Jaco Ahlers

Jaco Ahlers
Jaco Ahlers
Personal information
Born	19 November 1982 (age 41)
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	230 lb (100 kg; 16 st)
Sporting nationality	South Africa
Residence	Centurion, South Africa
Career
Turned professional	2006
Current tour(s)	Asian Tour; Sunshine Tour
Former tour(s)	European Tour; PGA Tour Canada
Professional wins	13
Number of wins by tour
Asian Tour	1
Sunshine Tour	12
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT: 2009, 2021

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

Professional career

Ahlers has played on the Sunshine Tour since 2006. He has won ten tournaments including 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]

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	1 Oct 2023	Mercuries Taiwan Masters	−4 (69-74-72-69=284)	2 strokes	S. Chikkarangappa

Legend
Tour Championships (1)
Other Sunshine Tour (11)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin 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 Park	−15 (64-70-67=201)	2 strokes	Ockie Strydom
10	24 Apr 2022	Stella Artois Players Championship	−18 (64-67-69-66=266)	Playoff	Ockie Strydom
11	23 Apr 2023	The Tour Championship	−17 (66-65-69-71=271)	4 strokes	Casey Jarvis
12	26 Jul 2024	SunBet Challenge (Wild Coast)	−13 (64-64-69=197)	1 stroke	Brandon Stone

*Note: The 2009 Vodacom Origins of Golf at Erinvale was shortened to 36 holes due to weather.

Sunshine Tour playoff record (5–2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(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
7	2022	Stella Artois Players Championship	Ockie Strydom	Won with birdie on second extra hole

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Did not play

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