Jbe' Kruger
| Jbe' Kruger | |
|---|---|
| — Golfer — | |
| Personal information | |
| Full name | James Barry Kruger |
| Nickname | Jbe' |
| Born |
23 June 1986 Kimberley, South Africa |
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Weight | 61 kg (134 lb; 9.6 st) |
| Nationality |
 South Africa |
| Residence | Bloemfontein, South Africa |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 2007 |
| Current tour(s) |
European Tour Sunshine Tour Asian Tour |
| Professional wins | 4 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| European Tour | 1 |
| Asian Tour | 1 |
| Sunshine Tour | 3 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP |
| The Open Championship | CUT: 2012 |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
James Barry Kruger (born 23 June 1986) is a South African professional golfer who plays on the European Tour, the Sunshine Tour, and the Asian Tour. He was born in Kimberley, Northern Cape and turned professional in 2007, and is known professionally as Jbe' Kruger.
Kruger has won three times on the Sunshine Tour. His win in February 2012 at the Avantha Masters, sanctioned jointly by the European and Asian tours, is his only win to date on either tour.
Professional wins (4)
European Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners -up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 Feb 2012 | Avantha Masters1 | −14 (70-69-66-69=274) | 2 strokes |  Jorge Campillo,  Marcel Siem |
1Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
Asian Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 Feb 2012 | Avantha Masters1 | −14 (70-69-66-69=274) | 2 strokes | Jorge Campillo, Marcel Siem |
1Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
Sunshine Tour wins (3)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30 Aug 2009 | Zambia Open | 69-68-67=204 | −15 | 3 strokes | Titch Moore |
| 2 | 24 Apr 2010 | Africom Zimbabwe Open | 68-69-67-65=269 | −19 | 2 strokes | Jaco Van Zyl |
| 3 | 13 Apr 2014 | Golden Pilsener Zimbabwe Open | 67-69-68-66=270 | −18 | 1 stroke | Jacques Blaauw |
External links
- Jbe' Kruger at the Sunshine Tour official site
- Jbe' Kruger at the European Tour official site
- Jbe' Kruger at the Asian Tour official site
- Jbe' Kruger at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, June 04, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.