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German professional golfer

Stephan Jäger
Jäger in 2017
Personal information
Full nameStephan Patrick Jäger
NicknameJaegerbomb
Born (1989-05-30) 30 May 1989 (age 35)
Munich, West Germany
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight170 lb (77 kg; 12 st)
Sporting nationality Germany
ResidenceChattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.
Career
CollegeUniversity of Tennessee-Chattanooga
Turned professional2012
Current tour(s)PGA Tour
Former tour(s)Korn Ferry Tour
PGA Tour Latinoamérica
Professional wins7
Highest ranking38 (12 May 2024)
(as of 24 November 2024)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour1
Korn Ferry Tour6 (Tied-2nd all-time)
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentCUT: 2024
PGA ChampionshipT50: 2023
U.S. OpenT21: 2024
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 2024
Achievements and awards
Korn Ferry Tour
regular season points list winner		2020–21
Korn Ferry Tour
Player of the Year		2020–21

Stephan Patrick Jäger (/ˈstiːvən ˈjeɪɡər/ STEEV-ən YAY-gər; born 30 May 1989), also spelled as Stephan Jaeger, is a German professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He has won six tournaments on the second tier Korn Ferry Tour in the United States. He won his first PGA Tour event at the 2024 Texas Children's Houston Open.

Amateur career

Jäger attended the Baylor School in Chattanooga, Tennessee and played collegiate golf at University of Tennessee-Chattanooga. He turned professional in 2012.

Professional career

Jäger qualified for the 2015 U.S. Open where he shot 74–80 to miss the cut.

At the 2016 Ellie Mae Classic, Jäger shot a 12-under par 58 in the first round and followed it up with rounds of 65-64-63 to claim his first Web.com Tour victory. He set the 72-hole aggregate record with his 250 and tied the to-par record, at 30 under par, and won by 7 strokes over Rhein Gibson. He also set the 36-hole and 54-hole records. Despite the win, Jäger finished 28th on the regular season money list, three spots short of a guaranteed PGA Tour card.

Hole 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Out 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 In Total
Par 4 4 3 4 4 5 3 4 4 35 4 3 5 3 4 3 4 4 5 35 70
Score 4 3 3 3 3 4 2 3 4 29 3 2 5 2 3 2 4 4 4 29 58

In 2017, Jäger won twice on the Web.com Tour, finishing fifth on the regular-season money list and earning a PGA Tour card for the 2017–18 season. In May 2018, ranked 161st in the FedEx Cup and having failed to qualify for The Players Championship, Jäger played in and won the Web.com Tour's Knoxville Open, his fourth victory on that tour. After failing to finish in either the top 125 of the FedEx Cup or the Web.com Tour's top 25, Jäger regained his PGA Tour card through the Web.com Tour Finals.

Back on the Korn Ferry Tour in 2020, Jäger picked up his fifth title on the tour at the Albertsons Boise Open. The win helped gain him exemption into the 2020 U.S. Open as one of the leading points scorers in the final three Championship Series events, and into four alternate events on the PGA Tour in 2021 by virtue of being in the top ten of the tour standings after the Korn Ferry Tour Championship. He won the Korn Ferry Tour Player of the Year award for the 2020–21 season.

During the 2021–22 PGA Tour season, Jäger finished in the top 10 twice; T6 at the Wells Fargo Championship and solo 5th at the Rocket Mortgage Classic.

On 31 March 2024, Jäger claimed his first PGA Tour win at the Texas Children's Houston Open after Scottie Scheffler missed a birdie attempt that would have forced a playoff.

Professional wins (7)

PGA Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runners-up
1 31 Mar 2024 Texas Children's Houston Open −12 (69-66-66-67=268) 1 stroke Belgium Thomas Detry, United States Tony Finau,
United States Taylor Moore, United States Scottie Scheffler,
Argentina Alejandro Tosti

Korn Ferry Tour wins (6)

Legend
Championship Series (1)
Other Korn Ferry Tour (5)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 31 Jul 2016 Ellie Mae Classic −30 (58-65-64-63=250) 7 strokes Australia Rhein Gibson
2 21 May 2017 BMW Charity Pro-Am −19 (64-66-65=195)* 1 stroke United States Tyler Duncan, United States Andrew Yun,
China Zhang Xinjun
3 11 Jun 2017 Rust-Oleum Championship −14 (68-67-68-71=274) 2 strokes United States Ted Potter Jr.
4 13 May 2018 Knoxville Open −16 (68-72-64-64=268) 3 strokes South Korea Im Sung-jae
5 16 Aug 2020 Albertsons Boise Open −22 (65-64-65-68=262) 2 strokes United States Dan McCarthy, United States Brandon Wu
6 4 Apr 2021 Emerald Coast Classic −14 (67-67-66-66=266) Playoff United States David Lipsky

*Note: The 2017 BMW Charity Pro-Am was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

Korn Ferry Tour playoff record (1–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2021 Emerald Coast Classic United States David Lipsky Won with par on first extra hole
2 2021 Rex Hospital Open Chile Mito Pereira Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUT T60
The Open Championship
PGA Championship
Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Masters Tournament CUT
PGA Championship T50 76
U.S. Open T34 T21
The Open Championship NT CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied for place
NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament 2022 2023 2024
The Players Championship CUT T44 CUT

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

References

  1. "PGA Tour Media Guide 2018–19" (PDF). PGA Tour. p. 2-114. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  2. Bentley, Coleman (1 April 2024). "Joel Dahmen shouting "Jaeger bomb!" after Stephan Jaeger's Houston Open win is what friends are for". Golf Digest. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  3. "Week 19 2024 Ending 12 May 2024" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  4. "Stephan Jaeger". PGA Tour. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  5. Uchiyama, David (17 June 2015). "Bound for U.S. Open, Jaeger proud to call Chattanooga home". Times Free Press. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  6. "Jaeger posts record low 72-hole aggregate". PGA Tour. 31 July 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  7. "Jaeger matches lowest 72-hole score to par in Web.com Tour history". PGA Tour. 31 July 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  8. "From 58 to victory: A special week for Jaeger". PGA Tour. 31 July 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  9. "Web.com Tour 2018 Finals Money List". PGA Tour. 21 September 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  10. Woodard, Adam (16 August 2020). "Stephan Jaeger wins Boise Open for fifth Korn Ferry Tour title". Golfweek. USA Today. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  11. Romine, Brentley (30 August 2020). "From Monday qualifiers to U.S. Open berth, Brandon Wu wins KFT Championship". Golf Channel. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  12. Bolton, Rob (8 September 2020). "Fantasy preview for 2020-2021 season". PGA Tour. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  13. "Stephan Jaeger, Greyson Sigg win 2020-21 Korn Ferry Tour player awards". PGA Tour. 16 November 2021.
  14. "Stephan Jaeger – Profile". PGA Tour. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  15. "Jaeger wins Houston Open for 1st PGA Tour title. Scheffler's bid for 3 in a row ends on 5-foot putt". Associated Press News. 31 March 2024. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  16. "European Boys' Team Championship – European Golf Association". Retrieved 22 January 2023.

External links

Korn Ferry Tour Player of the Year
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