Victor Jean Hugo (born 3 December 1975) is a South African professional golfer.

Golf career

Hugo matriculated at

Paul Roos Gymnasium Paul Roos Gymnasium is a public, dual medium (Afrikaans & English) high school for boys in the town of Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa, and opened on the 1st of March 1866 as Stellenbosch Gymnasium. It is the 12th oldest school in the c ...

in Stellenbosch, South Africa in 1994. Three years later he graduated with a bachelor of arts degree from

University of Stellenbosch Stellenbosch University ( af, Universiteit Stellenbosch) is a public research university situated in Stellenbosch, a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Stellenbosch is the oldest university in South Africa and the oldest extant ...

. He is the youngest son of organic chemist Professor Victor Hugo and Esme Hugo who were both active in sport and sport administration. He also excelled in

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and

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before choosing golf as a career. Hugo played on the

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and had his best season in 2001 when he finished 34th on the

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Amateur wins

*1998 South African International Amateur Match-play Championship *1999 South African Amateur Stroke Play Championship Source:

Professional wins (21)

Sunshine Tour wins (19)

''*Note: The 2014 Vodacom Origins of Golf at Arabella was shortened to 36 holes due to rain.'' Sunshine Tour playoff record (2–2)

Challenge Tour wins (1)

Other wins (1)

*2005 Wild Coast Sun Touring Pro-Am (South Africa)

Results in major championships

''Note: Hugo only played in The Open Championship.''
CUT = missed the half-way cut

Results in World Golf Championships

Team appearances

Amateur *

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(representing South Africa):

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 ...

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* * * South African male golfers Sunshine Tour golfers European Tour golfers Sportspeople from the Western Cape People from Stellenbosch People from the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality White South African people 1975 births Living people {{SouthAfrica-golf-bio-stub