Jbe' Kruger | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | James Barry Kruger |
Nickname | Jbe' |
Born | Kimberley, South Africa | 23 June 1986
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) |
Weight | 61 kg (134 lb; 9.6 st) |
Nationality | South Africa |
Residence | Bloemfontein, South Africa |
Career | |
Turned professional | 2007 |
Current tour(s) | Sunshine Tour Asian Tour Japan Golf Tour |
Former tour(s) | European Tour |
Professional wins | 7 |
Number of wins by tour | |
European Tour | 1 |
Japan Golf Tour | 1 |
Asian Tour | 2 |
Sunshine Tour | 5 |
Best results in major championships | |
Masters Tournament | DNP |
PGA Championship | DNP |
U.S. Open | DNP |
The Open Championship | CUT: 2012, 2017 |
James Barry Kruger (born 23 June 1986) is a South African professional golfer who plays on the European Tour, the Sunshine Tour, and the Asian Tour. He was born in Kimberley, Northern Cape and turned professional in 2007, and is known professionally as Jbe' Kruger.
Kruger has won five times on the Sunshine Tour. He won the Avantha Masters in February 2012, an event sanctioned jointly by the European and Asian tours, and the Shinhan Donghae Open in September 2019, which was jointly sanctioned by the Korean, Asian and Japan tours.
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runners-up |
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1 | 19 Feb 2012 | Avantha Masters 1 | −14 (70-69-66-69=274) | 2 strokes | Jorge Campillo, Marcel Siem |
1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | 22 Sep 2019 | Shinhan Donghae Open 1 | −15 (69-67-68-65=269) | 2 strokes | Chan Kim |
1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the Korean Tour
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 19 Feb 2012 | Avantha Masters 1 | −14 (70-69-66-69=274) | 2 strokes | Jorge Campillo, Marcel Siem |
2 | 22 Sep 2019 | Shinhan Donghae Open 2 | −15 (69-67-68-65=269) | 2 strokes | Chan Kim |
1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
2Co-sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour and the Korean Tour
Asian Tour playoff record (0–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 2010 | Brunei Open | Siddikur Rahman | Lost to par on first extra hole |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 30 Aug 2009 | Zambia Open | −15 (69-68-67=204) | 3 strokes | Titch Moore |
2 | 24 Apr 2010 | Africom Zimbabwe Open | −19 (68-69-67-65=269) | 2 strokes | Jaco van Zyl |
3 | 13 Apr 2014 | Golden Pilsener Zimbabwe Open (2) | −18 (67-69-68-66=270) | 1 stroke | Jacques Blaauw |
4 | 11 Aug 2017 | Sun Carnival City Challenge | −11 (66-69-70=205) | 1 stroke | Neil Schietekat, J. J. Senekal |
5 | 21 Mar 2021 | Gauteng Championship | −21 (70-64-67-66=267) | 2 strokes | Martin Rohwer |
Tournament | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
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Masters Tournament | ||||||
U.S. Open | ||||||
The Open Championship | CUT | CUT | ||||
PGA Championship |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Results not in chronological order before 2015.
Tournament | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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Championship | T57 | ||||||||
Match Play | |||||||||
Invitational | |||||||||
Champions | T23 | 68 | T60 |
"T" = Tied
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