Jacques Kruyswijk

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Jacques Kruyswijk
Personal information
Born (1992-10-18) 18 October 1992 (age 29)
Pretoria, South Africa
Height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Sporting nationality South Africa
ResidencePretoria, South Africa
Career
Turned professional2013
Current tour(s)European Tour
Sunshine Tour
Former tour(s)Big Easy Tour
Professional wins3
Number of wins by tour
Sunshine Tour2
Other1

Jacques Kruyswijk (born 18 October 1992) is a South African professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and Sunshine Tour. He won the 2016 Cape Town Open.

Amateur career[]

Kruyswijk enjoyed a stellar career as an amateur and won the Royal Silver Vase in 2011.[1]

He represented Limpopo Province between 2005 and 2012. In 2011 he was nominated as the SA IPT Player of the Year. He recorded six victories on the IGT Tour.[2]

Professional career[]

Kruyswijk turned professional in January 2013 after he finished 7th in the 2013 Sunshine Tour Q-School. He recorded his first professional victory in his rookie season in an event on the Big Easy Tour. In 2015 he received attention at a Vodacom Origins of Golf event when he got a one shot penalty after whacking his ball off a tree then into his most sensitive area.[3]

On the 2016–17 Sunshine Tour he won the Lion of Africa Cape Town Open in November and tied for 4th at the Joburg Open in February. He finished 11th on the Order of Merit. On the 2017–18 Sunshine Tour he tied for 4th at the South African Open and again finished 11th on the Order of Merit.[2]

Kruyswijk joined the European Tour in 2017 after finishing tied second among the 2017 European Tour Qualifying School graduates.[1]

In 2020, his best results were 3rd-place finishes at the Eye of Africa PGA Championship and Limpopo Championship.[4]

In 2021, Kruyswijk recorded five top-10s on the European Tour and finished in 116th place on the Order of Merit, retaining his card.[5] He also recorded his second Sunshine Tour victory when he won the held at his home club, the Centurion Country Club.[6] He broke into the top-200 on the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time following this win.[7]

Professional wins (3)[]

Sunshine Tour wins (2)[]

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 27 Nov 2016 Lion of Africa Cape Town Open −17 (67-66-68-70=271) 2 strokes South Africa Justin Harding, South Africa Brandon Stone
2 12 Sep 2021 −18 (67-64-67=198) 1 stroke South Africa , South Africa

Big Easy Tour wins (1)[]

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 14 Aug 2013 Big Easy Tour - The Els Club Copperleaf −6 (70-68=138) Playoff South Africa

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Player Profile Jacques Kruyswijk". European Tour. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Player Profile Jacques Kruyswijk". Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  3. ^ "South African golfer Jacques Kruyswijk cops a golf ball to the groin". Stuff Limited. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Results 2020 Limpopo Championship". European Tour. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  5. ^ "2021 Race to Dubai". European Tour. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Jacques Kruyswijk pulls off second Sunshine Tour title with Centurion victory". Independent Online. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Jacques Kruyswijk". OWGR. Retrieved 16 January 2022.

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