Jake Roos

Jake Roos (born 20 October 1980) is a South African professional golfer.

Jake Roos
Personal information
Full nameJakobus Roos
Born (1980-10-20) 20 October 1980
Pretoria, South Africa
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight190 lb (86 kg; 14 st)
Sporting nationality South Africa
ResidenceOnrus, South Africa
SpouseRhoné
ChildrenClara
Career
CollegeUniversity of Stellenbosch
Turned professional2005
Current tour(s)Sunshine Tour
Former tour(s)European Tour
Challenge Tour
Professional wins16
Number of wins by tour
Sunshine Tour6
Challenge Tour2
Other8

Roos was born in Pretoria. He was the number one ranked South African amateur golfer before turning professional in 2005 and then joined the Sunshine Tour by finishing 4th at Q-school.

His first victory 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)

Sunshine Tour wins (6)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin 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)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2008 Suncoast Classic South Africa Omar Sandys Won with birdie on third extra hole
2 2009 Nedbank Affinity Cup South Africa Mark Murless, South Africa Albert Pistorius
3 2012 Platinum Classic South Africa Anthony Michael, South Africa Chris Swanepoel Won with birdie on fifth extra hole
4 2012 Lombard Insurance Classic South Africa Justin Harding Won with par on first extra hole
5 2012 Lion of Africa Cape Town Open South Africa Tyrone van Aswegen, South Africa Jaco van Zyl,
South Africa Mark Williams		 Won with birdie on second extra hole
van Zyl eliminated by par on first hole
6 2014 Vodacom Origins of Golf at Vaal de Grace South Africa PH McIntyre Lost to birdie on third extra hole
7 2017 Sun City Challenge South Africa Peter Karmis Lost to par on first extra hole
8 2018 Lombard Insurance Classic South Africa Justin Harding Lost to birdie on sixth extra hole
9 2018 Vodacom Origins of Golf at Zebula South Africa Zander Lombard Lost to par on first extra hole
10 2021 Players Championship South Africa Jaco Prinsloo, South Africa Daniel van Tonder Prinsloo won with birdie on third extra hole
Roos eliminated by eagle on first hole

Challenge Tour wins (2)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin 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)
  • 2010 Zurich Open
  • 6 wins on the Golden State Tour
  • 2015 Aegean Airlines Pro-am (Greece)

See also

References
  1. "Jake survives 5-hole playoff for victory in Platinum Classic". Sunshine Tour. 24 March 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
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