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Jaco van Zyl

Jaco Phillipus van Zyl (born 23 February 1979) is a professional golfer from South Africa.

Jaco van Zyl
Personal information
Full nameJaco Phillipus van Zyl
Born (1979-02-23) 23 February 1979 (age 45)
Pretoria, South Africa
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb)
Sporting nationality South Africa
Spouse
Jessica van Zyl
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(m. 2005)​
Children1
Career
Turned professional2001
Current tour(s)European Tour
Sunshine Tour
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
Professional wins16
Highest ranking49 (28 February 2016)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Sunshine Tour15
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipCUT: 2013
U.S. OpenCUT: 2013, 2016
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 2015

Career

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Van Zyl was born in Pretoria. He won the South African Amateur in 2000 and turned professional the following year, immediately joining the Sunshine Tour. He won for the first time on the tour at the Platinum Classic in 2005.

In 2007, van Zyl played on the PGA Tour, having gained his card at the 2006 qualifying school. He made the 36-hole cut only four times in 21 tournaments during his rookie season and finished 227th on the money list.

In 2009, van Zyl recorded the biggest win of his career at the Telkom PGA Championship and went on to win twice more during the season and finish in 4th place on the Order of Merit. Having won four more tournaments on the Sunshine Tour in 2010, Van Zyl ended the year by finishing in 5th place at the final stage of the European Tour's qualifying school to earn his place on European Tour for the 2011 season. He had a good first season with five top-10 placings and finished 50th on the Race to Dubai. This included a playoff loss at the Trophée Hassan II in April. David Horsey beat van Zyl and Rhys Davies when he birdied the second extra hole of the playoff.[2]

In November 2015, van Zyl finished runner-up at the Turkish Airlines Open. He placed one shot behind Victor Dubuisson, after being tied for the lead after 54 holes.[3]

In February 2016, van Zyl reached the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time.

In January 2017, van Zyl was defeated in a sudden-death playoff on the European Tour for the second time. He lost to Wang Jeung-hun at the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters, who birdied the first extra hole to defeat van Zyl and Joakim Lagergren.[4]

In September 2022, van Zyl won his first tournament in over six years at the Gary & Vivienne Player Challenge. He finished two shots ahead of Hennie Otto.[5]

Amateur wins

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Professional wins (16)

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Sunshine Tour wins (15)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 29 Oct 2005 Platinum Classic −18 (67-65-66=198) Playoff   Grant Muller
2 24 Oct 2008 Vodacom Origins of Golf Final −2 (70-68-76=214) 1 stroke   Bradford Vaughan
3 22 Feb 2009 Telkom PGA Championship −18 (70-68-66-66=270) 1 stroke   Graham DeLaet,   Trevor Fisher Jnr
4 9 May 2009 Samsung Royal Swazi Sun Open 65 pts (14-18-15-18=65) 12 points   Tongoona Charamba,   Tyrone van Aswegen
5 21 Aug 2009 Telkom PGA Pro-Am −12 (68-70-66=204) 5 strokes   Tongoona Charamba
6 1 May 2010 Vodacom Origins of Golf (2) at Sishen −16 (65-68-67=200) 1 stroke   Jean Hugo,   Jbe' Kruger
7 15 May 2010 Nashua Golf Challenge −8 (68-71-69=208) 5 strokes   Jean Hugo,   PH McIntyre
8 3 Sep 2010 Telkom PGA Pro-Am (2) −15 (66-66-69=201) 1 stroke   Garth Mulroy
9 25 Sep 2010 SAA Pro-Am Invitational (2nd) −22 (66-64-64=194) 8 strokes   Alex Haindl
10 9 Sep 2011 Telkom PGA Pro-Am (3) −19 (67-66-64=197) 6 strokes   Jean Hugo
11 24 Feb 2013 Dimension Data Pro-Am −17 (68-64-70-70=272) 1 stroke   Daniel Brooks
12 17 Mar 2013 Telkom PGA Championship (2) −20 (67-65-67-69=268) 1 stroke   Dylan Frittelli
13 24 Mar 2013 Investec Cup −21 (66-64-69-68=267) Playoff   Hennie Otto
14 28 Feb 2016 Eye of Africa PGA Championship (3) −20 (68-67-66-67=268) Playoff   Dean Burmester
15 10 Sep 2022 Gary & Vivienne Player Challenge −14 (68-65-69=202) 2 strokes   Hennie Otto

Sunshine Tour playoff record (3–3)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2005 Platinum Classic   Grant Muller Won with birdie on first extra hole
2 2010 SAA Pro-Am Invitational (3rd)   Michiel Bothma Lost to par on second extra hole
3 2012 Lion of Africa Cape Town Open   Jake Roos,   Tyrone van Aswegen,
  Mark Williams 		Roos won with birdie on second extra hole
van Zyl eliminated by par on first hole
4 2013 Investec Cup   Hennie Otto Won with par on first extra hole
5 2015 Investec Cup   Jaco Ahlers Lost to par on third extra hole
6 2016 Eye of Africa PGA Championship   Dean Burmester Won with par on first extra hole

Other wins (1)

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  • 2003 Event 6 – State mines G.C. (Diners Club Tour)

Playoff record

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European Tour playoff record (0–2)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 2011 Trophée Hassan II   Rhys Davies,   David Horsey Horsey won with birdie on second extra hole
2 2017 Commercial Bank Qatar Masters   Joakim Lagergren,   Wang Jeung-hun Wang won with birdie on first extra hole

Results in major championships

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Open de France 2015
Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUT CUT
The Open Championship CUT
PGA Championship CUT
  Did not play

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

Results in World Golf Championships

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Results not in chronological order before 2015.

Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Championship
Match Play T28
Invitational 72
Champions T13 T56 T21 T73
  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied

Team appearances

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Amateur

Professional

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Week 09 2016 Ending 28 Feb 2016" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  2. ^ "David Horsey secures play-off victory at Trophee Hassan". BBC Sport. 3 April 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Turkish Airlines Open: Victor Dubuisson wins for a second time". BBC Sport. 1 November 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Wang holds off Van Zyl in Qatar". Compleat Golfer. 29 January 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Van Zyl victorious in Gary and Vivienne Player Challenge". OFM. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
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