{{short description|Australian professional golfer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox golfer | name = Jake McLeod | image = | image_size = | caption = | fullname = Jake Ian McLeod | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|8|13|df=y}} | birth_place = Townsville, Queensland, Australia<ref name="SMH"/> | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|1994|8|13|df=y}} --> | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=|in=}} | weight = {{convert|178|lb|kg st|abbr=on}} | nationality = {{AUS}} | residence = | spouse = | partner = | college = | yearpro = 2015 | retired = <!-- Year retired --> | tour = PGA Tour of Australasia<br>European Tour | extour = | prowins = 1 | pgawins = | eurowins = <!-- Number of European Tour wins --> | japwins = <!-- Number of Japan Golf Tour wins --> | asiawins = <!-- Number of Asian Tour wins --> | sunwins = <!-- Number of Sunshine Tour wins --> | auswins = | nwidewins = | chalwins = <!-- Number of Challenge Tour wins --> | champwins = <!-- Number of Champions Tour wins --> | seneurowins = <!-- Number of European Seniors Tour wins --> | otherwins = | majorwins = | masters = DNP | usopen = DNP | open = CUT: 2019 | pga = DNP | wghofid = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame member ID --> | wghofyear = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame year inducted --> | award1 = PGA Tour of Australasia<br>Order of Merit winner | year1 = 2018 | award2 = | year2 = | awardssection = <!-- location of awards page or section --> }} '''Jake Ian McLeod''' (born 13 August 1994) is an Australian professional golfer currently playing on the PGA Tour of Australasia. In 2018, he won the tour's Order of Merit, the same year he received his first professional win.
==Career== McLeod turned professional in 2015. His first professional win came in 2018 at the New South Wales Open, beating Cameron John by two strokes.<ref name="CM">{{cite news |last=Tucker |first=Jim |title=NSW Open: Jake McLeod finally 'gets it done' for his first title |url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/golf/nsw-open-jake-mcleod-finally-gets-it-done-for-his-first-title/news-story/21d479809e3202f6bf393f0b83ff7447 |accessdate=3 January 2019 |newspaper=The Courier Mail |date=11 November 2018}}</ref> His 62 in the third round of the tournament beat the course record at Twin Creeks Golf and Country Club.<ref name="SMH">{{cite news |last=Pengilly |first=Adam |title='I don't know how it happened': Young gun fires magical course record |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/golf/i-don-t-know-how-it-happened-young-gun-fires-magical-course-record-20181110-p50f9c.html |accessdate=3 January 2019 |newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald |date=10 November 2018}}</ref>
McLeod won the Order of Merit on the PGA Tour of Australasia in 2018, earning a one-year exemption to the PGA European Tour in 2019 and an invitation to the 2019 Open Championship.<ref name="Golfweek">{{cite magazine |last=Speros |first=Bill |title=VIDEO: Jake McLeod sacrifices man bun to help Jarrod Lyle Family Trust |url=https://golfweek.com/2018/12/04/video-jake-mcleod-sacrifices-man-bun-to-help-jarrod-lyle-family-trust/ |accessdate=3 January 2019 |magazine=Golfweek |date=4 December 2018}}</ref>
==Professional wins (1)== ===PGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No.!!Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!Margin of<br>victory!!Runner-up |- |align=center|1 |align=right|11 Nov 2018 |AVJennings NSW Open |−20 (67-68-62-71=268) |2 strokes |{{flagicon|AUS}} Cameron John |}
'''PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (0–1)''' {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent!!Result |-style="background:#F2C1D1;" |align=center|1 |2016 |South Pacific Open Championship |{{flagicon|AUS}} Adam Blyth |Lost to par on third extra hole |}
==Results in major championships== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;" !Tournament !2019 |- |align=left|Masters Tournament |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |- |align=left|PGA Championship |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |- |align=left|U.S. Open |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |- |align=left|The Open Championship |CUT |} {{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}} CUT = missed the halfway cut
==Results in World Golf Championships== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !Tournament!!2019 |- |align="left"|Championship |T45 |- |align="left"|Match Play |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |- |align="left"|Invitational |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |- |align="left"|Champions |T57 |} {{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}} "T" = Tied
==Team appearances== '''Amateur''' *Australian Men's Interstate Teams Matches (representing Queensland): 2013 (winners), 2014, 2015
==See also== *2019 European Tour Qualifying School graduates
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{PGA Tour player}} * {{Australasia Tour player|009748}} * {{European Tour player}} * {{Official World Golf Ranking}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:McLeod, Jake}} Category:Australian male golfers Category:PGA Tour of Australasia golfers Category:European Tour golfers Category:Sportspeople from Townsville Category:1994 births Category:Living people Category:Sportsmen from Queensland Category:21st-century Australian sportsmen