Stephan Jaeger

Jaeger started playing golf at age 10. His parents Sophie and Klaus and sister Michaela are avid golfers and would all play on family vacations. As a kid, Jaeger also played tennis, soccer and street hockey. He still loves playing any sports, including volleyball and basketball, but admits he is "terrible" at the latter. Jaeger describes his accent as "southern American German." He was raised in a small town near Munich, Germany, before he moved to the United States to attend the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
He posted four collegiate wins: 2011 LSU National Invitational, 2011 Golfweek Conference Challenge, 2012 SoCon Championship & 2012 NCAA Bowling Green Regional. Set the Chattanooga school record for career scoring average at 72.10. 2012 first-team PING All-American, second-team Golfweek All-American. Three-time Southern Conference Player of the Year. Made it to the Round of 32 at the 2009 and 2010 British Amateur and the 2011 U.S. Amateur. Was invited to play at the BMW International Open (European Tour) as an amateur.
In 2012, turned pro in August. Made one Korn Ferry Tour start, missing the cut at the Nationwide Children's Hospital Invitational in Columbus, Ohio. Got to the finals of the PGA Tour Q-School but finished T-162nd.
2013 Korn Ferry Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 14; rounds played - 42; in money - 7; top-10 finishes - 0; scoring average - 70.52 (ranked 53rd); money - $38,015 (ranked 107th); Best finish, T-11th BMW Charity Pro-Am.
2014 PGA Tour Latinoamerica Summary: Joined the tour with a T-16th finish at the Qualifying Tournament in Sebring, Fla., in January. Tournaments entered - 12; rounds played - 33; in money - 5; top-10 finishes - 1; scoring average - 71.30 (ranked 38th); money - $13,284 (ranked 61st); Best finish, T-9th Ecuador Open.
2014 Notes: T-8th at Korn Ferry Tour Q-School which gets him on the Korn Ferry Tour in 2015
2015 Korn Ferry Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 19; rounds played - 47; in money - 4; top-10 finishes - 2; scoring average - 71.79 (ranked 128th); money - $52,412 (ranked 86th); Best finish, T-4th Mexico Championship. Qualified for his first U.S. Open in June, posting 74-80 to miss the cut. Flew from Seattle to his native Munich, Germany to play in the following week's BMW International Open on the European Tour, at the course he grew up playing. Posted rounds of 75-77 and missed the cut.
2016 Korn Ferry Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 18; rounds played - 63; in money - 13; top-10 finishes - 1; scoring average - 69.62 (ranked 20th); money - $147,024 (ranked 28th); Best finish, winner Ellie Mae Classic.
2017 Korn Ferry Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 22; rounds played - 69; in money - 13; top-10 finishes - 3; scoring average - 70.55 (ranked 67th); money - $278,364 (ranked 5th), was 85th in the Korn Ferry Finals; Best finish, winner BMW Charity Pro-Am and Rust-Oleum Championship. Earned a PGA Tour card for 2018 with his 5th place standings on the money list.
2018 Notes: Played in 26 PGA Tour events making 14 cuts with three top-25 finishes. On the FedExCup standings was 165th. His best finish was T-13th at the Quicken Classic. In May made a start at the Knoxville Open on the Korn Ferry Tour and won the event. Was in the Korn Ferry Finals was T-4th at the DAP Championship and T-8th at the Korn Ferry Tour Championship and with $69,923 in earnings was 17th in the finals money list and 30th in the priority rank. His 17th place finish on the Finals money list got his PGA Tour card back for 2019.
2019 Notes: Played in 26 PGA Tour events making 13 cuts with six top-25 finishes. Best was T-14th at the Sanderson Farms Championship and RBC Canadian Open. Was 152nd in the FedExCup standings. Didn't fare well in the Korn Tour Finals, missed the cut at the Nationwide Children's and Boise Open, was T-67th at the Korn Ferry Tour Championship forcing him back to the Korn Ferry Tour in 2020.
2020 Notes: Was T-3rd at the TPC Colorado Championship, then in a five-week stretch won the Albertsons Boise Open, was T-5th on the Nationwide Children's, T-64th at the Korn Ferry Tour Champions, and T-7th at the Evans Scholars Invitational.