Brendan Jones

Born in the western New South Wales town of West Wyalong on March 3, 1975, Brendan moved to Moruya on the southern coast of New South Wales at the age of six months and then just a few months later to nearby Tuross Head. His father, Trevor, had received a transfer with the Bank for which he was working and hence the move to the coast.
Brendan's first interest in the game came when his father decided to take up the game and he soon followed. Like so many youngsters raised in a laid back coastal town, Steele took advantage of the opportunity to play tennis, cricket and even surfed.
Brendan joined the Moruya Golf Club soon after taking up the game. At 13, Brendan attended one of the many clinics that coach, Alex Mercer conducted throughout country New South Wales. Brendan made South Coast age group teams but received instant elevation to the Senior State (NSW) side when selected for the Inter-State series in Tasmania in 1992.
As a result of that success, Brendan was offered a scholarship to the Australian Institute of Sport's Golf Academy in Melbourne and after two years there, stayed on in Victoria for another year, working at the Dunes Golf Club which was nearing completion on the Mornington Peninsula.
At the end of 1995, Brendan was keen to get back to New South Wales to get more experience and play Pennants in the Sydney competition. When he indicated that intention to several friends in the game, it was suggested that he might like to join the Castle Hill Golf Club in the north west of Sydney.
Brendan enjoyed superb season winning three titles in 2007 Japan Golf Tour. His stunning final round of 61 at the Golf Nippon Series beat the 2007 JGT Order of Merit winner Toru Taniguchi by a single stroke. With his outstanding amateur career he started to play in Japan Tour in 2000. He established his position earning JGT tour card for consecutive 6 years after 2001. In 2008 Brendan played 7 events and posted 4 top-10s without missed cut.
Played on the PGA Tour full time in 2005, finished 144th on money list even though he finished 2nd in the B.C. Open. In his career has played in 48 PGA Tour events with 24 cuts made and just one top-ten. Also has played in 15 Nationwide Tour events, winning the 2004 LaSalle Bank Open. In 2004 played in just eight events, won once and finished runner-up three times. With just the 8 starts was able to earn $292,715 which was 6th on the money list and got him an exemption on the PGA Tour in 2005.
2001 Japan PGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 21; in money - 11; Top-10 finishes -2; scoring average - 71.13 (ranked 24th); money yen20,950,501 (ranked 50th); best finish, T4th, Casio World Open
2002 Japan PGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 23; in money - 19; Top-10 finishes -3; scoring average -70.75 (ranked 16th); money yen80,771,7351 (ranked 8th); winner, Philip Morris Championship.
2003 Japan PGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 23; in money - 20; Top-10 finishes -6; scoring average - 70.32 (ranked 5th); money yen79,221,561 (ranked 6th); Winner Sun Chlorella Championship
2004 Japan PGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 15; in money - 13; Top-10 finishes - 4; scoring average - 70.92 (ranked T16th); money yen58,119,000 or $548,033 (ranked 11th); winner Tsuruya Open & Gateway to the Open Mizuno
2004 Web.Com Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 8; in money - 6; top-10 finishes - 5; scoring average 70.07 (ranked 12th); money $292,715 (ranked 6th); Winner LaSalle Bank Open.
2005 Japan PGA Tour Summary: Didn't play on tour.
2005 PGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 28; in money - 14; top-10 finishes - 1; scoring average 71.77 (ranked T161st); money $498,817 (ranked 144th); Best finish, T2nd B.C. Open.
2006 Japan PGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 14; in money - 12; Top-10 finishes - 2; scoring average - 70.82 (ranked 29th); money yen40,786,839 or $384,600 (ranked 29th); winner, Tsuruya Open.
2006 PGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 9; in money - 3; top-10 finishes - 0; scoring average 71.41 (ranked N/A); money $68,760 (ranked 225th); Best finish, T18th Chrysler Classic Tucson.
2007 Japan PGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 20; in money - 18; Top-10 finishes - 6; scoring average - 69.97 (ranked 2nd); money yen115,531,323 or $1,089,404 (ranked 3rd); winner, Tsuruya Open, Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters, Golf Nippon Series JT Cup.
2008 Japan PGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 15; in money - 15; Top-10 finishes - 9; scoring average - 69.82 (ranked 2nd); money yen76,294,999 or $800,787 (ranked 10th); best finish, T2nd Golf Nippon Series JT Cup.
2009 Japan PGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 18; in money - 17; Top-10 finishes - 8; scoring average - 70.18 (ranked 3rd); money yen66,734,816 or $729,223 (ranked 12th); best finish, 2nd, Mitsubishi Diamond Cup Golf & Sun Chlorella Classic.
2010 Japan PGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 19; in money - 15; Top-10 finishes - 9; scoring average - 69.89 (ranked 3rd); money yen82,359,438 or $899,956 (ranked 7th); best finish, winner Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open.
2011 Japan PGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 18; in money - 15; Top-10 finishes - 5; scoring average - 70.68 (ranked 10th); money yen55,031,144 or $717,907 (ranked 15th); winner, Crowns.
2012 Japan PGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 17; in money - 14; Top-10 finishes - 6; scoring average - 70.46 (ranked 8th); money yen90,688,284 or $911,715 (ranked 3rd); winner, Token Homemate Cup, Sun Chlorella Classic.
2013 Japan PGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 11; in money - 7; Top-10 finishes - 3; scoring average - 70.42 (ranked 7th); money yen36,252,699 or $324,874 (ranked 29th); winner, Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open.
2014 Japan PGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 14; in money - 11; Top-10 finishes - 3; scoring average - 71.09 (ranked 22nd); money yen30,143,617 or $270,128 (ranked 37th); Best finish 3rd Fujisankel Classic and T-3rd Dunlop Phoenix.
2015 Japan PGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 21; in money - 13; Top-10 finishes - 3; scoring average - 71.54 (ranked 38th); money yen23,002,533 or $206,134 (ranked 49th); Best finish T-6th Casio World Open.
2016 Japan PGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 22; in money - 16; Top-10 finishes - 3; scoring average - 71.43 (ranked T-35th); money yen43,580,309 or $390,540 (ranked 22nd); winner, ANA Open Golf Tournament.
2017 Japan PGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 20; in money - 16; Top-10 finishes - 3; scoring average - 71.05 (ranked T-20th); money yen37,568,322 or $336,664 (ranked 28th); Best finish T-2nd Casio World Open.
2018 Japan PGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 20; in money - 17; Top-10 finishes - 9; scoring average - 70.49 (ranked 5th); money yen72,983,596 or $654,033 (ranked 29th); Best finihs 2nd Casio World Open.

2019 Japan Tour Record
Tournament Place Score To Par 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Money Yen
Token Homemate Cup Win 269 -15 65 69 71 64 $232,996 Yen26,000,000
The Crowns T-68 291 +11 72 73 75 71 $2,355 Yen262,800

Jones has earnings of yen26,262,800 ($235,351) and is 1st on the Japan Golf Tour money list in 2019