Brendan Jones (golfer)

Brendan Jones
Personal information
Full name	Brendan Mark Jones
Born	(1975-03-03) 3 March 1975 (age 50) West Wyalong, New South Wales, Australia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	82 kg (181 lb; 12.9 st)
Sporting nationality	Australia
Career
Turned professional	1999
Current tour(s)	PGA Tour Champions Asian Tour PGA Tour of Australasia
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour Nationwide Tour Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins	19
Highest ranking	52 (14 December 2008) [1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour	15
Asian Tour	2
PGA Tour of Australasia	1
Korn Ferry Tour	1
Other	2
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	T24: 2009
U.S. Open	CUT: 2004, 2012
The Open Championship	T70: 2008
Achievements and awards
Japan Golf Tour Rookie of the Year 2002

Brendan Mark Jones (born 3 March 1975) is an Australian professional golfer who plays on the Japan Golf Tour, where he has won 15 times between 2002 and 2019.

Amateur career

Jones has a successful amateur career. He was part of the Australian team that took silver medal in the 1998 Eisenhower Trophy and he won the Australian Amateur in 1999, beating Mahal Pearce 2&1 in the final.

Professional career

In 1999, Jones turned professional. He played two tournaments on the 2000 Japan Golf Tour and has played regularly on the tour since 2001.

In 2005, Jones was a member of the PGA Tour. Despite finishing in a tie for second at the B.C. Open, he narrowly failed to win enough money to retain his tour card. He has featured in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Ranking reaching as high as 52 during 2011.

Amateur wins

this list may be incomplete

• 1995 New South Wales Amateur
• 1996 New South Wales Medal (tied with Scott Gardiner and Nathan Green)
• 1997 New South Wales Medal
• 1998 Riversdale Cup
• 1999 Australian Amateur, Master of the Amateurs

Professional wins (19)

Japan Golf Tour wins (15)

Legend
Japan majors (1)
Other Japan Golf Tour (14)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	3 Nov 2002	Philip Morris K.K. Championship	−19 (65-67-67-70=269)	2 strokes	Toshimitsu Izawa
2	10 Aug 2003	Sun Chlorella Classic	−8 (71-73-68-68=280)	Playoff	Daisuke Maruyama, Taichi Teshima
3	25 Apr 2004	Tsuruya Open	−9 (64-73-69-69=275)	2 strokes	Keiichiro Fukabori, Scott Laycock, Tatsuya Mitsuhashi, Taichi Teshima, Shinichi Yokota
4	27 Jun 2004	Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open	−14 (67-68-70-69=274)	Playoff	Hiroaki Iijima
5	23 Apr 2006	Tsuruya Open (2)	−11 (70-68-66-69=273)	2 strokes	Mamo Osanai
6	22 Apr 2007	Tsuruya Open (3)	−16 (67-65-68-68=268)	2 strokes	Masahiro Kuramoto, Hirofumi Miyase, Takuya Taniguchi
7	11 Nov 2007	Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters	−13 (67-68-69-70=274)	5 strokes	Toru Taniguchi
8	2 Dec 2007	Golf Nippon Series JT Cup	−11 (70-70-68-61=269)	1 stroke	Toru Taniguchi
9	26 Sep 2010	Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open 1	−6 (71-70-66=207)*	1 stroke	Ryuichi Oda
10	1 May 2011	The Crowns	−9 (67-66-68-70=271)	Playoff	Jang Ik-jae
11	15 Apr 2012	Token Homemate Cup	−15 (68-69-70-62=269)	2 strokes	Ryuichi Oda
12	29 Jul 2012	Sun Chlorella Classic (2)	−15 (69-66-68-70=273)	2 strokes	Lee Seong-ho, Hideki Matsuyama, Yoshinobu Tsukada
13	30 Jun 2013	Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open (2)	−19 (67-66-68-68=269)	3 strokes	Kim Kyung-tae
14	18 Sep 2016	ANA Open	−18 (66-67-67-70=270)	1 stroke	Yuta Ikeda
15	21 Apr 2019	Token Homemate Cup	−15 (65-69-71-64=269)	1 stroke	Matthew Griffin

*Note: The 2010 Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open was shortened to 54 holes due to inclement weather.
¹Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (3–2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2002	Sun Chlorella Classic	Naomichi Ozaki, Christian Peña	Peña won with birdie on first extra hole
2	2003	Sun Chlorella Classic	Daisuke Maruyama, Taichi Teshima	Won with birdie on first extra hole
3	2004	Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open	Hiroaki Iijima	Won with par on second extra hole
4	2009	Mitsubishi Diamond Cup Golf	Takashi Kanemoto	Lost to birdie on third extra hole
5	2011	The Crowns	Jang Ik-jae	Won with birdie on first extra hole

Asian Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	26 Sep 2010	Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open 1	−6 (71-70-66=207)*	1 stroke	Ryuichi Oda
2	5 Mar 2023	New Zealand Open 2	−18 (69-69-62-66=266)	3 strokes	Ben Campbell, Eom Jae-woong, Tomoyo Ikemura, John Lyras

*Note: The 2010 Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open was shortened to 54 holes due to inclement weather.
¹Co-sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour
²Co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	5 Mar 2023	New Zealand Open 1	−18 (69-69-62-66=266)	3 strokes	Ben Campbell, Eom Jae-woong, Tomoyo Ikemura, John Lyras

¹Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour

PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2022	TPS Sydney	Jarryd Felton	Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Nationwide Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	13 Jun 2004	LaSalle Bank Open	−16 (67-70-64-67=268)	1 stroke	D. A. Points

Nationwide Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponents	Result
1	2004	SAS Carolina Classic	Chris Anderson, Jason Buha, Paul Gow	Anderson won with par on eighth extra hole Buha and Gow eliminated by birdie on first hole

Other wins (2)

• 1999 Tasmanian Open
• 2007 Murrumbidgee Country Club Pro-Am

Awards and honors

In 2002, Jones was the Japan Golf Tour Rookie of the Year

Results in major championships

Tournament	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open	CUT
The Open Championship	CUT				T70
PGA Championship	CUT				CUT	T24

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open			CUT
The Open Championship			T72	CUT
PGA Championship		CUT	CUT

Tournament	2019
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship	CUT
U.S. Open
The Open Championship

  Did not play

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

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Match Play	R64	R64		R64
Championship	T40
Invitational	T36
Champions			T25		T46

  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

Team appearances

Amateur

• Eisenhower Trophy (representing Australia): 1998
• Four Nations: 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
• Australian Men's Interstate Teams Matches (representing New South Wales): 1993, 1994, 1995 (winners), 1996 (winners), 1997, 1998 (winners)

Professional

• World Cup (representing Australia): 2008, 2011

See also

• 2004 Nationwide Tour graduates
• List of golfers with most Japan Golf Tour wins

References

1. "Week 50 2008 Ending 14 Dec 2008" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved 22 October 2019.

External links

• Brendan Jones at the PGA Tour of Australasia official site
• Brendan Jones at the Japan Golf Tour official site
• Brendan Jones at the PGA Tour official site
• Brendan Jones at the Official World Golf Ranking official site