Jake Roos
| Jake Roos | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Jakobus Roos |
| Born | 20 October 1980 Pretoria, South Africa |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg; 14 st) |
| Sporting nationality | File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa |
| Residence | Mosselbay, South Africa |
| Spouse | Rhoné |
| Children | 2 |
| Career | |
| College | University of Stellenbosch |
| Turned professional | 2005 |
| Current tour | Sunshine Tour |
| Former tours | European Tour Challenge Tour |
| Professional wins | 16 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Sunshine Tour | 6 |
| Challenge Tour | 2 |
| Other | 8 |
Jake Roos (born 20 October 1980) is a South African professional golfer.
Early life and amateur career
[edit | edit source]In 1980, Roos was born in Pretoria. He was the # 1 ranked South African amateur golfer at the height of his amateur career.
Professional career
[edit | edit source]In 2005, Ross turned professional. He joined the Sunshine Tour by finishing 4th at Q-school.
Roos' first victory on the Sunshine Tour came at the 2008 Suncoast Classic. His second victory came the following year at the Nedbank Affinity Cup. In 2012, Roos picked up his third victory on Tour at the Platinum Classic after he defeated Chris Swanepoel and Anthony Michael on the fifth hole of a sudden-death playoff.[1] He picked up his second Sunshine Tour victory of the year in June at the Lombard Insurance Classic after defeating Justin Harding in a playoff. Roos entered the final round four shots back of Harding but fired a 63 (−9) to force a playoff. Roos would pick up his third victory of the 2012 season and fifth Sunshine Tour victory overall in November, when he won the Lion of Africa Cape Town Open in a four-man playoff with birdie on the second playoff hole. Roos would pick up his sixth overall Sunshine Tour victory in April 2013 when he won the Golden Pilsener Zimbabwe Open by a single stroke. Roos started the final round four shots back but fired a final round 67 to take the victory.
In March 2014, he won the Barclays Kenya Open and earned a place on the Challenge Tour for the rest of 2014. He would win a second Challenge Tour title at the Aegean Airlines Championship, Germany in July to secure his European Tour card for 2015.
Roos has also won six tournaments on the Golden State Tour, a mini tour in California.
Professional wins (16)
[edit | edit source]Sunshine Tour wins (6)
[edit | edit source]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 Sep 2008 | Suncoast Classic | −6 (68-68-74=210) | Playoff | South Africa Omar Sandys |
| 2 | 2 Dec 2009 | Nedbank Affinity Cup | −12 (71-66-67=204) | Playoff | South Africa Mark Murless, South Africa Albert Pistorius |
| 3 | 24 Mar 2012 | Platinum Classic | −14 (66-66-70=202) | Playoff | South Africa Anthony Michael, South Africa Chris Swanepoel |
| 4 | 3 Jun 2012 | Lombard Insurance Classic | −17 (66-70-63=199) | Playoff | South Africa Justin Harding |
| 5 | 25 Nov 2012 | Lion of Africa Cape Town Open | −9 (71-67-73-68=279) | Playoff | South Africa Tyrone van Aswegen, South Africa Jaco van Zyl, South Africa Mark Williams |
| 6 | 21 Apr 2013 | Golden Pilsener Zimbabwe Open | −14 (69-67-71-67=274) | 1 stroke | South Africa Darren Fichardt, Italy Francesco Laporta |
Sunshine Tour playoff record (5–5)
Challenge Tour wins (2)
[edit | edit source]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 Mar 2014 | Barclays Kenya Open | −10 (69-68-71-70=278) | 1 stroke | France Adrien Bernadet, Denmark Lasse Jensen, Spain Pedro Oriol |
| 2 | 6 Jul 2014 | Aegean Airlines Challenge Tour | −13 (69-69-67-70=275) | 2 strokes | England Jason Barnes |
Other wins (8)
[edit | edit source]- 2010 Zurich Open
- 6 wins on the Golden State Tour
- 2015 Aegean Airlines Pro-am (Greece)
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Official website
- Jake Roos at the Sunshine Tour official site
- Jake Roos at the European Tour official site
- Jake Roos at the Official World Golf Ranking official site