Jake Roos
Jake Roos is a South African professional golfer.
Roos was born in Pretoria. He was the number one ranked South African amateur golfer before turning professional in 2005 and then joined the Sunshine Tour by finishing 4th at Q-school.
His first victory came at the 2008 Suncoast Classic. His second victory came the following year at the Nedbank Affinity Cup. In 2012, Roos picked up his third victory on Tour at the Platinum Classic after he defeated Chris Swanepoel and Anthony Michael on the fifth hole of a sudden-death playoff. He picked up his second Sunshine Tour victory of the year in June at the Lombard Insurance Classic after defeating Justin Harding in a playoff. Roos entered the final round four shots back of Harding but fired a 63 to force a playoff. Roos would pick up his third victory of the 2012 season and fifth Sunshine Tour victory overall in November, when he won the Lion of Africa Cape Town Open in a four-man playoff with birdie on the second playoff hole. Roos would pick up his sixth overall Sunshine Tour victory in April 2013 when he won the Golden Pilsener Zimbabwe Open by a single stroke. Roos started the final round four shots back but fired a final round 67 to take the victory.
In March 2014, he won the Barclays Kenya Open and earned a place on the Challenge Tour for the rest of 2014. He would win a second Challenge Tour title at the Aegean Airlines Championship, Germany in July to secure his European Tour card for 2015.
Roos has also won six tournaments on the Golden State Tour, a mini tour in California.
Professional wins (16)
Sunshine Tour wins (6)
Sunshine Tour playoff record| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
| 1 | 2008 | Suncoast Classic |  Omar Sandys | Won with birdie on third extra hole |
| 2 | 2009 | Nedbank Affinity Cup | Mark Murless, Albert Pistorius | |
| 3 | 2012 | Platinum Classic | Anthony Michael, Chris Swanepoel | Won with birdie on fifth extra hole |
| 4 | 2012 | Lombard Insurance Classic | Justin Harding | Won with par on first extra hole |
| 5 | 2012 | Lion of Africa Cape Town Open | Tyrone van Aswegen, Jaco van Zyl, Mark Williams | Won with birdie on second extra hole van Zyl eliminated by par on first hole |
| 6 | 2014 | Vodacom Origins of Golf at Vaal de Grace | PH McIntyre | Lost to birdie on third extra hole |
| 7 | 2017 | Sun City Challenge | Peter Karmis | Lost to par on first extra hole |
| 8 | 2018 | Lombard Insurance Classic | Justin Harding | Lost to birdie on sixth extra hole |
| 9 | 2018 | Vodacom Origins of Golf at Zebula | Zander Lombard | Lost to par on first extra hole |
Challenge Tour wins (2)
Other wins (8)
- 2010 Zurich Open
- 6 wins on the Golden State Tour
- 2015 Aegean Airlines Pro-am