Brendan Jones (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 nameBrendan Mark Jones
Born (1975-03-03) 3 March 1975
West Wyalong, New South Wales, Australia
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb; 12.9 st)
Nationality Australia
Career
Turned professional1999
Current tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
Professional wins18
Highest ranking52 (14 December 2008)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour15
Asian Tour1
Korn Ferry Tour1
Other2
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipT24: 2009
U.S. OpenCUT: 2004, 2012
The Open ChampionshipT70: 2008

Amateur career

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.

Professional career

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.

Amateur wins

this list may be incomplete

Professional wins (18)

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.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2002 Sun Chlorella Classic Naomichi Ozaki, Christian Pena Pena won with birdie on first extra hole
2 2003 Sun Chlorella Classic Daisuke Maruyama, Taichi Teshima
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

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.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2004 SAS Carolina Classic Chris Anderson, Jason Buha,
Paul Gow		 Anderson won with par on eighth extra hole
Buha and Gow eliminated with birdie on first hole

Other wins (2)

Results in major championships
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
  Did not play

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

Results in World Golf Championships
Tournament20082009201020112012
Match Play R64 R64 R64
Championship T40
Invitational T36
Champions T25 T46
  Did not play

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.

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

  • World Cup (representing Australia): 2008, 2011
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See also

References
  1. "Week 50 2008 Ending 14 Dec 2008" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 22 October 2019.


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