Jason Scrivener (born 18 April 1989) is an Australian professional golfer who plays on the

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. Born in South Africa, he started playing aged eight and moved to

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, Australia when he was 10.

Amateur career

Scrivener had a successful amateur career, winning the

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in 2007 to put his name alongside those of

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and Adam Scott. He ranked in the top five in the Australian amateur ranking and was also ranked in the top thirty in the

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. He competed in the 2010

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before turning professional later that year.

Professional career

After turning professional, Scrivener played mostly on the

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. In 2013, he managed to qualify for four tour cards in the Australasian,

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, OneAsia and Challenge Tours. He was inspired by former

winner and club-mate at Mandurah Country Club,

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, Jarrod Moseley, to target a career in

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and twice progressed from the European Tour Qualifying School in 2014 and 2015. In 2015 he finished tied 3rd in Hong Kong Open and in 2016 he finished 3rd in the ISPS Handa Perth International, both co-sanctioned by the European Tour, and tied 4th in the Australian Open. After his first professional victory, the NSW Open Championship in November 2017 at Twin Creeks Golf & Country Club,

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, Australia, he advanced to 183rd on the Official World Golf Ranking and finished 6th on the 2017–18 Australasia Order of Merit. In February 2019, he advanced to a career best 125th on the Official World Golf Ranking. After seven top-10s, he finished the 2019 European Tour

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in 32nd position with €1,018,789 in prize money. Scrivener's best result on the European Tour came in 2021 at the

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. A final round 66 saw him jump up the leaderboard on the final day into solo second place. He pocketed €710,175 in prize money with this result. After a tied 23rd finish at the

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in May 2021, Scrivener advanced to a career best at the time; 111th on the Official World Golf Ranking.

Amateur wins

*2007

, Mastercard Junior Masters *2009 New South Wales Medal (tied with Kyle Grant and

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), Western Australian Amateur *2010 Mandurah Easter Amateur (Australia)

Professional wins (1)

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)

Results in major championships

''Results not in chronological order before 2019 and in 2020.'' CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = No tournament due to

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Results in World Golf Championships

¹Cancelled due to

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pandemic
NT = No tournament
"T" = Tied

Team appearances

Amateur *

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(representing Australia): 2008 (winners), 2010 (winners)

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Scrivener, Jason Australian male golfers PGA Tour of Australasia golfers European Tour golfers Sportspeople from Cape Town 1989 births Living people