Jbe' Kruger

Jbe' Kruger
Personal information
Full name	James Barry Kruger
Nickname	Jbe'
Born	(1986-06-23) 23 June 1986 (age 35) Kimberley, South Africa
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	61 kg (134 lb; 9.6 st)
Sporting nationality	South Africa
Residence	Bloemfontein, South Africa
Career
Turned professional	2007
Current tour(s)	Sunshine Tour Asian Tour Japan Golf Tour
Former tour(s)	European Tour
Professional wins	7
Number of wins by tour
European Tour	1
Japan Golf Tour	1
Asian Tour	2
Sunshine Tour	5
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT: 2012, 2017

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 five times on the Sunshine Tour. He won the Avantha Masters in February 2012, an event sanctioned jointly by the European and Asian tours, and the Shinhan Donghae Open in September 2019, which was jointly sanctioned by the Korean, Asian and Japan tours.

Professional wins (7)[]

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 by the Asian Tour

Japan Golf Tour wins (1)[]

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	22 Sep 2019	Shinhan Donghae Open1	−15 (69-67-68-65=269)	2 strokes	Chan Kim

¹Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the Korean Tour

Asian Tour wins (2)[]

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	19 Feb 2012	Avantha Masters1	−14 (70-69-66-69=274)	2 strokes	Jorge Campillo, Marcel Siem
2	22 Sep 2019	Shinhan Donghae Open2	−15 (69-67-68-65=269)	2 strokes	Chan Kim

¹Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
²Co-sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour and the Korean Tour

Asian Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2010	Brunei Open	Siddikur Rahman	Lost to par on first extra hole

Sunshine Tour wins (5)[]

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	30 Aug 2009	Zambia Open	−15 (69-68-67=204)	3 strokes	Titch Moore
2	24 Apr 2010	Africom Zimbabwe Open	−19 (68-69-67-65=269)	2 strokes	Jaco van Zyl
3	13 Apr 2014	Golden Pilsener Zimbabwe Open (2)	−18 (67-69-68-66=270)	1 stroke
4	11 Aug 2017		−11 (66-69-70=205)	1 stroke	,
5	21 Mar 2021		−21 (70-64-67-66=267)	2 strokes

Results in major championships[]

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

Results in World Golf Championships[]

Results not in chronological order before 2015.

"T" = Tied

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

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