- Graduated in May 2012
- 2012 First Team PING All-American and 2nd team Golfweek
All-American
- Pronounced YAY-gur
- Four collegiate wins (2011 LSU National Invitational, 2011
Golfweek Conference Challenge, 2012 SoCon Championship & 2012 NCAA Bowling
Green Regional)
- 1st Mocs golfer to win NCAA postseason event and just
second to win SoCon title (Donnie Green, 1978)
- 19 collegiate top 10s/15 top 5s
- 2012 Ben Hogan Award Watch List
- 2011-12 Golf World Preseason Top 50 Players to Watch
- Only 3-time Southern Conference Player of the Year (2010,
2011, 2012)
- 4-time PING All-East Region and 4-time All-SoCon selection
- 2011 & 2012 Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar.
- Round of 32 at the 2009 and 2010 British Amateur and the
2011 U.S. Amateur
- Invited amateur to BMW International Open (European Tour)
- Won the 2010 & 2011 Signal Mountain Invitational
- Tied for 11th at 2010 Lake Fleesensee Classic (EPD Tour)
- 2009 SoCon Freshman of the Year
CAREER
Jaeger set school records for wins (4), career scoring
average (72.10), par or better rounds (69), rounds in the 60s (29) and finish
percentage (78.5%)...posted new season marks for scoring (71.14, 2012), par or
better rounds (22, 2012), rounds in the 60's (13, 2012) and finish percentage
(87.5%, 2012), while tying for wins (3) with former teammate Jonathan Hodge
(2006-09)...set tournament record with 54-hole total of 203 (-13) in capturing
medalist honors at 2012 NCAA Bowling Green Regional...tied SoCon record with
11-stroke victory in 2012 Championship (Brad Faxon, Furman)...one of two Mocs (Hodge)
to shoot under par for a season shooting -1 in 2010-11 and closing his career
at -22 in 2011-12...more than half of his 135 career rounds have been played par
or better...127 counters is second all-time, while his 94.1 percent is first...shot
-5 or better 12 times...19 top 10's with 14 top fives finishing first four
times, third thrice, fourth six times and fifth twice with nary a runner-up.
2011-12
First Team All-American (PING)...2nd team All-American
(Golfweek)...NCAA Bowling Green Regional Champion...Ben Hogan Award Watch
List...SoCon Golfer of the Year and All-SoCon...Academic All-SoCon...one of two
Mocs (Steven Fox) to play in all 13 events...captured wins at Golfweek Conference
Challenge in the fall and SoCon Championship and NCAA Bowling Green Regional in
the spring...the three wins tie Hodge for school season record...tied Brad Faxon's
(Furman) SoCon record for margin of victory winning by 11...eight top 10s with six
top 5s...ranked 12th in the country in the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index and
No. 21 on Golfstat...-22 for the season as his 71.14 stroke average is a school
record (71.41, Jonathan Hodge, 2007-08)...22 par or better rounds with a
school-best 13 in the 60s...led squad in par 4 (4.06) and par 5 scoring (4.53)
shooting -63 on the par 5s...team-best 127 birdies with 405 pars scoring par or
better 83.0 percent of the time...school-record 13-under par 203 winning NCAA
Bowling Green Regional beating five golfers ranked in the top 20 in the R&A
World Amateur Golf Rankings including then-No. 1 Patrick Cantlay of UCLA...won
the SoCon title with a nine-under par 209...medalist at the Golfweek Conference
Challenge shooting seven-under par 209...shot -6 or better six times on the
season...low round of 66 (-6) came in back-to-back rounds finishing the LSU
National Invite and opening the SoCon...also shot 66 closing the NCAA Bowling
Green Regional where he played the final 36 holes at 133 (-11)...shot a 30 on the
back nine at Daniel Island for his 66 at the SoCon...five or more birdies 11
times, four or more on 17 occasions...eight birdies in opening 66 at SoCon is his
top number for a round matched in the second round of the NCAA Bowling Green
Regional...had 18 birdies total in Bowling Green...recorded 10 or more birdies in
seven events...12 or more pars 18 times with a high of 15 in his final career
round at the NCAA Championship...tallied 41 pars at Cleveland Golf Palmetto
Intercollegiate...counted in all but one round played (35/36)...Dean's List and
Athletics Director's Honor Roll.
