Casey Jarvis (born 28 July 2003) is a South African professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and Sunshine Tour. In 2023, he shot a 59 at the Stella Artois Players Championship and became Sunshine Tour Rookie of the Year before winning the Euram Bank Open in Austria.[1]
| Casey Jarvis | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born | 28 July 2003 Boksburg, South Africa | ||
| Sporting nationality |  South Africa | ||
| Residence | Boksburg, South Africa | ||
| Career | |||
| Turned professional | 2022 | ||
| Current tour(s) | Sunshine Tour European Tour | ||
| Former tour(s) | Challenge Tour | ||
| Professional wins | 2 | ||
| Number of wins by tour | |||
| Challenge Tour | 1 | ||
| Other | 1 | ||
| Best results in major championships | |||
| Masters Tournament | DNP | ||
| PGA Championship | DNP | ||
| U.S. Open | CUT: 2024 | ||
| The Open Championship | DNP | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
| |||
Early life and amateur career
editJarvis was born and grew up in Boksburg, South Africa. He had a successful amateur career and was on the national squad. He won the 2019 Junior Golf World Cup in Japan with the South African team, joined by Samuel Simpson, Martin Vorster and Christo Lamprecht.[2]
In 2020, at 16, he captured the South African double, winning both the South African Stroke Play Championship and the South African Amateur Championship.[3]
He won the African Amateur Stroke Play Championship back to back in 2021 and 2022.[4]
Jarvis also won on South Africa's development tour, the Big Easy Tour, a few weeks before he turned professional following the Western Amateur.[1]
Career
editJarvis turned professional in August 2022 and joined the Sunshine Tour, where he finished runner-up at the South African PGA Championship and The Tour Championship, and won the Rookie of the Year award.[5]
At age 19, he become the second youngest person to shoot a 59, in the third round of the 2023 Stella Artois Players Championship.[6]
Jarvis's results in Sunshine Tour events co-sanctioned by the Challenge Tour in early 2023 (including a second-place finish at the SDC Open) enabled him to play in further Challenge Tour events. He had runner-up finishes at the Copenhagen Challenge and D+D Real Czech Challenge before winning the Euram Bank Open in Austria in July to move to the top of the Race to Mallorca season ranking.
Amateur wins
edit- 2017 English Boys Under-14 Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship
- 2018 South African Boys U17 Stroke Play, African Junior Open, Ekurhuleni Open
- 2019 Silver Salver
- 2020 Free State Open, Gauteng North Open, South African Stroke Play Championship, South African Amateur Championship
- 2021 African Amateur Stroke Play Championship
- 2022 Gauteng North Open, African Amateur Stroke Play Championship, Northern Cape Amateur Open, Africa Region 5 Amateur Tournament
Source:[7]
Professional wins (2)
editChallenge Tour wins (1)
edit| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 Jul 2023 | Euram Bank Open | −18 (65-63-65-69=262) | 1 stroke |  Euan Walker
|
Big Easy Tour wins (1)
edit| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 Jul 2022 | Altron Big Easy Tour 6 (as an amateur) |
−15 (69-66-66=201) | 4 strokes |  Dayne Moore
|
Results in major championships
edit| Tournament | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | |
| PGA Championship | |
| U.S. Open | CUT |
| The Open Championship |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
Team appearances
editAmateur
- Junior Golf World Cup (representing South Africa): 2019 (winners)
Source:[7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Romine, Brentley (15 April 2023). "Tap-in on par 5 seals 59 for 19-year-old South African Casey Jarvis". Golf Channel. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
- ^ "GolfRSA Boys seal record World Cup win". GolfRSA. 21 June 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
- ^ "Sixteen Year Old Casey Jarvis Joins South African Greats Claiming Amateur Double". Golf by TourMiss. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
- ^ "Jarvis conquers Leopard Creek for African Amateur double". GolfRSA. 17 February 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
- ^ "Casey Jarvis Named Rookie of the Year on the Sunshine Tour". TaylorMade Golf. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
- ^ Lambley, Garrin (15 April 2023). "Casey Jarvis shoots 59 to equal Sunshine Tour record". The South African. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
- ^ a b "Casey Jarvis". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
External links
edit- Casey Jarvis at the European Tour official site
- Casey Jarvis at the Sunshine Tour official site
- Casey Jarvis at the Official World Golf Ranking official site