Jake Roos

Jake Roos (born 20 October 1980) is a South African professional golfer.

Jake Roos
Personal information
Full name	Jakobus Roos
Born	(1980-10-20) 20 October 1980 (age 44) Pretoria, South Africa
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight	190 lb (86 kg; 14 st)
Sporting nationality	South Africa
Residence	Mosselbay, South Africa
Spouse	Rhoné
Children	2
Career
College	University of Stellenbosch
Turned professional	2005
Current tour	Sunshine Tour
Former tours	European Tour Challenge Tour
Professional wins	16
Number of wins by tour
Sunshine Tour	6
Challenge Tour	2
Other	8

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.^[1] 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.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	13 Sep 2008	Suncoast Classic	−6 (68-68-74=210)	Playoff	Omar Sandys
2	2 Dec 2009	Nedbank Affinity Cup	−12 (71-66-67=204)	Playoff	Mark Murless, Albert Pistorius
3	24 Mar 2012	Platinum Classic	−14 (66-66-70=202)	Playoff	Anthony Michael, Chris Swanepoel
4	3 Jun 2012	Lombard Insurance Classic	−17 (66-70-63=199)	Playoff	Justin Harding
5	25 Nov 2012	Lion of Africa Cape Town Open	−9 (71-67-73-68=279)	Playoff	Tyrone van Aswegen, Jaco van Zyl, Mark Williams
6	21 Apr 2013	Golden Pilsener Zimbabwe Open	−14 (69-67-71-67=274)	1 stroke	Darren Fichardt, Francesco Laporta

Sunshine Tour playoff record (5–5)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2008	Suncoast Classic	Omar Sandys	Won with birdie on third extra hole
2	2009	Nedbank Affinity Cup	Mark Murless, Albert Pistorius
3	2012	Platinum Classic	Anthony Michael, Chris Swanepoel	Won with birdie on fifth extra hole
4	2012	Lombard Insurance Classic	Justin Harding	Won with par on first extra hole
5	2012	Lion of Africa Cape Town Open	Tyrone van Aswegen, Jaco van Zyl, Mark Williams	Won with birdie on second extra hole van Zyl eliminated by par on first hole
6	2014	Vodacom Origins of Golf at Vaal de Grace	PH McIntyre	Lost to birdie on third extra hole
7	2017	Sun City Challenge	Peter Karmis	Lost to par on first extra hole
8	2018	Lombard Insurance Classic	Justin Harding	Lost to birdie on sixth extra hole
9	2018	Vodacom Origins of Golf at Zebula	Zander Lombard	Lost to par on first extra hole
10	2021	Players Championship	Jaco Prinsloo, Daniel van Tonder	Prinsloo won with birdie on third extra hole Roos eliminated by eagle on first hole

Challenge Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	9 Mar 2014	Barclays Kenya Open	−10 (69-68-71-70=278)	1 stroke	Adrien Bernadet, Lasse Jensen, Pedro Oriol
2	6 Jul 2014	Aegean 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