Jaco van Zyl
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Jaco Phillipus van Zyl is a professional golf
er from South Africa
.
Van Zyl was born in Pretoria
. He won the South African Amateur Championship in 2000 and turned professional the following year, immediately joining the Sunshine Tour. He won for the first time on the tour at the Platinum Classic
in 2005.
In 2007, van Zyl played on the elite United States
based PGA Tour
, having gained his card at the 2006 qualifying school
. He made the 36 hole cut only 4 times from 21 tournaments during his rookie season, and finished 227th on the final money list.
In 2009, van Zyl recorded the biggest win of his career at the Telkom PGA Championship, and went on to win twice more during the season and finish in 4th place on the Order of Merit. Having won 4 more tournaments on the Sunshine Tour in 2010, Van Zyl ended the year by finishing in 5th place at the final stage of the European Tour's qualifying school
to earn his place on European Tour for the 2011 season.
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
er from South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
.
Van Zyl was born in Pretoria
Pretoria
Pretoria is a city located in the northern part of Gauteng Province, South Africa. It is one of the country's three capital cities, serving as the executive and de facto national capital; the others are Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Bloemfontein, the judicial capital.Pretoria is...
. He won the South African Amateur Championship in 2000 and turned professional the following year, immediately joining the Sunshine Tour. He won for the first time on the tour at the Platinum Classic
Platinum Classic
The Platinum Classic is a golf tournament on the Sunshine Tour. It was founded in 1995, and is played at the nine hole Mooinooi Golf Club, North West Province, South Africa, although the first event had to be moved to Rustenburg when the greens at Mooinooi were vandalised.The tournament is...
in 2005.
In 2007, van Zyl played on the elite United States
United States
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based PGA Tour
PGA Tour
The PGA Tour is the organizer of the main men's professional golf tours in the United States and North America...
, having gained his card at the 2006 qualifying school
Qualifying school
In professional golf the term qualifying school is used for the annual qualifying tournaments for leading golf tours such as the U.S. based PGA and LPGA Tours and the European Tour. A fixed number of players in the event win membership of the tour for the following season, otherwise known as a...
. He made the 36 hole cut only 4 times from 21 tournaments during his rookie season, and finished 227th on the final money list.
In 2009, van Zyl recorded the biggest win of his career at the Telkom PGA Championship, and went on to win twice more during the season and finish in 4th place on the Order of Merit. Having won 4 more tournaments on the Sunshine Tour in 2010, Van Zyl ended the year by finishing in 5th place at the final stage of the European Tour's qualifying school
Qualifying school
In professional golf the term qualifying school is used for the annual qualifying tournaments for leading golf tours such as the U.S. based PGA and LPGA Tours and the European Tour. A fixed number of players in the event win membership of the tour for the following season, otherwise known as a...
to earn his place on European Tour for the 2011 season.
Sunshine Tour wins (10)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning Score | Margin of Victory | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 29 Oct 2005 | Platinum Classic Platinum Classic The Platinum Classic is a golf tournament on the Sunshine Tour. It was founded in 1995, and is played at the nine hole Mooinooi Golf Club, North West Province, South Africa, although the first event had to be moved to Rustenburg when the greens at Mooinooi were vandalised.The tournament is... |
Playoff |  Grant Muller |
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| 2 | 24 Oct 2008 2008 Sunshine Tour The 2008 Sunshine Tour was the ninth season of professional golf tournaments since the southern Africa based Sunshine Tour was relaunched in 2000, and the second since the tour switched a calendar based season in 2007... |
Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour Final | 1 stroke | Bradford Vaughan Bradford Vaughan Bradford Vaughan is a South African professional golfer. He won the South African Amateur in 1994 and turned professional the following year. He has won eight tournaments on the Sunshine Tour... |
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| 3 | 22 Feb 2009 2009 Sunshine Tour The 2009 Sunshine Tour was the 10th season of professional golf tournaments since the southern Africa based Sunshine Tour was relaunched in 2000, and the third since the tour switched a calendar based season in 2007... |
Telkom PGA Championship | 1 stroke |  Graham DeLaetGraham DeLaet Graham DeLaet is a Canadian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour, the Canadian Tour and the Sunshine Tour.-Early life:... , Trevor Fisher JnrTrevor Fisher Jnr Trevor Henry Fisher Jnr is a South African professional golfer. He won four times on the Sunshine Tour between 2003 and 2009.Fisher was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. He played in the South African Open in 1999 and was the low amateur... |
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| 4 | 9 May 2009 | Samsung Royal Swazi Sun Open | 12 pts |  T. C. CharambaTongoona Charamba Tongoona "TC" Charamba is a professional golfer from Zimbabwe.Charamba was born in Harare, Zimbabwe. He won 12 amateur tournaments, including the Zimbabwe Amateur Matchplay and Stokeplay Championships in 2002, and led the Zimbabwe Order of Merit from 2000 to 2002, before turning professional in... , Tyrone van Aswegen |
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| 5 | 21 Aug 2009 | Telkom PGA Pro-Am | 5 strokes | T. C. Charamba |
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| 6 | 1 May 2010 2010 Sunshine Tour The 2010 Sunshine Tour was the 11th season of professional golf tournaments since the southern Africa based Sunshine Tour was relaunched in 2000, and the 4th since the tour switched a calendar based season in 2007... |
Vodacom Business Origins of Golf Tour at Sishen | 1 stroke | Jean Hugo, Jbe' Kruger Jbe' Kruger James Barry "Jbe'" Kruger is a South African professional golfer who plays on the Sunshine Tour.Kruger was born in Kimberley, Northern Cape. He turned professional in 2007.... |
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| 7 | 15 May 2010 | Nashua Golf Challenge | 5 strokes | Jean Hugo, P. H. McIntyre |
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| 8 | 3 Sep 2010 | Telkom PGA Pro-Am | 1 stroke | Garth Mulroy Garth Mulroy Garth David Mulroy is a South African professional golfer.Mulroy was born in Durban. He attended college in the United States at North Carolina State University, where he was an NCAA Division I All-American... |
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| 9 | 25 Sep 2010 | SAA Pro-Am Invitational | 8 strokes | Alex Haindl |
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| 10 | 9 Sep 2011 | Telkom PGA Pro-Am | 6 strokes | Jean Hugo |
See also
- List of golfers with most Sunshine Tour wins
- 2006 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates2006 PGA Tour Qualifying School GraduatesThis is a list of the 40 players who earned their 2007 PGA Tour card through Q School in 2006.-2007 Results:T = Tied Green background indicates the player retained his PGA Tour card for 2008 ....
- 2010 European Tour Qualifying School graduates2010 European Tour Qualifying School graduatesThis is a list of the 34 players who earned their 2011 European Tour card through Q School in 2010.*Players in yellow are 2011 European Tour rookies.-Runners-up on the European Tour in 2011:-References:**...