Stephan Jäger

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Stephan Jäger
Personal information
Born (1989-05-30) 30 May 1989 (age 32)
Munich, Germany
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight170 lb (77 kg; 12 st)
Sporting nationality Germany
Career
CollegeUniversity of Tennessee-Chattanooga
Turned professional2012
Current tour(s)PGA Tour
Former tour(s)Korn Ferry Tour
PGA Tour Latinoamérica
Professional wins6
Number of wins by tour
Korn Ferry Tour6 (Tied 2nd all time)
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenT34: 2020
The Open ChampionshipDNP

Stephan Jäger (born 30 May 1989), also spelled as Stephan Jaeger, is a German professional golfer. He has won six tournaments on the second tier Korn Ferry Tour in the United States.

Amateur career[]

Jäger played collegiate golf at University of Tennessee-Chattanooga. He turned professional in 2012.

Professional career[]

Jäger qualified for the 2015 U.S. Open where he shot 74–80 to miss the cut.[1]

At the 2016 Ellie Mae Classic, Jäger shot a 12-under par 58 in the first round and followed it up with rounds of 65-64-63 to claim his first Web.com Tour victory. He set the 72-hole aggregate record with his 250[2] and tied the to-par record, at 30 under par,[3] and won by 7 strokes over Rhein Gibson. He also set the 36-hole and 54-hole records.[4] Despite the win, Jäger finished 28th on the regular season money list, three spots short of a guaranteed PGA Tour card.

Hole 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Out 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 In Total
Par 4 4 3 4 4 5 3 4 4 35 4 3 5 3 4 3 4 4 5 35 70
Score 4 3 3 3 3 4 2 3 4 29 3 2 5 2 3 2 4 4 4 29 58

In 2017, Jäger won twice on the Web.com Tour, finishing fifth on the regular-season money list and earning a PGA Tour card for the 2017–18 season. In May 2018, ranked 161st in the FedEx Cup and having failed to qualify for The Players Championship, Jäger played in and won the Web.com Tour's Knoxville Open, his fourth victory on that tour. After failing to finish in either the top 125 of the FedEx Cup or the Web.com Tour's top 25, Jäger regained his PGA Tour card through the Web.com Tour Finals.[5]

Back on the Korn Ferry Tour in 2020, Jäger picked up his fifth title on the tour at the Albertsons Boise Open.[6] The win helped gain him exemption into the 2020 U.S. Open as one of the leading points scorers in the final three Championship Series events,[7] and into four alternate events on the PGA Tour in 2021 by virtue of being in the top ten of the tour standings after the Korn Ferry Tour Championship.[8]

Professional wins (6)[]

Korn Ferry Tour wins (6)[]

Legend
Korn Ferry Tour Championship Series (1)
Other Korn Ferry Tour (5)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 31 Jul 2016 Ellie Mae Classic −30 (58-65-64-63=250) 7 strokes Australia Rhein Gibson
2 21 May 2017 BMW Charity Pro-Am −19 (64-66-65=195)* 1 stroke United States Tyler Duncan, United States ,
China Zhang Xinjun
3 11 Jun 2017 Rust-Oleum Championship −14 (68-67-68-71=274) 2 strokes United States Ted Potter Jr.
4 13 May 2018 Knoxville Open −16 (68-72-64-64=268) 3 strokes South Korea Im Sung-jae
5 16 Aug 2020 Albertsons Boise Open −22 (65-64-65-68=262) 2 strokes United States , United States
6 4 Apr 2021 Emerald Coast Classic −14 (67-67-66-66=266) Playoff United States David Lipsky

*Note: The 2017 BMW Charity Pro-Am was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

Korn Ferry Tour playoff record (1–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2021 Emerald Coast Classic United States David Lipsky Won with par on first extra hole
2 2021 Rex Hospital Open Chile Mito Pereira Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Results in major championships[]

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUT T60
The Open Championship
PGA Championship
Tournament 2019 2020
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open T34
The Open Championship NT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied for place
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Team appearances[]

Amateur

Professional

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Uchiyama, David (17 June 2015). "Bound for U.S. Open, Jaeger proud to call Chattanooga home". Times Free Press. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Jaeger posts record low 72-hole aggregate". PGA Tour. 31 July 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Jaeger matches lowest 72-hole score to par in Web.com Tour history". PGA Tour. 31 July 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  4. ^ "From 58 to victory: A special week for Jaeger". PGA Tour. 31 July 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Web.com Tour 2018 Finals Money List". PGA Tour. 21 September 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  6. ^ Woodard, Adam (August 16, 2020). "Stephan Jaeger wins Boise Open for fifth Korn Ferry Tour title". Golfweek. USA Today. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  7. ^ Romine, Brentley (August 30, 2020). "From Monday qualifiers to U.S. Open berth, Brandon Wu wins KFT Championship". Golf Channel. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  8. ^ Bolton, Rob (September 8, 2020). "Fantasy preview for 2020-2021 season". PGA Tour. Retrieved September 8, 2020.

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