Brendan_Jones_(golfer)
Brendan Jones (golfer)
Australian professional golfer
Brendan Mark Jones (born 3 March 1975) is an Australian professional golfer who plays on the Japan Golf Tour, where he has won 15 times between 2002 and 2019.
| Brendan Jones | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Brendan Mark Jones | ||
| Born | (1975-03-03) 3 March 1975 (age 49) West Wyalong, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb; 12.9 st) | ||
| Sporting nationality |  Australia | ||
| Career | |||
| Turned professional | 1999 | ||
| Current tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour Asian Tour PGA Tour of Australasia | ||
| Former tour(s) | PGA Tour Nationwide Tour | ||
| Professional wins | 19 | ||
| Highest ranking | 52 (14 December 2008)[1] | ||
| Number of wins by tour | |||
| Japan Golf Tour | 15 | ||
| Asian Tour | 2 | ||
| PGA Tour of Australasia | 1 | ||
| Korn Ferry Tour | 1 | ||
| Other | 2 | ||
| Best results in major championships | |||
| Masters Tournament | DNP | ||
| PGA Championship | T24: 2009 | ||
| U.S. Open | CUT: 2004, 2012 | ||
| The Open Championship | T70: 2008 | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Jones has a successful amateur career. He was part of the Australian team that took silver medal in the 1998 Eisenhower Trophy and he won the Australian Amateur in 1999, beating Mahal Pearce 2&1 in the final.
Jones turned professional in 1999. He played two tournaments on the 2000 Japan Golf Tour and has played regularly on the tour since 2001.
In 2005, Jones 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. He has featured in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Ranking reaching as high as 52 during 2011.
this list may be incomplete
- 1995 New South Wales Amateur
- 1996 New South Wales Medal (tied with Scott Gardiner and Nathan Green)
- 1997 New South Wales Medal
- 1998 Riversdale Cup
- 1999 Australian Amateur, Master of the Amateurs
Japan Golf Tour wins (15)
| Legend |
| Japan majors (1) |
| Other Japan Golf Tour (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 |  Toshimitsu Izawa |
| 2 | 10 Aug 2003 | Sun Chlorella Classic | −8 (71-73-68-68=280) | Playoff | Daisuke Maruyama, Taichi Teshima |
| 3 | 25 Apr 2004 | Tsuruya Open | −9 (64-73-69-69=275) | 2 strokes | Keiichiro Fukabori, Scott Laycock, Tatsuya Mitsuhashi, Taichi Teshima, Shinichi Yokota |
| 4 | 27 Jun 2004 | Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open | −14 (67-68-70-69=274) | Playoff | Hiroaki Iijima |
| 5 | 23 Apr 2006 | Tsuruya Open (2) | −11 (70-68-66-69=273) | 2 strokes | Mamo Osanai |
| 6 | 22 Apr 2007 | Tsuruya Open (3) | −16 (67-65-68-68=268) | 2 strokes | Masahiro Kuramoto, Hirofumi Miyase, Takuya Taniguchi |
| 7 | 11 Nov 2007 | Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters | −13 (67-68-69-70=274) | 5 strokes | Toru Taniguchi |
| 8 | 2 Dec 2007 | Golf Nippon Series JT Cup | −11 (70-70-68-61=269) | 1 stroke | Toru Taniguchi |
| 9 | 26 Sep 2010 | Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open1 | −6 (71-70-66=207)* | 1 stroke | Ryuichi Oda |
| 10 | 1 May 2011 | The Crowns | −9 (67-66-68-70=271) | Playoff |  Jang Ik-jae |
| 11 | 15 Apr 2012 | Token Homemate Cup | −15 (68-69-70-62=269) | 2 strokes | Ryuichi Oda |
| 12 | 29 Jul 2012 | Sun Chlorella Classic (2) | −15 (69-66-68-70=273) | 2 strokes | Lee Seong-ho, Hideki Matsuyama, Yoshinobu Tsukada |
| 13 | 30 Jun 2013 | Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open (2) | −19 (67-66-68-68=269) | 3 strokes | Kim Kyung-tae |
| 14 | 18 Sep 2016 | ANA Open | −18 (66-67-67-70=270) | 1 stroke | Yuta Ikeda |
| 15 | 21 Apr 2019 | Token Homemate Cup | −15 (65-69-71-64=269) | 1 stroke | Matthew Griffin |
*Note: The 2010 Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open was shortened to 54 holes due to inclement weather.
1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour
Japan Golf Tour playoff record (3–2)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2002 | Sun Chlorella Classic | Naomichi Ozaki,  Christian Peña |
Peña won with birdie on first extra hole |
| 2 | 2003 | Sun Chlorella Classic | Daisuke Maruyama, Taichi Teshima |
Won with birdie on first extra hole |
| 3 | 2004 | Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open | Hiroaki Iijima |
Won with par on second extra hole |
| 4 | 2009 | Mitsubishi Diamond Cup Golf | Takashi Kanemoto |
Lost to birdie on third extra hole |
| 5 | 2011 | The Crowns | Jang Ik-jae |
Won with birdie on first extra hole |
Asian Tour wins (2)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 Sep 2010 | Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open1 | −6 (71-70-66=207)* | 1 stroke | Ryuichi Oda |
| 2 | 5 Mar 2023 | New Zealand Open2 | −18 (69-69-62-66=266) | 3 strokes |  Ben Campbell, Eom Jae-woong, Tomoyo Ikemura, John Lyras |
*Note: The 2010 Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open was shortened to 54 holes due to inclement weather.
1Co-sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour
2Co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia
PGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 Mar 2023 | New Zealand Open1 | −18 (69-69-62-66=266) | 3 strokes | Ben Campbell, Eom Jae-woong, Tomoyo Ikemura, John Lyras |
1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour
PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (0–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2022 | TPS Sydney | Jarryd Felton |
Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
Nationwide Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 Jun 2004 | LaSalle Bank Open | −16 (67-70-64-67=268) | 1 stroke | D. A. Points |
Nationwide Tour playoff record (0–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2004 | SAS Carolina Classic | Chris Anderson, Jason Buha, Paul Gow |
Anderson won with par on eighth extra hole Buha and Gow eliminated by birdie on first hole |
Other wins (2)
- 1999 Tasmanian Open
- 2007 Murrumbidgee Country Club Pro-Am
| Tournament | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | ||||||
| U.S. Open | CUT | |||||
| The Open Championship | CUT | T70 | ||||
| PGA Championship | CUT | CUT | T24 |
| Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | |||||||||
| U.S. Open | CUT | ||||||||
| The Open Championship | T72 | CUT | |||||||
| PGA Championship | CUT | CUT |
| Tournament | 2019 |
|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | |
| PGA Championship | CUT |
| U.S. Open | |
| The Open Championship |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
| Tournament | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match Play | R64 | R64 | R64 | ||
| Championship | T40 | ||||
| Invitational | T36 | ||||
| Champions | T25 | T46 |
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.
Amateur
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing Australia): 1998
- Four Nations: 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
- Australian Men's Interstate Teams Matches (representing New South Wales): 1993, 1994, 1995 (winners), 1996 (winners), 1997, 1998 (winners)
Professional
- "Week 50 2008 Ending 14 Dec 2008" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
- Brendan Jones at the PGA Tour of Australasia official site
- Brendan Jones at the Japan Golf Tour official site
- Brendan Jones at the PGA Tour official site
- Brendan Jones at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
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