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Jbe' Kruger
Personal information
'Full nameJames Barry Kruger
NicknameJbe
Born (1986-06-23) 23 June 1986 (age 38)
Kimberley, South Africa
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight61 kg (134 lb; 9.6 st)
Sporting nationality South Africa
ResidenceBloemfontein, South Africa
Career
Turned professional2007
Current tour(s)Sunshine Tour
European Tour
Asian Tour
Professional wins4
Number of wins by tour
European Tour1
Asian Tour1
Sunshine Tour3
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 2012

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 three times on the Sunshine Tour. His win in February 2012 at the Avantha Masters, sanctioned jointly by the European and Asian tours, is his only win to date on either tour.

Professional wins (4)

European Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runners -up
1 19 Feb 2012 Avantha Masters1 −14 (70-69-66-69=274) 2 strokes Spain Jorge Campillo, Germany Marcel Siem

1Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour

Asian Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runners-up
1 19 Feb 2012 Avantha Masters1 −14 (70-69-66-69=274) 2 strokes Spain Jorge Campillo, Germany Marcel Siem

1Co-sanctioned with the European Tour

Sunshine Tour wins (3)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 30 Aug 2009 Zambia Open 69-68-67=204 −15 3 strokes South Africa Titch Moore
2 24 Apr 2010 Africom Zimbabwe Open 68-69-67-65=269 −19 2 strokes South Africa Jaco Van Zyl
3 13 Apr 2014 Golden Pilsener Zimbabwe Open 67-69-68-66=270 −18 1 stroke South Africa Jacques Blaauw