Ben Jackson (golfer)
{{Short description|English professional golfer}}
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| birth_place = Helperby, North Yorkshire, England
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Benedict Jackson (born 23 May 1967) is an English professional golfer who has resided in Australia since 1987. During the course of his career, he has won several major golf tournaments, most notably the Western Australian Open in 1995.
Biography
Jackson was born on 23 May 1967 in the village of Helperby, North Yorkshire. He was educated at the private school King's Ely in Ely, Cambridgeshire.
As a young amateur, Jackson represented the England Boys team in 1984. In 1987, at the age of 19, Jackson emigrated to Australia where he went on to win numerous pro-am events throughout the late 1980s and 1990s.{{cite web |url=https://pga.org.au/player-profile/?player=018469 |title=Ben Jackson Player Profile |publisher=PGA |accessdate=9 March 2021}} Jackson played in the 1995 Western Australia PGA Championship at Joondalup, finishing second by one stroke. Weeks later, Jackson won the 1995 Western Australian Open in a sudden-death playoff, becoming the first European champion in the tournament's history.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article130552425 |title=A.C.T. and National Results |newspaper=The Canberra Times |volume=70 |issue=21,949 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=22 May 1995 |accessdate=7 April 2021 |page=25 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article130552286 |title=Sport A.C.T. and National |newspaper=The Canberra Times |volume=70 |issue=21,948 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=21 May 1995 |accessdate=18 March 2021 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite web |title=Open Golf Championship of Western Australia (Men) |url=https://www.cottesloegc.com/cms/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/WA-Open-History-Scores-and-Venues.pdf |first=Kay |last=Briggs |publisher=Cottesloe Golf Club |access-date=9 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107081048/https://www.cottesloegc.com/cms/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/WA-Open-History-Scores-and-Venues.pdf |archive-date=7 January 2021}} He temporarily retired from professional play in 1999.
In 2018, Jackson gained a place on the Australian PGA Legends Tour through qualifying school. He won six events during his first two years on the tour. He won three times in 2021 and once in 2022.
Professional wins (11)
=Australasian Foundation Tour wins (1)=
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!No. !Date !Tournament !Winning score !Margin of !Runner-up |
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|align=right|21 May 1995 |70-64-68-68=270 |Playoff |{{flagicon|NZL}} Grant Moorhead |
=PGA Legends Tour (10)=
==2018==
- Live Life Group Maleny Legends Pro-Am
====2019====
- Club Mandalay Legends Pro-Am (tied with Peter Fowler)
- Kerry Campbell Homes Fraser Coast Classic (tied with Mike Harwood and Peter Senior)
- Bribie Island Legends Pro-Am
- Furphy Murrumbidgee Legends Pro-Am (tied with Douglas Maiden and Simon Tooman)
- Minder Secure Cloud Services Legends Pro-Am (tied with Steven Aisbett)
====2021====
- Pacific Harbour Legends Pro-Am
- Reeside Communities Pacific Legends Pro-Am
- Fidelity Capital Group Charity Legends Pro-Am
====2022====
- Mike Carney Toyota Townsville Legends Pro-Am
References
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External links
- {{AustralasiaTour player|018469|Ben Jackson}}
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Category:PGA Tour of Australasia golfers
Category:People from North Yorkshire