Jacques Kruyswijk

Jacques Kruyswijk
Personal information
Born	(1992-10-16) 16 October 1992 (age 32) Pretoria, South Africa
Height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Sporting nationality	South Africa
Residence	Pretoria, South Africa
Career
Turned professional	2013
Current tour(s)	Sunshine Tour Challenge Tour
Former tour(s)	European Tour Big Easy Tour
Professional wins	11
Number of wins by tour
Sunshine Tour	3
Challenge Tour	1
Other	7

Jacques Kruyswijk (born 16 October 1992) is a South African professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and Sunshine Tour. He won the 2016 Cape Town Open.

Kruyswijk enjoyed a stellar career as an amateur and won the Royal Silver Vase in 2011.^[1]

He represented Limpopo Province between 2005 and 2012. In 2011 he was nominated as the SA IPT Player of the Year. He recorded six victories on the IGT Tour.^[2]

Kruyswijk turned professional in January 2013 after he finished 7th in the 2013 Sunshine Tour Q-School. He recorded his first professional victory in his rookie season in an event on the Big Easy Tour. In 2015 he received attention at a Vodacom Origins of Golf event when he got a one shot penalty after whacking his ball off a tree then into his most sensitive area.^[3]

On the 2016–17 Sunshine Tour he won the Lion of Africa Cape Town Open in November and tied for 4th at the Joburg Open in February. He finished 11th on the Order of Merit. On the 2017–18 Sunshine Tour he tied for 4th at the South African Open and again finished 11th on the Order of Merit.^[2]

Kruyswijk joined the European Tour in 2017 after finishing tied second among the 2017 European Tour Qualifying School graduates.^[1]

In 2020, his best results were 3rd-place finishes at the Eye of Africa PGA Championship and Limpopo Championship.^[4]

In 2021, Kruyswijk recorded five top-10s on the European Tour and finished in 116th place on the Order of Merit, retaining his card.^[5] He also recorded his second Sunshine Tour victory when he won the Sunshine Tour Invitational held at his home club, the Centurion Country Club.^[6] He broke into the top-200 on the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time following this win.^[7]

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	27 Nov 2016	Lion of Africa Cape Town Open	−17 (67-66-68-70=271)	2 strokes	Justin Harding, Brandon Stone
2	12 Sep 2021	Sunshine Tour Invitational	−18 (67-64-67=198)	1 stroke	Michael Palmer, Albert Venter
3	13 Aug 2023	Vodacom Origins of Golf at Zebula	−13 (68-68-67=203)	1 stroke	Heinrich Bruiners

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	27 Aug 2023	Dormy Open	−9 (64-65-63=192)*	2 strokes	Anton Albers, Iván Cantero, Ugo Coussaud, Conor Purcell

*Note: The 2023 Dormy Open was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	14 Aug 2013	The Els Club	−6 (70-68=138)	Playoff	Desne van den Bergh

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	18 Jun 2012	#17 IGT Serengeti Challenge (as an amateur)	−8 (64)	3 strokes	Jonathan Waschefort (a)
2	30 Aug 2012	#25 IGT Race to Q-School (as an amateur)	−7 (72-66-72-71=281)	3 strokes	Teaghan Gauche (a), Coert Groenewald (a), Danie Pretorius (a)
3	20 Nov 2014	Battle of the Giants Glendower Golf Club	−10 (70-68-68=206)	1 stroke	Werner van Niekerk
4	8 Jul 2015	Wanna be a Champion Academy Classic	−11 (67-66-72=205)	5 strokes	Anthony Michael
5	13 Aug 2015	CA Academy Classic	−16 (68-66-66=200)	6 strokes	Phillip Kruse (a)
6	27 Nov 2015	Race to Q-School #8	−14 (73-64-65=202)	1 stroke	David Ashley

• 2017 European Tour Qualifying School graduates
• 2023 European Tour Qualifying School graduates

• Jacques Kruyswijk at the Sunshine Tour official site
• Jacques Kruyswijk at the European Tour official site
• Jacques Kruyswijk at the Official World Golf Ranking official site