Jaco van Zyl

Jaco Phillipus van Zyl (born 23 February 1979) is a professional golfer from South Africa.

Jaco van Zyl
Personal information
Full nameJaco Phillipus van Zyl
Born (1979-02-23) 23 February 1979
Pretoria, South Africa
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb)
Nationality South Africa
Career
Turned professional2001
Current tour(s)European Tour
Sunshine Tour
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
Professional wins15
Highest ranking49 (28 February 2016)[1]
(as of 21 June 2020)
Number of wins by tour
Sunshine Tour14
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipCUT: 2013
U.S. OpenCUT: 2013, 2016
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 2015

Van Zyl was born in Pretoria. He won the South African Amateur Championship in 2000 and turned professional the following year, immediately joining the Sunshine Tour. He won for the first time on the tour at the Platinum Classic in 2005.

In 2007, van Zyl played on the elite U.S.-based PGA Tour, having gained his card at the 2006 qualifying school. He made the 36-hole cut only four times in 21 tournaments during his rookie season and finished 227th on the money list.

In 2009, van Zyl recorded the biggest win of his career at the Telkom PGA Championship and went on to win twice more during the season and finish in 4th place on the Order of Merit. Having won four more tournaments on the Sunshine Tour in 2010, Van Zyl ended the year by finishing in 5th place at the final stage of the European Tour's qualifying school to earn his place on European Tour for the 2011 season. He had a good first season with five top-10 placings and finished 50th on the Race to Dubai.

In February 2016, van Zyl reached the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time.

Amateur wins
  • 2000 South African Amateur Championship

Professional wins (15)

Sunshine Tour wins (14)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
1 29 Oct 2005 Platinum Classic −18 (67-65-66=198) Playoff Grant Muller
2 24 Oct 2008 Vodacom Origins of Golf Final −2 (70-68-76=214) 1 stroke Bradford Vaughan
3 22 Feb 2009 Telkom PGA Championship −18 (70-68-66-66=270) 1 stroke Graham DeLaet, Trevor Fisher Jnr
4 9 May 2009 Samsung Royal Swazi Sun Open 65 pts (14-18-15-18=65) 12 points Tongoona Charamba, Tyrone van Aswegen
5 21 Aug 2009 Telkom PGA Pro-Am −12 (68-70-66=204) 5 strokes Tongoona Charamba
6 1 May 2010 Vodacom Origins of Golf (2)
at Sishen		 −16 (65-68-67=200) 1 stroke Jean Hugo, Jbe' Kruger
7 15 May 2010 Nashua Golf Challenge −8 (68-71-69=208) 5 strokes Jean Hugo, PH McIntyre
8 3 Sep 2010 Telkom PGA Pro-Am (2) −15 (66-66-69=201) 1 stroke Garth Mulroy
9 25 Sep 2010 SAA Pro-Am Invitational −22 (66-64-64=194) 8 strokes Alex Haindl
10 9 Sep 2011 Telkom PGA Pro-Am (3) −19 (67-66-64=197) 6 strokes Jean Hugo
11 24 Feb 2013 Dimension Data Pro-Am −17 (68-64-70-70=272) 1 stroke Daniel Brooks
12 17 Mar 2013 Telkom PGA Championship (2) −20 (67-65-67-69=268) 1 stroke Dylan Frittelli
13 24 Mar 2013 Investec Cup −21 (66-64-69-68=267) Playoff Hennie Otto
14 28 Feb 2016 Eye of Africa PGA Championship (3) −20 (68-67-66-67=268) Playoff Dean Burmester

Sunshine Tour playoff record (3–3)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2005 Platinum Classic Grant Muller
2 2010 SAA Pro-Am Invitational Michiel Bothma Lost to par on second extra hole
3 2012 Lion of Africa Cape Town Open Jake Roos, Tyrone van Aswegen,
Mark Williams		 Roos won with birdie on second extra hole
van Zyl eliminated by par on first hole
4 2013 Investec Cup Hennie Otto Won with par on first extra hole
5 2015 Investec Cup Jaco Ahlers Lost to par on third extra hole
6 2016 Eye of Africa PGA Championship Dean Burmester Won with par on first extra hole

Other wins (1)
  • 2003 Event 6 – State mines G.C. (Diners Club Tour)

Playoff record

European Tour playoff record (0–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2011 Trophée Hassan II Rhys Davies, David Horsey Horsey won with birdie on second extra hole
2 2017 Commercial Bank Qatar Masters Joakim Lagergren, Wang Jeung-hun Wang won with birdie on first extra hole

Results in major championships
Open de France 2015
Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUT CUT
The Open Championship CUT
PGA Championship CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results in World Golf Championships

Results not in chronological order before 2015.

Tournament2010201120122013201420152016
Championship
Match Play T28
Invitational 72
Champions T13 T56 T21 T73
  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

References
  1. "Week 09 2016 Ending 28 Feb 2016" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
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