Brendan Mark Jones (born 3 March 1975) is an Australian

professional golfer A professional golfer is somebody who receives payments or financial rewards in the sport of golf that are directly related to their skill or reputation. A person who earns money by teaching or playing golf is traditionally considered a "golf pr ...

who plays on the

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, 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 The Australian Amateur is the national amateur golf championship of Australia. It has been played annually since 1894, except for the war years, and is organised by Golf Australia. Having traditionally been a match play event, from 2021 it has b ...

in 1999, beating Mahal Pearce 2&1 in the final.

Professional career

Jones turned professional in 1999. He played two tournaments on the 2000

and has played regularly on the tour since 2001. In 2005, Jones was a member of the

PGA Tour The PGA Tour (stylized in all capital letters as PGA TOUR by its officials) is the organizer of professional golf tours in the United States and North America. It organizes most of the events on the flagship annual series of tournaments also k ...

. Despite finishing in a tie for second at the

B.C. Open The B.C. Open was a PGA Tour golf tournament in New York, held annually from 1971 to 2006. In 1971, it was called the Broome County Open, and the next year it switched to the B.C. Open. In 1973, it became a PGA Tour regular 72-hole money event. F ...

, he narrowly failed to win enough money to retain his tour card. He has featured in the top 100 of the

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reaching as high as 52 during 2011.

Amateur wins

''this list may be incomplete'' *1995 New South Wales Amateur *1996

New South Wales Medal The New South Wales Amateur Championship is the state amateur golf championship of New South Wales, Australia. It was first played in 1898. History In early 1898 Lord Hampden, the Governor of New South Wales, presented a solid silver cup to t ...

(tied with

Scott Gardiner Scott Gardiner (born 22 March 1976) is an Australian professional golfer. Gardiner has played on the PGA Tour of Australasia and its developmental tour, the Von Nida Tour, where he won once. He played on the European Tour from 2001 to 2003. He ...

and Nathan Green) *1997

*1998

Riversdale Cup The Riversdale Cup is the second oldest amateur golf tournament in Australia. It is a Golf Australia national ranking event. The event has been played since 1896 and is organised by and played at the Riversdale Golf Club in Mount Waverley, Victoria ...

*1999

Master of the Amateurs The Australian Master of the Amateurs is an amateur golf tournament. It is a four-day 72-hole stroke play event held in early January. The men's event started in 1997 with the women's event added in 2018. The event was originally called the Maste ...

Professional wins (19)

Japan Golf Tour wins (15)

''*Note: The 2010 Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open was shortened to 54 holes due to inclement weather.''
¹Co-sanctioned by the

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Japan Golf Tour playoff record (3–2)

Asian Tour wins (2)

''*Note: The 2010 Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open was shortened to 54 holes due to inclement weather.''
¹Co-sanctioned by the

²Co-sanctioned by the

PGA Tour of Australasia The PGA Tour of Australasia, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the ISPS Handa PGA Tour of Australasia, is a professional golf tour for men, owned and operated by the PGA of Australia. Official events on the tour count for World Golf Ra ...

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)

¹Co-sanctioned by the

PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (0–1)

Nationwide Tour wins (1)

Nationwide Tour playoff record (0–1)

Other wins (2)

*1999

Tasmanian Open The Tasmanian Open is an annual golf tournament held in Tasmania, Australia. History The Tasmanian amateur championship was first played in 1902 as a 36 hole stroke-play event. From 1910 the stroke-play acted as qualifying for a match-play stage, ...

*2007 Murrumbidgee Country Club Pro-Am

Results in major championships

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

Results in World Golf Championships

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 The Eisenhower Trophy (World Men's Amateur Team Championships) is the biennial World Amateur Team Championship for men organized by the International Golf Federation. Since the tournament was first played in 1958, it is named after Dwight D. Eisen ...

(representing Australia):

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

*Four Nations: 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 *

Australian Men's Interstate Teams Matches The Australian Men's Interstate Teams Matches were an amateur team golf competition for men between the states and territories of Australia. The event started in 1904 when New South Wales played Victoria. Until World War II the event was played a ...

(representing New South Wales): 1993, 1994, 1995 (winners), 1996 (winners), 1997, 1998 (winners) Professional *

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(representing Australia):

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...

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Amateur career

Professional career

Amateur wins

Professional wins (19)

Japan Golf Tour wins (15)

Asian Tour wins (2)

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)

Nationwide Tour wins (1)

Other wins (2)

Results in major championships

Results in World Golf Championships

Team appearances

See also

References

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