Two-time major winner Jack Burke Junior dies aged 100

Two-time major winner Jack Burke Junior has died at the age of 100.

The Texan won both the Masters, in which he fought back from eight strokes down, and the US PGA Championship in 1956.

A statement on the USGA official website said: "Jackie Burke Jr, the 2004 recipient of the USGA's Bob Jones Award and co-founder of Champions Golf Club, the host site for the 1969 US Open and 2020 US Women's Open, died on January 19, just 10 days shy of his 101st birthday.

"The charismatic Texas native - he was born in Fort Worth before his family moved to Houston - was a two-time major champion who regularly competed against the likes of Ben Hogan, Sam Snead, Byron Nelson and Champions Club co-founder and fellow Texan Jimmy Demaret."

Burke was the son of Jack Burke Senior, the teaching pro at River Oaks Country Club in Houston, who shared runner-up honours at the 1920 US Open.

He took up golf as a seven-year-old, using a four-iron for every shot - including putts - and caddied at his father's club.

Burke Jr turned professional after graduating from St Thomas High in Houston, but spent four years in the Marines and worked briefly in the Texas oil fields before joining the tour.

He enjoyed 16 PGA Tour victories, the last of them the 1963 Lucky International Open, and he had a 7-1 record in his five Ryder Cup starts, captaining a US team which included Jack Nicklaus, Lee Trevino, Arnold Palmer and Billy Casper to victory in 1973.

Burke Jr retired from competitive golf at the age of 33 to focus on teaching the game.