Jbe' Kruger

Jbe' Kruger
 Golfer 
Personal information
Full name James Barry Kruger
Nickname Jbe'
Born (1986-06-23) 23 June 1986
Kimberley, South Africa
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 61 kg (134 lb; 9.6 st)
Nationality  South Africa
Residence Bloemfontein, South Africa
Career
Turned professional 2007
Current tour(s) Sunshine Tour
European Tour
Asian Tour
Professional wins 4
Number of wins by tour
European Tour 1
Asian Tour 1
Sunshine Tour 3
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship CUT: 2012
PGA Championship DNP

James Barry Kruger (born 23 June 1986) is a South African professional golfer who plays on the European Tour, the Sunshine Tour, and the Asian Tour. He was born in Kimberley, Northern Cape and turned professional in 2007, and is known professionally as Jbe' Kruger.

Kruger has won three times on the Sunshine Tour. His win in February 2012 at the Avantha Masters, sanctioned jointly by the European and Asian tours, is his only win to date on either tour.

Professional wins (4)

European Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runners -up
1 19 Feb 2012 Avantha Masters1 −14 (70-69-66-69=274) 2 strokes Spain Jorge Campillo, Germany Marcel Siem

1Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour

Asian Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runners-up
1 19 Feb 2012 Avantha Masters1 −14 (70-69-66-69=274) 2 strokes Spain Jorge Campillo, Germany Marcel Siem

1Co-sanctioned with the European Tour

Sunshine Tour wins (3)

No. DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 30 Aug 2009 Zambia Open 69-68-67=204 −15 3 strokes South Africa Titch Moore
2 24 Apr 2010 Africom Zimbabwe Open 68-69-67-65=269 −19 2 strokes South Africa Jaco Van Zyl
3 13 Apr 2014 Golden Pilsener Zimbabwe Open 67-69-68-66=270 −18 1 stroke South Africa Jacques Blaauw


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