Stephan Patrick Jäger ( ; born 30 May 1989), also spelled as Stephan Jaeger, is a German professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He has won six tournaments on the second tier Korn Ferry Tour in the United States. He won his first PGA Tour event at the 2024 Texas Children's Houston Open.
Amateur career Jäger attended the Baylor School in Chattanooga, Tennessee and played collegiate golf at University of Tennessee-Chattanooga. He turned professional in 2012.
Professional career Jäger qualified for the 2015 U.S. Open where he shot 74–80 to miss the cut.
At the 2016 Ellie Mae Classic, Jäger shot a 12-under par 58 in the first round and followed it up with rounds of 65-64-63 to claim his first Web.com Tour victory. He set the 72-hole aggregate record with his 250 and tied the to-par record, at 30 under par, and won by 7 strokes over Rhein Gibson. He also set the 36-hole and 54-hole records. Despite the win, Jäger finished 28th on the regular season money list, three spots short of a guaranteed PGA Tour card.
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In 2017, Jäger won twice on the Web.com Tour, finishing fifth on the regular-season money list and earning a PGA Tour card for the 2017–18 season. In May 2018, ranked 161st in the FedEx Cup and having failed to qualify for The Players Championship, Jäger played in and won the Web.com Tour's Knoxville Open, his fourth victory on that tour. After failing to finish in either the top 125 of the FedEx Cup or the Web.com Tour's top 25, Jäger regained his PGA Tour card through the Web.com Tour Finals.
Back on the Korn Ferry Tour in 2020, Jäger picked up his fifth title on the tour at the Albertsons Boise Open. The win helped gain him exemption into the 2020 U.S. Open as one of the leading points scorers in the final three Championship Series events, and into four alternate events on the PGA Tour in 2021 by virtue of being in the top ten of the tour standings after the Korn Ferry Tour Championship. He won the Korn Ferry Tour Player of the Year award for the 2020–21 season.
During the 2021–22 PGA Tour season, Jäger finished in the top 10 twice; T6 at the Wells Fargo Championship and solo 5th at the Rocket Mortgage Classic.
On 31 March 2024, Jäger claimed his first PGA Tour win at the Texas Children's Houston Open after Scottie Scheffler missed a birdie attempt that would have forced a playoff.
Professional wins (7) PGA Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunners-up131 Mar 2024Texas Children's Houston Open−12 (69-66-66-67=268)1 stroke Thomas Detry, Tony Finau, Taylor Moore, Scottie Scheffler, Alejandro Tosti
Korn Ferry Tour wins (6) Legend Championship Series (1) Other Korn Ferry Tour (5) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up131 Jul 2016Ellie Mae Classic−30 (58-65-64-63=250)7 strokes Rhein Gibson221 May 2017BMW Charity Pro-Am−19 (64-66-65=195)1 stroke Tyler Duncan, Andrew Yun, Zhang Xinjun311 Jun 2017Rust-Oleum Championship−14 (68-67-68-71=274)2 strokes Ted Potter Jr.413 May 2018Knoxville Open−16 (68-72-64-64=268)3 strokes Im Sung-jae516 Aug 2020Albertsons Boise Open−22 (65-64-65-68=262)2 strokes Dan McCarthy, Brandon Wu64 Apr 2021Emerald Coast Classic−14 (67-67-66-66=266)Playoff David Lipsky
Korn Ferry Tour playoff record (1–1) No.YearTournamentOpponentResult12021Emerald Coast Classic David LipskyWon with par on first extra hole22021Rex Hospital Open Mito PereiraLost to birdie on first extra hole
Results in major championships Results not in chronological order in 2020. Tournament2015 2016 2017 2018Masters TournamentU.S. OpenCUTT60The Open ChampionshipPGA Championship Tournament20192020202120222023202420252026Masters TournamentCUTT52PGA ChampionshipT507670T18U.S. OpenT34T21CUTThe Open ChampionshipNTCUTCUT
CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied for place NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
Summary Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts madeMasters Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 4U.S. Open 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 3The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0Totals 0 0 0 0 0 2 13 8 Most consecutive cuts made – 3 (2017 U.S. Open – 2023 PGA Championship)
Results in The Players Championship Tournament20222023202420252026The Players ChampionshipCUTT44CUTT20T62 CUT = missed the halfway cut "T" indicates a tie for a place
Team appearances Amateur European Boys' Team Championship (representing Germany): 2006 European Amateur Team Championship (representing Germany): 2011
Professional World Cup (representing Germany): 2016
See also 2017 Web.com Tour Finals graduates 2018 Web.com Tour Finals graduates 2021 Korn Ferry Tour Finals graduates List of golfers with most Korn Ferry Tour wins Lowest rounds of golf
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