Brendan Jones (golfer) explained

Brendan Jones
Fullname:	Brendan Mark Jones
Birth Date:	3 March 1975
Birth Place:	West Wyalong, New South Wales, Australia
Weight:	82kg (181lb)
Yearpro:	1999
Tour:	Japan Golf Tour Asian Tour PGA Tour of Australasia
Extour:	PGA Tour Nationwide Tour
Prowins:	19
Japwins:	15
Asiawins:	2
Auswins:	1
Nwidewins:	1
Otherwins:	2
Masters:	DNP
Usopen:	CUT: 2004, 2012
Open:	T70: 2008
Pga:	T24: 2009
Award1:	Japan Golf Tour Rookie of the Year
Year1:	2002

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.

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

1995 New South Wales Amateur
1996 New South Wales Medal (tied with Scott Gardiner and Nathan Green)
1997 New South Wales Medal
1998 Riversdale Cup
1999 Australian Amateur, Master of the Amateurs

Professional wins (19)

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.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2002	Sun Chlorella Classic	Naomichi Ozaki, Christian Peña	Peña won with birdie on first extra hole
2	2003	Sun Chlorella Classic	Daisuke Maruyama, Taichi Teshima	Won with birdie on first extra hole
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

Asian Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	26 Sep 2010	Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open¹	−6 (71-70-66=207)*	1 stroke	Ryuichi Oda
2	5 Mar 2023	New Zealand Open²	−18 (69-69-62-66=266)	3 strokes	Ben Campbell, Eom Jae-woong, Tomoyo Ikemura, John Lyras

*Note: The 2010 Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open was shortened to 54 holes due to inclement weather.
¹Co-sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour
²Co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)

¹Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour

PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (0–1)

Nationwide Tour wins (1)

Nationwide Tour playoff record (0–1)

Other wins (2)

1999 Tasmanian Open
2007 Murrumbidgee Country Club Pro-Am

Results in major championships

Tournament	2004	2008	2009
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open	CUT
The Open Championship	CUT	T70
PGA Championship	CUT	CUT	T24

Tournament	2011	2012	2013
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

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

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Match Play	R64	R64		R64
Championship	T40
Invitational	T36
Champions			T25		T46

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

Eisenhower Trophy (representing Australia): 1998
Four Nations: 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
Australian Men's Interstate Teams Matches (representing New South Wales): 1993, 1994, 1995 (winners), 1996 (winners), 1997, 1998 (winners)

Professional

World Cup (representing Australia): 2008, 2011