Jaco van Zyl

Jaco van Zyl
Jaco van Zyl
Personal information
Full name	Jaco Phillipus van Zyl
Born	23 February 1979 (age 43); Pretoria, South Africa
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb)
Sporting nationality	South Africa
Spouse	Jessica van Zyl (m. 2005)
Children	1
Career
Turned professional	2001
Current tour(s)	European Tour; Sunshine Tour
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour
Professional wins	15
Highest ranking	49 (28 February 2016); (as of 20 February 2022)
Number of wins by tour
Sunshine Tour	14
Other	1
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	CUT: 2013
U.S. Open	CUT: 2013, 2016
The Open Championship	CUT: 2015

Jaco Phillipus van Zyl (born 23 February 1979) is a professional golfer from South Africa.

Golf career[]

Van Zyl was born in Pretoria. He won the South African Amateur 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 U.S.-based PGA Tour, having gained his card at the 2006 qualifying school. He made the 36-hole cut only four times in 21 tournaments during his rookie season and finished 227th on the 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 four 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. He had a good first season with five top-10 placings and finished 50th on the Race to Dubai.

In February 2016, van Zyl reached the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time.

Amateur wins[]

2000 South African Amateur

Professional wins (15)[]

Sunshine Tour wins (14)[]

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	29 Oct 2005	Platinum Classic	−18 (67-65-66=198)	Playoff	Grant Muller
2	24 Oct 2008	Vodacom Origins of Golf Final	−2 (70-68-76=214)	1 stroke	Bradford Vaughan
3	22 Feb 2009	Telkom PGA Championship	−18 (70-68-66-66=270)	1 stroke	Graham DeLaet, Trevor Fisher Jnr
4	9 May 2009	Samsung Royal Swazi Sun Open	65 pts (14-18-15-18=65)	12 points	Tongoona Charamba, Tyrone van Aswegen
5	21 Aug 2009	Telkom PGA Pro-Am	−12 (68-70-66=204)	5 strokes	Tongoona Charamba
6	1 May 2010	Vodacom Origins of Golf (2) at Sishen	−16 (65-68-67=200)	1 stroke	Jean Hugo, Jbe' Kruger
7	15 May 2010	Nashua Golf Challenge	−8 (68-71-69=208)	5 strokes	Jean Hugo, PH McIntyre
8	3 Sep 2010	Telkom PGA Pro-Am (2)	−15 (66-66-69=201)	1 stroke	Garth Mulroy
9	25 Sep 2010		−22 (66-64-64=194)	8 strokes
10	9 Sep 2011	Telkom PGA Pro-Am (3)	−19 (67-66-64=197)	6 strokes	Jean Hugo
11	24 Feb 2013	Dimension Data Pro-Am	−17 (68-64-70-70=272)	1 stroke	Daniel Brooks
12	17 Mar 2013	Telkom PGA Championship (2)	−20 (67-65-67-69=268)	1 stroke	Dylan Frittelli
13	24 Mar 2013	Investec Cup	−21 (66-64-69-68=267)	Playoff	Hennie Otto
14	28 Feb 2016	Eye of Africa PGA Championship (3)	−20 (68-67-66-67=268)	Playoff	Dean Burmester

Sunshine Tour playoff record (3–3)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2005	Platinum Classic	Grant Muller
2	2010		Michiel Bothma	Lost to par on second extra hole
3	2012	Lion of Africa Cape Town Open	Jake Roos, Tyrone van Aswegen,	Roos won with birdie on second extra hole van Zyl eliminated by par on first hole
4	2013	Investec Cup	Hennie Otto	Won with par on first extra hole
5	2015	Investec Cup	Jaco Ahlers	Lost to par on third extra hole
6	2016	Eye of Africa PGA Championship	Dean Burmester	Won with par on first extra hole

Other wins (1)[]

2003 Event 6 – State mines G.C. (Diners Club Tour)

Playoff record[]

European Tour playoff record (0–2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponents	Result
1	2011	Trophée Hassan II	Rhys Davies, David Horsey	Horsey won with birdie on second extra hole
2	2017	Commercial Bank Qatar Masters	Joakim Lagergren, Wang Jeung-hun	Wang won with birdie on first extra hole

Results in major championships[]

Open de France 2015

Tournament	2013	2015	2016
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open	CUT		CUT
The Open Championship		CUT
PGA Championship	CUT

Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results in World Golf Championships[]

Results not in chronological order before 2015.

Tournament	2010	2012	2013	2014	2016
Championship
Match Play					T28
Invitational			72
Champions	T13	T56	T21	T73

Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied

Team appearances[]

Amateur

Eisenhower Trophy (representing South Africa): 2000

Professional

World Cup (representing South Africa): 2016

References[]

^ "Week 09 2016 Ending 28 Feb 2016" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 4 October 2019.

External links[]

Jaco van Zyl at the Sunshine Tour official site
Jaco van Zyl at the European Tour official site
Jaco van Zyl at the PGA Tour official site
Jaco van Zyl at the Official World Golf Ranking official site

[w201609-1] "Week 09 2016 Ending 28 Feb 2016" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 4 October 2019.

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