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Brendan Jones
Personal information
Full nameBrendan Mark Jones
Born (1975-03-03) 3 March 1975 (age 49)
West Wyalong, New South Wales, Australia
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb; 12.9 st)
Sporting nationality Australia
Career
Turned professional1999
Current tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
Professional wins17
Highest ranking52 (14 December 2008)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour14
Korn Ferry Tour1
Other2
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipT24: 2009
U.S. OpenCUT: 2004, 2012
The Open ChampionshipT70: 2008

Brendan Mark Jones (born 3 March 1975) is an Australian professional golfer who plays on the Japan Golf Tour.

Jones was born in West Wyalong, New South Wales and turned professional in 1999. He spent several seasons playing on the Japan Golf Tour, where he has won 14 tournaments. In 2005, he was a member of the PGA Tour. Despite finishing in a tie for second at the B.C. Open, he narrowly failed to win enough money to retain his tour card. In 2007 he won three events on the Japan Golf Tour and he has featured in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Ranking.

Amateur wins

this list may be incomplete

Professional wins (17)

Japan Golf Tour wins (14)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 3 Nov 2002 Philip Morris K.K. Championship −19 (65-67-67-70=269) 2 strokes Japan Toshimitsu Izawa
2 10 Aug 2003 Sun Chlorella Classic −8 (71-73-68-68=280) 1 stroke Japan Daisuke Maruyama, Japan Taichi Teshima
3 25 Apr 2004 Tsuruya Open −9 (64-73-69-69=275) 2 strokes Japan Keiichiro Fukabori, Australia Scott Laycock,
Japan Tatsuya Mitsuhashi, Japan Taichi Teshima,
Japan Shinichi Yokota
4 26 Jun 2004 Gateway to the Open Mizuno Open −14 (67-68-70-69=274) Playoff Japan Hiroaki Iijima
5 23 Apr 2006 Tsuruya Open −11 (70-68-66-69=273) 2 strokes Japan Mamo Osanai
6 22 Apr 2007 Tsuruya Open −16 (67-65-68-68=268) 2 strokes Japan Masahiro Kuramoto, Japan Hirofumi Miyase,
Japan Takuya Taniguchi
7 11 Nov 2007 Mitsui Sumitomo VISA Taiheiyo Masters −13 (67-68-69-70=274) 5 strokes Japan Toru Taniguchi
8 2 Dec 2007 Golf Nippon Series JT Cup −11 (70-70-68-61=261) 1 stroke Japan Toru Taniguchi
9 26 Sep 2010 Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open
(co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour) 		−6 (71-70-66=207) 1 stroke Japan Ryuichi Oda
10 1 May 2011 The Crowns −9 (67-66-68-70=271) Playoff South Korea Jang Ik-jae
11 15 Apr 2012 Token Homemate Cup −15 (68-69-70-62=269) 2 strokes Japan Ryuichi Oda
12 29 Jul 2012 Sun Chlorella Classic −15 (69-66-68-70=273) 2 strokes South Korea Lee Seong-ho, Japan Hideki Matsuyama (am),
Japan Yoshinobu Tsukada
13 30 Jun 2013 Gateway to the Open Mizuno Open −19 (67-66-68-68=269) 3 strokes South Korea Kim Kyung-tae
14 18 Sep 2016 ANA Open −18 (66-67-67-70=270) 1 stroke Japan Yuta Ikeda

Nationwide Tour wins (1)

Other wins (2)

Results in major championships

Tournament 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Masters Tournament DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
The Open Championship CUT DNP DNP DNP T70 DNP
PGA Championship CUT DNP DNP DNP CUT T24
Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013
Masters Tournament DNP DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open DNP DNP CUT DNP
The Open Championship DNP DNP T72 CUT
PGA Championship DNP CUT CUT DNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

Team appearances

Amateur

  • Eisenhower Trophy (representing Australia): 1998
  • Four Nations: 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999

Professional

See also

  1. ^ "Week 50 2008 Ending 14 Dec 2008" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
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