2010-11
Southern Conference Golfer of the Year and All-SoCon...ranked
No. 53 in Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index and No. 64 on Golfstat...SoCon
Golfer of the Week three straight weeks (Mar. 24-Apr. 6) as well as March
Golfer of the Month...played in 10 of 11 events leading the conference with a
71.67 scoring average playing one-under par on the season (-5 for spring)...led
squad playing par or better on 83.1 percent of his holes with 15 or more par or
better holes in 19 rounds...tied for the team lead with 99 birdies, but did lead
in birdies per round (3.3)...second in pars with 350, but led in pars per round
(11.7) as well as fewest bogeys (2.8) and fewest others (0.23) per 18...had just
seven others on the season...one win and five top 10s with four coming in the
spring...six rounds in the 60s and 18 par or better rounds both led team...captured
first collegiate win at the LSU National Invitational by seven shots shooting
seven-under par 209 at the University Club...beat two top 20 golfer and nine
nationally ranked firing his low round of the season with a 67 (-5) sporting a
spotless card of five birdies and 13 pars in the second round...tied for fourth
at the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate with his best 54-hole total of the
fall firing a five-under par 211...four times recorded rounds with a single
blemish (bogey) on his card...14 birdies is his tourney high set at Linger Longer
and LSU Invites...13 rounds with four or more birdies with a high of six (Bank of
Tennessee Int./Linger Longer Inv.)...16 rounds with 12 or more pars with a best
of 16 in final round at Furman tying Steven Fox for team high...38 pars at Furman
was tourney high for the year...counted in all 30 rounds played...Cleveland
Golf/Srixon Scholar All-America...Dean's List and Athletic Directors Honor Roll.
2009-10
Played in all 12 tournaments leading the Mocs in six of
those events...PING All-Region...Southern Conference Player of the
Year...All-SoCon...Dean's List, Honor Roll, Commissioner's Medal and SoCon Honor
Roll...three top five finishes with his best coming at the Carpet Capital
Collegiate Classic where he tied for third shooting minus-five, 211...fired low
54-hole score of 210 in tying for fourth at the Cleveland Golf Palmetto
Intercollegiate and tying for 14th at the Administaff Augusta State
Invite...carded seven rounds in the 60s with a low of 66 in the second round at
the Carpet Capital which he equaled in the final round of the Hummingbird
Intercollegiate...17 par or better rounds on the season...counted 31 of 34
rounds...ranked No. 74 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index and No. 75 on
Golfstat...team leader in birdies (104) and pars (381) playing 79.9 percent of
his holes at par or better...had 16 rounds with four or more birdies with a high
of seven in the second round of the Hummingbird...17 rounds playing 15 or more
holes at par or better...had two bogey-less rounds with one double bogey in
each...second round 69 (-1) at the SunTrust Gator Invitational included two
birdies, 15 pars and one bogey.
2008-09
Played in all 12 tournaments...had two top fives to start his
career, three on the season...PING All-Region...earned SoCon Freshman of the Year
honors to go with All-SoCon and All-Freshman team...Dean's List and Athletic Director's Honor Roll...finished fifth in his first
career tournament shooting -10 (206) at the Aldila Scenic City Invitational
highlighted by a final round 65 (-7)...aced the 243-yar par three eighth hole
in the final round of the Carpet Capital Collegiate keying the Mocs win and
tying for fourth overall at two-under par 214...tied for 13th with Ben Rickett
shooting 226 (+10) leading the Mocs to a third-place finish at NCAA South
Central Regional...tied Fredrik Qvicker as low Mocs finisher at NCAA Finals at
nine-over par 222...fifth in the SoCon in scoring average (73.17)...national
ranking of 132 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index...31 of 35 rounds have
counted to team score...top UTC finisher at John Hayt Collegiate tying for
24th...three-under par 213 at SoCon is best stroke finish of the Spring so
far...tied for second (Derek Rende) on the team with 12 par or better rounds.
BAYLOR SCHOOL
Played locally at the Baylor School for King Oehmig...played
on the 2007 TSSAA State Championship team.
PERSONAL
Born May 30, 1989 in Munich, Germany...son of Sophie and Klaus
Jaeger...has one sister, Michaela...majoring in Psychology.
CAREER STATS
Year
|
Rounds
|
Avg
|
60's
|
Par/Better
|
Top 10's
|
2008-09
|
35
|
73.17
|
3
|
12
|
3
|
2009-10
|
34
|
72.38
|
7
|
17
|
3
|
2010-11
|
30
|
71.67
|
6
|
18
|
5
|
2011-12
|
36
|
71.14
|
13
|
22
|
8
|
Totals
|
135
|
72.10
|
29
|
69
|
19
|
CAREER BESTS
Finish: 1, 2011 LSU National Invite, 2011 Golfweek Conference Challenge &
2012 SoCon Championship
Totals:
54-Hole: 203 (-13), 2012 NCAA Bowling Green Regional
36-Hole: 136 (-8), 2011 Golfweek Conference Challenge
18-Hole: 65 (-7), 2008 Aldila Scenic City Invite
Rounds:
1st: 66 (-6), 2012 SoCon Championship
2nd: 66 (-6), two times, MR: 2009 Carpet Capital Collegiate
3rd: 65 (-7), 2008 Aldila Scenic City Invite