Jump to content

Steven Jeffress

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Steven Jeffress
Personal information
Born (1975-11-25) 25 November 1975 (age 48)
Taree, New South Wales, Australia
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight84 kg (185 lb; 13.2 st)
Sporting nationality Australia
Career
Turned professional1999
Current tour(s)PGA Tour of Australasia
Asian Tour
Former tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour of Australasia1
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 2013

Steven Jeffress (born 25 November 1975) is an Australian professional golfer.

Jeffress was born in Taree, New South Wales, Australia. He turned professional in 1999.

Jeffress has played on the PGA Tour of Australasia, Japan Golf Tour (2009 and 2014), and Asian Tour. He won his first PGA Tour of Australasia event in 2014 at the Fiji International.[1][2] He is one of the few professional golfers to ever record a hole-in-one on a par 4 in a professional tournament at the 2007 New Zealand Open.[3]

Professional wins (2)

[edit]

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)

[edit]
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 17 Aug 2014 Fiji International1 −10 (69-70-69-70=278) 4 strokes Australia Jake Higginbottom

1Co-sanctioned by the OneAsia Tour

Von Nida Tour wins (1)

[edit]
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runners-up
1 29 Jan 2006 National Australia Bank Victorian PGA Championship −16 (71-68-67-66=272) 1 stroke Australia Marc Leishman, Australia Anthony Painter

Results in major championships

[edit]
Tournament 2013
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
The Open Championship CUT
PGA Championship
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut

Results in World Golf Championships

[edit]
Tournament 2015
Championship T62
Match Play
Invitational
Champions 75
  Did not play

"T" = Tied

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Tucker, Jim (17 August 2014). "Steve Jeffress masters windy conditions to win Fiji International for first big tournament victory". The Courier-Mail.
  2. ^ "Jeffress makes history with win in Fiji". PGA Australia. 17 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Aussie golfer hits miracle ball at NZ Open". The Sydney Morning Herald. 1 December 2007.
[edit]