Brendon de Jonge

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox golfer Brendon Russell de Jonge (born 18 July 1980) is a Zimbabwean professional golfer. He currently plays on the PGA Tour. He played collegiate golf at Virginia Tech.

Amateur career

In 1980, de Jonge was born in Salisbury, Zimbabwe.

De Jonge attended college in the United States at Virginia Tech. He was a two-time All-America selection by the Golf Coaches of America Association (2002, 2003).[1] He was also Virginia collegiate player of the year for those two seasons.[2] He was elected to the Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame in 2014.[3]

Professional career

De Jonge played on the Nationwide Tour from 2004 to 2006 and 2008. He earned his 2007 PGA Tour card at Q-school. He finished 155th on the money list in 2007, losing his tour card. In 2008 he finished second on the Nationwide Tour money list and earned his 2009 PGA Tour card. He did this by winning the Xerox Classic and recording a runner up finish and three third place finishes. He won the 2008 Nationwide Tour Player of the Year.

De Jonge finished 139th on the money list in 2009, which initially gave him conditional status for 2010. He earned a full tour card through PGA Tour Qualifying School. In 2010 De Jonge had his most successful year to date, with 7 top ten finishes taking him to 34th on the money list.

Awards and honors

Amateur wins (2)

  • 1998 David Leadbetter Junior Invitational
  • 1999 Zimbabwe Amateur

Professional wins (1)

Nationwide Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 17 Aug 2008 Xerox Classic −13 (67-64-67-69=267) 4 strokes Template:Flagicon Jarrod Lyle

Playoff record

PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 2014 McGladrey Classic Template:Flagicon Robert Streb, Template:Flagicon Will MacKenzie Streb won with birdie on second extra hole
MacKenzie eliminated by par on first hole

Results in major championships

Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Masters Tournament T37
U.S. Open T33 T28
The Open Championship CUT
PGA Championship T48 T26 T54 T33 T40 T65

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Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Masters Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
U.S. Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6
Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 9

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
The Players Championship CUT CUT T15 T15 70 T63 T57

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament 2014
Match Play
Championship T54
Invitational T37
Champions

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Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

References

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External links

Template:2013 International Presidents Cup team Template:Web.com Tour Player of the Year Template:Zimbabwe Sportsperson of the year

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