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Ashley Roestoff
Personal information
Full nameAshley Trevor Roestoff
Born (1963-08-27) 27 August 1963 (age 61)
Johannesburg, South Africa
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb; 11.7 st)
Sporting nationality South Africa
ResidenceRandburg, South Africa
Career
CollegeOral Roberts University
Turned professional1987
Former tour(s)Sunshine Tour
Challenge Tour
Professional wins12
Number of wins by tour
Sunshine Tour10
Challenge Tour1
Other1

Ashley Trevor Roestoff (born 27 August 1963) is a South African professional golfer. He played on the Sunshine Tour, where he found success, winning 10 tournaments between 1992 and 2002.

Roestoff was born in Johannesburg, and currently lives in Randburg with his wife, Letitia and his sons, Travis and Connor. He turned professional in 1987. He attended Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Roestoff joined the Sunshine Tour in 1992, and won his first title that same year at the Fish River Sun Classic. He has found most of his success on the Winter Swing of the tour where he has collected a total of 10 tournament victories.

In addition to the Sunshine Tour, Roestoff played one season on the second tier European Challenge Tour in 2001, finishing 26th on the final standings having picked up one win, at the Tusker Kenya Open.

Currently he is teaching at Parkview Golf Course and Jackal's Creek Golf Estate.

Amateur highlights

  • 1987 Eastern Transvaal Team: Won all his single matches at the Interprovincial Championship.

Professional wins (12)

Challenge Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of victory Runner-up
1 4 Mar 2001 Tusker Kenya Open −13 (73-65-68-65=271) Playoff England Andrew Sherborne

Sunshine Tour wins (10)

  • 1992 (1) Fish River Sun Classic
  • 1993 (1) Caribbean Estates West Coast Classic
  • 1994 (1) Amatola Sun Claasic
  • 1995 (2) ICL International, Lombard Tyres Classic
  • 1996 (1) Trustbank Gauteng Classic
  • 1998 (3) Fish River Sun Pro-Am, FNB Namibia Open, Vodacom Series: Eastern Cape
  • 2002 (1) Vodacom Golf Classic

Other wins (1)

  • 2009 Klipdrift Gold Sun International Touring Pro-Am (South Africa, non-Order of Merit event)

See also