Jean Hugo (golfer)

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Jean Hugo
Personal information
Full nameVictor Jean Hugo
Born (1975-12-03) 3 December 1975 (age 48)
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb; 13.4 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Residence Centurion, South Africa
Career
Turned professional1999
Current tour(s) Sunshine Tour
Former tour(s) European Tour
Challenge Tour
Professional wins23
Number of wins by tour
Sunshine Tour21
Challenge Tour1
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship CUT: 1999, 2001, 2010
Achievements and awards
Southern Africa Tour
Rookie of the Year
1999–2000
Sunshine Tour
Players' Player of the Year
2011

Victor Jean Hugo (born 3 December 1975) is a South African professional golfer.

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Golf career

Hugo matriculated at Paul Roos Gymnasium in Stellenbosch, South Africa in 1994. Three years later he graduated with a bachelor of arts degree from University of Stellenbosch. He is the youngest son of organic chemist Professor Victor Hugo and Esme Hugo who were both active in sport and sport administration. He also excelled in rugby and cricket before choosing golf as a career.

Hugo played on the European Tour and had his best season in 2001 when he finished 34th on the Order of Merit.

Amateur wins

Source: [1]

Professional wins (23)

Sunshine Tour wins (21)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
128 Nov 1999 Zimbabwe Open −17 (62-66-65-68=271)2 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Ulrich van den Berg
229 Oct 2000 Western Cape Classic −9 (70-65-72=207)1 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Titch Moore, Flag of South Africa.svg Phillip Sanderson,
Flag of Namibia.svg Schalk van der Merwe
321 Apr 2006 Vodacom Origins of Golf at Arabella−8 (71-70-67=208)5 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Chris Williams
429 Apr 2006 SAA Pro-Am Invitational (1st)−16 (68-64-68=200)2 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Anton Haig
54 Feb 2007 Nashua Masters −11 (64-67-68-70=269)Playoff Flag of South Africa.svg Titch Moore
610 May 2008 Samsung Royal Swazi Sun Open 56 pts (16-26-13-1=56)6 points Flag of South Africa.svg Neil Schietekat
730 May 2008 Vodacom Origins of Golf (2) at Selborne−13 (69-66-68=203)2 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Bradford Vaughan
816 Apr 2010 Vodacom Origins of Golf (3) at Gardener Ross−15 (69-70-62=201)1 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Charl Schwartzel
917 Sep 2010 Vodacom Origins of Golf (4) at Stellenbosch−17 (66-67-66=199)3 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Shaun Norris
1030 Oct 2010 Platinum Classic −20 (66-64-66=196)2 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Michiel Bothma
1128 May 2011 Vodacom Origins of Golf (5) at Pretoria−11 (72-66-67=205)3 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg George Coetzee, Flag of Brazil.svg Adilson da Silva
1229 Jul 2011 Vodacom Origins of Golf (6) at Simola−15 (68-69-64=201)Playoff Flag of South Africa.svg Peter Karmis
1323 Sep 2011 Vodacom Origins of Golf Final (7)−8 (70-72-66=208)2 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Louis de Jager, Flag of South Africa.svg Lyle Rowe
1423 Aug 2013 Vodacom Origins of Golf (8) at Langebaan−14 (72-63-67=202)7 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Merrick Bremner, Flag of South Africa.svg Andrew Curlewis,
Flag of South Africa.svg Jbe' Kruger
1525 Jul 2014 Vodacom Origins of Golf (9) at Arabella−7 (68-69=137)*1 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Rhys West
1622 Aug 2015 Vodacom Origins of Golf (10) at San Lameer−6 (67-69-74=210)1 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Peter Karmis, Flag of South Africa.svg Derick Petersen
1712 Sep 2015 Vodacom Origins of Golf (11) at Vaal de Grace−21 (65-66-64=195)1 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Jacques Kruyswijk
187 Mar 2018 Steyn City Team Championship
(with Flag of South Africa.svg Hennie du Plessis)
−23 (66-66-61=193)1 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Christiaan Bezuidenhout and Flag of South Africa.svg Kyle McClatchie
1911 Oct 2019 Sun Wild Coast Sun Challenge −11 (60-65-74=199)4 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Hennie du Plessis, Flag of South Africa.svg Clinton Grobler
2018 Aug 2024 Vodacom Origins of Golf (12) at Highland Gate−13 (66-67-70=203)1 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Jonathan Broomhead
2115 Sep 2024 Bain's Whisky Ubunye Championship
(with Flag of South Africa.svg Ruan Korb)
−20 (65-69-67-73=264)4 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Jaco Ahlers and Flag of South Africa.svg Michael Hollick,
Flag of South Africa.svg Trevor Fisher Jnr and Flag of South Africa.svg Stefan Wears-Taylor

*Note: The 2014 Vodacom Origins of Golf at Arabella was shortened to 36 holes due to rain.

Sunshine Tour playoff record (2–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2005 Vodacom Origins of Golf at Pretoria Flag of South Africa.svg Desvonde Botes Lost to birdie on first extra hole
2 2007 Nashua Masters Flag of South Africa.svg Titch Moore Won with par on first extra hole
3 2011 Vodacom Origins of Golf at Simola Flag of South Africa.svg Peter Karmis Won with birdie on first extra hole
42011 KCM Zambia Open Flag of Scotland.svg Doug McGuigan Lost to birdie on fifth extra hole

Challenge Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runners-up
19 Jul 2000 Volvo Finnish Open −15 (62-69-74-68=273)5 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Persson Atlevi, Flag of Denmark.svg Nils Roerbaek-Petersen

Other wins (1)

Results in major championships

Tournament199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010
The Open Championship CUTCUTCUT

Note: Hugo only played in The Open Championship.

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament2009
Match Play
Championship
Invitational
Champions 73
  Did not play

Team appearances

Amateur

See also

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References

  1. "Sanlam South African Amateur Championship" (PDF). Golf South Africa.