Jaco Ahlers

Jaco Ahlers (born 19 November 1982) is a South African professional golfer who plays on the Sunshine Tour.

Jaco Ahlers
Personal information
Born (1982-11-19) 19 November 1982
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight230 lb (100 kg; 16 st)
Nationality South Africa
ResidenceCenturion, South Africa
Career
StatusProfessional
Current tour(s)Sunshine Tour (joined 2006)
Asian Tour
Former tour(s)European Tour
PGA Tour Canada (2013)
Professional wins9
Number of wins by tour
Sunshine Tour9
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 2009

Ahlers has played on the Sunshine Tour since 2006. He has won nine tournaments, the 2009 Vodacom Business Origins of Golf Tour at Erinvale,[1] the 2014 Lion of Africa Cape Town Open,[2] the 2015 Investec Cup, the 2016 KCM Zambia Open (winning all four in sudden-death playoffs), the 2016 Sun Wild Coast Sun Challenge, the 2016 Vodacom Origins of Golf (Euphoria), the 2018 Dimension Data Pro-Am and the 2019 King's Cup and Vodacom Origins (Selborne).

Ahlers also played on the Asian Tour in 2011 and PGA Tour Canada in 2013.[3][4]

Professional wins (9)

Sunshine Tour wins (9)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
1 13 Aug 2009 Vodacom Origins of Golf
at Erinvale		 −9 (64-71=135) Playoff Ulrich van den Berg
2 30 Nov 2014 Lion of Africa Cape Town Open −12 (71-69-68-68=276) Playoff Ross McGowan, Hennie Otto
3 22 Mar 2015 Investec Cup −9 (72-73-68-66=279) Playoff Jaco van Zyl
4 5 Jun 2016 KCM Zambia Open −17 (68-65-67-71=271) Playoff Jacques Blaauw
5 26 Aug 2016 Sun Wild Coast Sun Challenge −17 (61-66-66=193) 3 strokes Ruan de Smidt, Daniel van Tonder
6 22 Oct 2016 Vodacom Origins of Golf (2)
at Euphoria		 −9 (67-69-71=207) 3 strokes Jacques Kruyswijk
7 18 Feb 2018 Dimension Data Pro-Am −20 (71-68-66-64=269) 3 strokes Jean-Paul Strydom
8 7 Sep 2019 King's Cup −19 (66-65-66=197) 3 strokes Daniel Greene
9 19 Oct 2019 Vodacom Origins of Golf (3)
at Selborne		 −15 (64-70-67=201) 2 strokes Ockie Strydom

Sunshine Tour playoff record (4–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2009 Vodacom Origins of Golf
at Erinvale		 Ulrich van den Berg
2 2014 Vodacom Origins of Golf
at Wild Coast		 Louis de Jager, Haydn Porteous de Jager won with par on first extra hole
3 2014 Lion of Africa Cape Town Open Ross McGowan, Hennie Otto Won with par on fourth extra hole
Otto eliminated by par on first hole
4 2015 Investec Cup Jaco van Zyl Won with par on third extra hole
5 2016 KCM Zambia Open Jacques Blaauw Won with par on second extra hole
6 2018 Zanaco Masters Andre de Decker, Alex Haindl,
J. J. Senekal		 Senekal won with eagle on fourth extra hole
Ahlers and Haindl eliminated by birdie on first hole

Results in major championships
Tournament2009
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
The Open Championship CUT
PGA Championship
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

Results in World Golf Championships
Tournament2018
Championship
Match Play
Invitational 71
Champions
  Did not play

See also

References
  1. "Maiden win for Ahlers at Erinvale". SuperSport World of Champions. 14 August 2009. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  2. "Ahlers comes out tops at Cape Town Open". George Herald. South African Press Association. 1 December 2014.
  3. "Jaco Ahlers – About Me". Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  4. "Jaco Ahlers – PGA Tour Canada – Career Summary". PGA Tour. Retrieved 2 December 2014.


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