler, Pennsylvania. He attended Knoch High School in Saxonburg, Pennsylvania. Simons qualified for the 1967 U.S. Open at Baltusrol, played just after his junior year in high school. At age 17, he shot 165 (+25) and missed the 36-hole cut by seventeen strokes. Amateur career Simons was a two-time All-American on the Wake Forest University golf team. He finished T-2 at the 1970 Canadian Amateur and finished runner-up at the 1971 British Amateur to Steve Melnyk.