Jake Roos (born 20 October 1980) is a South African professional golfer.
Early life and amateur career In 1980, Roos was born in Pretoria. He was the # 1 ranked South African amateur golfer at the height of his amateur career.
Professional career In 2005, Ross turned professional. He joined the Sunshine Tour by finishing 4th at Q-school.
Roos' first victory on the Sunshine Tour came at the 2008 Suncoast Classic. His second victory came the following year at the Nedbank Affinity Cup. In 2012, Roos picked up his third victory on Tour at the Platinum Classic after he defeated Chris Swanepoel and Anthony Michael on the fifth hole of a sudden-death playoff. He picked up his second Sunshine Tour victory of the year in June at the Lombard Insurance Classic after defeating Justin Harding in a playoff. Roos entered the final round four shots back of Harding but fired a 63 (−9) to force a playoff. Roos would pick up his third victory of the 2012 season and fifth Sunshine Tour victory overall in November, when he won the Lion of Africa Cape Town Open in a four-man playoff with birdie on the second playoff hole. Roos would pick up his sixth overall Sunshine Tour victory in April 2013 when he won the Golden Pilsener Zimbabwe Open by a single stroke. Roos started the final round four shots back but fired a final round 67 to take the victory.
In March 2014, he won the Barclays Kenya Open and earned a place on the Challenge Tour for the rest of 2014. He would win a second Challenge Tour title at the Aegean Airlines Championship, Germany in July to secure his European Tour card for 2015.
Roos has also won six tournaments on the Golden State Tour, a mini tour in California.
Professional wins (16) Sunshine Tour wins (6) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up113 Sep 2008Suncoast Classic−6 (68-68-74=210)Playoff Omar Sandys22 Dec 2009Nedbank Affinity Cup−12 (71-66-67=204)Playoff Mark Murless, Albert Pistorius324 Mar 2012Platinum Classic−14 (66-66-70=202)Playoff Anthony Michael, Chris Swanepoel43 Jun 2012Lombard Insurance Classic−17 (66-70-63=199)Playoff Justin Harding525 Nov 2012Lion of Africa Cape Town Open−9 (71-67-73-68=279)Playoff Tyrone van Aswegen, Jaco van Zyl, Mark Williams621 Apr 2013Golden Pilsener Zimbabwe Open−14 (69-67-71-67=274)1 stroke Darren Fichardt, Francesco Laporta
Sunshine Tour playoff record (5–5) No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result12008Suncoast Classic Omar SandysWon with birdie on third extra hole22009Nedbank Affinity Cup Mark Murless, Albert Pistorius32012Platinum Classic Anthony Michael, Chris SwanepoelWon with birdie on fifth extra hole42012Lombard Insurance Classic Justin HardingWon with par on first extra hole52012Lion of Africa Cape Town Open Tyrone van Aswegen, Jaco van Zyl, Mark WilliamsWon with birdie on second extra holevan Zyl eliminated by par on first hole62014Vodacom Origins of Golf at Vaal de Grace PH McIntyreLost to birdie on third extra hole72017Sun City Challenge Peter KarmisLost to par on first extra hole82018Lombard Insurance Classic Justin HardingLost to birdie on sixth extra hole92018Vodacom Origins of Golf at Zebula Zander LombardLost to par on first extra hole102021Players Championship Jaco Prinsloo, Daniel van TonderPrinsloo won with birdie on third extra holeRoos eliminated by eagle on first hole
Challenge Tour wins (2) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up19 Mar 2014Barclays Kenya Open−10 (69-68-71-70=278)1 stroke Adrien Bernadet, Lasse Jensen, Pedro Oriol26 Jul 2014Aegean Airlines Challenge Tour−13 (69-69-67-70=275)2 strokes Jason Barnes
Other wins (8) 2010 Zurich Open 6 wins on the Golden State Tour 2015 Aegean Airlines Pro-am (Greece)
See also 2014 Challenge Tour graduates
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