Brendon de Jonge

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Brendon de Jonge
Personal information
Full nameBrendon Russell de Jonge
Born (1980-07-18) 18 July 1980 (age 44)
Salisbury (now Harare), Zimbabwe
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight230 lb (100 kg; 16 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
Residence Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
Career
College Virginia Tech
Turned professional2003
Current tour(s) PGA Tour
(veteran member status)
Web.com Tour
Professional wins1
Highest ranking 58 (8 December 2013) [1]
Number of wins by tour
Korn Ferry Tour1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament T37: 2014
PGA Championship T26: 2011
U.S. Open T28: 2014
The Open Championship CUT: 2014
Achievements and awards
Nationwide Tour
Player of the Year
2008

Brendon Russell de Jonge (born 18 July 1980) is a Zimbabwean professional golfer. He currently plays on the PGA Tour. He played collegiate golf at Virginia Tech.

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Amateur career

In 1980, de Jonge was born in Salisbury, Zimbabwe.

De Jonge attended college in the United States at Virginia Tech. He was a two-time All-America selection by the Golf Coaches of America Association (2002, 2003). [2] He was also Virginia collegiate player of the year for those two seasons. [3] He was elected to the Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame in 2014. [4]

Professional career

De Jonge played on the Nationwide Tour from 2004 to 2006 and 2008. He earned his 2007 PGA Tour card at Q-school. He finished 155th on the money list in 2007, losing his tour card. In 2008 he finished second on the Nationwide Tour money list and earned his 2009 PGA Tour card. He did this by winning the Xerox Classic and recording a runner up finish and three third place finishes. He won the 2008 Nationwide Tour Player of the Year.

De Jonge finished 139th on the money list in 2009, which initially gave him conditional status for 2010. He earned a full tour card through PGA Tour Qualifying School. In 2010 De Jonge had his most successful year to date, with 7 top ten finishes taking him to 34th on the money list.

Awards and honors

Amateur wins (2)

Professional wins (1)

Nationwide Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
117 Aug 2008 Xerox Classic −13 (67-64-67-69=267)4 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jarrod Lyle

Playoff record

PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2014 McGladrey Classic Flag of the United States.svg Robert Streb, Flag of the United States.svg Will MacKenzie Streb won with birdie on second extra hole
MacKenzie eliminated by par on first hole

Results in major championships

Tournament201020112012201320142015
Masters Tournament T37
U.S. Open T33T28
The Open Championship CUT
PGA Championship T48T26T54T33T40T65
  Did not play

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

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Masters Tournament 00000011
U.S. Open 00000022
The Open Championship 00000010
PGA Championship 00000066
Totals000000109

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament2010201120122013201420152016
The Players Championship CUTCUTT15T1570T63T57

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament2014
Match Play
Championship T54
Invitational T37
Champions
  Did not play

"T" = Tied

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

References

  1. "Week 49 2013 Ending 8 Dec 2013" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Golf Coaches of America All-America". CollegiateGolf.com. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  3. Virginia Tech Golf Media Guide 2018 (PDF). p. 54. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  4. 1 2 "Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame". HokieSports.com.