Jean Hugo (golfer)

Jean Hugo
Personal information
Full name Victor Jean Hugo
Born 3 December 1975
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 85 kg (187 lb; 13.4 st)
Sporting nationality South Africa
Residence Centurion, South Africa
Career
Turned professional 1999
Current tour(s) Sunshine Tour
Former tour(s) European Tour
Challenge Tour
Professional wins 21
Number of wins by tour
Sunshine Tour 19
Challenge Tour 1
Other 1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship CUT: 1999, 2001, 2010
Achievements and awards
Southern Africa Tour
Rookie of the Year		 1999–2000
Sunshine Tour
Players' Player of the Year		 2011

Victor Jean Hugo (born 3 December 1975) is a South African professional golfer.

Golf career

Hugo matriculated at Paul Roos Gymnasium in Stellenbosch, South Africa in 1994. Three years later he graduated with a bachelor of arts degree from University of Stellenbosch. He is the youngest son of organic chemist Professor Victor Hugo and Esme Hugo who were both active in sport and sport administration. He also excelled in rugby and cricket before choosing golf as a career.

Hugo played on the European Tour and had his best season in 2001 when he finished 34th on the Order of Merit.

Amateur wins

Source:

Professional wins (21)

Sunshine Tour wins (19)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 28 Nov 1999 Zimbabwe Open −17 (62-66-65-68=271) 2 strokes Ulrich van den Berg
2 29 Oct 2000 Western Cape Classic −9 (70-65-72=207) 1 stroke Titch Moore, Phillip Sanderson,
Schalk van der Merwe
3 21 Apr 2006 Vodacom Origins of Golf at Arabella −8 (71-70-67=208) 5 strokes Chris Williams
4 29 Apr 2006 SAA Pro-Am Invitational (1st) −16 (68-64-68=200) 2 strokes Anton Haig
5 4 Feb 2007 Nashua Masters −11 (64-67-68-70=269) Playoff Titch Moore
6 10 May 2008 Samsung Royal Swazi Sun Open 56 pts (16-26-13-1=56) 6 points Neil Schietekat
7 30 May 2008 Vodacom Origins of Golf (2) at Selborne −13 (69-66-68=203) 2 strokes Bradford Vaughan
8 16 Apr 2010 Vodacom Origins of Golf (3) at Gardener Ross −15 (69-70-62=201) 1 stroke Charl Schwartzel
9 17 Sep 2010 Vodacom Origins of Golf (4) at Stellenbosch −17 (66-67-66=199) 3 strokes Shaun Norris
10 30 Oct 2010 Platinum Classic −20 (66-64-66=196) 2 strokes Michiel Bothma
11 28 May 2011 Vodacom Origins of Golf (5) at Pretoria −11 (72-66-67=205) 3 strokes George Coetzee, Adilson da Silva
12 29 Jul 2011 Vodacom Origins of Golf (6) at Simola −15 (68-69-64=201) Playoff Peter Karmis
13 23 Sep 2011 Vodacom Origins of Golf Final (7) −8 (70-72-66=208) 2 strokes Louis de Jager, Lyle Rowe
14 23 Aug 2013 Vodacom Origins of Golf (8) at Langebaan −14 (72-63-67=202) 7 strokes Merrick Bremner, Andrew Curlewis,
Jbe' Kruger
15 25 Jul 2014 Vodacom Origins of Golf (9) at Arabella −7 (68-69=137)* 1 stroke Rhys West
16 22 Aug 2015 Vodacom Origins of Golf (10) at San Lameer −6 (67-69-74=210) 1 stroke Peter Karmis, Derick Petersen
17 12 Sep 2015 Vodacom Origins of Golf (11) at Vaal de Grace −21 (65-66-64=195) 1 stroke Jacques Kruyswijk
18 7 Mar 2018 Steyn City Team Championship
(with Hennie du Plessis) 		−23 (66-66-61=193) 1 stroke Christiaan Bezuidenhout and Kyle McClatchie
19 11 Oct 2019 Sun Wild Coast Sun Challenge −11 (60-65-74=199) 4 strokes Hennie du Plessis, Clinton Grobler

*Note: The 2014 Vodacom Origins of Golf at Arabella was shortened to 36 holes due to rain.

Sunshine Tour playoff record (2–2)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2005 Vodacom Origins of Golf at Pretoria Desvonde Botes Lost to birdie on first extra hole
2 2007 Nashua Masters Titch Moore Won with par on first extra hole
3 2011 Vodacom Origins of Golf at Simola Peter Karmis Won with birdie on first extra hole
4 2011 KCM Zambia Open Doug McGuigan Lost to birdie on fifth extra hole

Challenge Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 9 Jul 2000 Volvo Finnish Open −15 (62-69-74-68=273) 5 strokes Magnus Persson Atlevi, Nils Roerbaek-Petersen

Other wins (1)

  • 2005 Wild Coast Sun Touring Pro-Am (South Africa)

Results in major championships

Tournament 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
The Open Championship CUT CUT CUT

Note: Hugo only played in The Open Championship.

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament 2009
Match Play
Championship
Invitational
Champions 73
  Did not play

Team appearances

Amateur

See also