Jake Roos

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Jake Roos
Personal information
Full nameJakobus Roos
Born (1980-10-20) 20 October 1980 (age 43)
Pretoria, South Africa
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight190 lb (86 kg; 14 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Residence Mosselbay, South Africa
SpouseRhoné
Children2
Career
CollegeUniversity of Stellenbosch
Turned professional2005
Current tour(s) Sunshine Tour
Former tour(s) European Tour
Challenge Tour
Professional wins16
Number of wins by tour
Sunshine Tour6
Challenge Tour2
Other8

Jake Roos (born 20 October 1980) is a South African professional golfer.

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Roos was born in Pretoria. He was the number one ranked South African amateur golfer before turning professional in 2005 and then joined the Sunshine Tour by finishing 4th at Q-school.

His first victory came at the 2008 Suncoast Classic. His second victory came the following year at the Nedbank Affinity Cup. In 2012, Roos picked up his third victory on Tour at the Platinum Classic after he defeated Chris Swanepoel and Anthony Michael on the fifth hole of a sudden-death playoff. [1] He picked up his second Sunshine Tour victory of the year in June at the Lombard Insurance Classic after defeating Justin Harding in a playoff. Roos entered the final round four shots back of Harding but fired a 63 (−9) to force a playoff. Roos would pick up his third victory of the 2012 season and fifth Sunshine Tour victory overall in November, when he won the Lion of Africa Cape Town Open in a four-man playoff with birdie on the second playoff hole. Roos would pick up his sixth overall Sunshine Tour victory in April 2013 when he won the Golden Pilsener Zimbabwe Open by a single stroke. Roos started the final round four shots back but fired a final round 67 to take the victory.

In March 2014, he won the Barclays Kenya Open and earned a place on the Challenge Tour for the rest of 2014. He would win a second Challenge Tour title at the Aegean Airlines Championship, Germany in July to secure his European Tour card for 2015.

Roos has also won six tournaments on the Golden State Tour, a mini tour in California.

Professional wins (16)

Sunshine Tour wins (6)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
113 Sep 2008 Suncoast Classic −6 (68-68-74=210)Playoff Flag of South Africa.svg Omar Sandys
22 Dec 2009 Nedbank Affinity Cup −12 (71-66-67=204)Playoff Flag of South Africa.svg Mark Murless, Flag of South Africa.svg Albert Pistorius
324 Mar 2012 Platinum Classic −14 (66-66-70=202)Playoff Flag of South Africa.svg Anthony Michael, Flag of South Africa.svg Chris Swanepoel
43 Jun 2012 Lombard Insurance Classic −17 (66-70-63=199)Playoff Flag of South Africa.svg Justin Harding
525 Nov 2012 Lion of Africa Cape Town Open −9 (71-67-73-68=279)Playoff Flag of South Africa.svg Tyrone van Aswegen, Flag of South Africa.svg Jaco van Zyl,
Flag of South Africa.svg Mark Williams
621 Apr 2013 Golden Pilsener Zimbabwe Open −14 (69-67-71-67=274)1 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Darren Fichardt, Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Laporta

Sunshine Tour playoff record (5–5)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2008 Suncoast Classic Flag of South Africa.svg Omar Sandys Won with birdie on third extra hole
2 2009 Nedbank Affinity Cup Flag of South Africa.svg Mark Murless, Flag of South Africa.svg Albert Pistorius
3 2012 Platinum Classic Flag of South Africa.svg Anthony Michael, Flag of South Africa.svg Chris Swanepoel Won with birdie on fifth extra hole
42012 Lombard Insurance Classic Flag of South Africa.svg Justin Harding Won with par on first extra hole
52012 Lion of Africa Cape Town Open Flag of South Africa.svg Tyrone van Aswegen, Flag of South Africa.svg Jaco van Zyl,
Flag of South Africa.svg Mark Williams 		Won with birdie on second extra hole
van Zyl eliminated by par on first hole
6 2014 Vodacom Origins of Golf at Vaal de Grace Flag of South Africa.svg PH McIntyre Lost to birdie on third extra hole
7 2017 Sun City Challenge Flag of South Africa.svg Peter Karmis Lost to par on first extra hole
8 2018 Lombard Insurance Classic Flag of South Africa.svg Justin Harding Lost to birdie on sixth extra hole
92018 Vodacom Origins of Golf at Zebula Flag of South Africa.svg Zander Lombard Lost to par on first extra hole
10 2021 Players Championship Flag of South Africa.svg Jaco Prinsloo, Flag of South Africa.svg Daniel van Tonder Prinsloo won with birdie on third extra hole
Roos eliminated by eagle on first hole

Challenge Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
19 Mar 2014 Barclays Kenya Open −10 (69-68-71-70=278)1 stroke Flag of France.svg Adrien Bernadet, Flag of Denmark.svg Lasse Jensen,
Flag of Spain.svg Pedro Oriol
26 Jul 2014 Aegean Airlines Challenge Tour −13 (69-69-67-70=275)2 strokes Flag of England.svg Jason Barnes

Other wins (8)

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References

  1. ↑ "Jake survives 5-hole playoff for victory in Platinum Classic". Sunshine Tour . 24 March 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2012.[ permanent dead link ]
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