Ben Jackson (golfer)

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Ben Jackson
Personal information
Full nameBenedict Jackson
Born (1967-05-23) 23 May 1967 (age 56)
Helperby, North Yorkshire, England
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Sporting nationalityFlag of England.svg  England
Residence Victoria, Australia
Career
Turned professional1989
Current tour(s)PGA Legends Tour [1]
Former tour(s) PGA Tour of Australasia
Professional wins11

Benedict Jackson (born 23 May 1967) [1] is an English professional golfer who has resided in Australia since 1987. During the course of his career, he has won several major golf tournaments, most notably the Western Australian Open in 1995.

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Biography

Jackson was born on 23 May 1967 in the village of Helperby, North Yorkshire. He was educated at the private school King's Ely in Ely, Cambridgeshire. [1]

As a young amateur, Jackson represented the England Boys team in 1984. In 1987, at the age of 19, Jackson emigrated to Australia where he went on to win numerous pro-am events throughout the late 1980s and 1990s. [1] Jackson played in the 1995 Western Australia PGA Championship at Joondalup, finishing second by one stroke. Weeks later, Jackson won the 1995 Western Australian Open in a sudden-death playoff, becoming the first European champion in the tournament's history. [2] [3] [4] He temporarily retired from professional play in 1999.

In 2018, Jackson gained a place on the Australian PGA Legends Tour through qualifying school. He won six events during his first two years on the tour. He won three times in 2021 and once in 2022. [1]

Professional wins (11)

Australasian Foundation Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
121 May 1995 Western Australian Open 70-64-68-68=270Playoff Flag of New Zealand.svg Grant Moorhead

PGA Legends Tour (10)

2018

  • Live Life Group Maleny Legends Pro-Am

2019

  • Club Mandalay Legends Pro-Am (tied with Peter Fowler)
  • Kerry Campbell Homes Fraser Coast Classic (tied with Mike Harwood and Peter Senior)
  • Bribie Island Legends Pro-Am
  • Furphy Murrumbidgee Legends Pro-Am (tied with Douglas Maiden and Simon Tooman)
  • Minder Secure Cloud Services Legends Pro-Am (tied with Steven Aisbett)

2021

  • Pacific Harbour Legends Pro-Am
  • Reeside Communities Pacific Legends Pro-Am
  • Fidelity Capital Group Charity Legends Pro-Am

2022

  • Mike Carney Toyota Townsville Legends Pro-Am

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Ben Jackson Player Profile". PGA. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  2. "A.C.T. and National Results". The Canberra Times . Vol. 70, no. 21, 949. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 22 May 1995. p. 25. Retrieved 7 April 2021 via National Library of Australia.
  3. "Sport A.C.T. and National". The Canberra Times . Vol. 70, no. 21, 948. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 21 May 1995. p. 12. Retrieved 18 March 2021 via National Library of Australia.
  4. Briggs, Kay. "Open Golf Championship of Western Australia (Men)" (PDF). Cottesloe Golf Club. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 January 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2021.