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11 January 1987
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Jaco Ahlers (born 19 November 1982) is a South African professional golfer who plays on the Sunshine Tour.
Ahlers has played on the Sunshine Tour since 2006. He has won five tournaments, the 2009 Vodacom Business Origins of Golf Tour at Erinvale, the 2014 Lion of Africa Cape Town Open, the 2015 Investec Cup, the 2016 KCM Zambia Open (winning all four in sudden-death playoff), and the 2016 Sun Wild Coast Sun Challenge.
Ahlers also played on the Asian Tour in 2011 and PGA Tour Canada in 2013.
Professional wins (6)
Sunshine Tour wins (6)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 Aug 2009 | Vodacom Business Origins of Golf Tour – Erinvale | −9 (64-71=135) | Playoff |  Ulrich van den Berg |
| 2 | 30 Nov 2014 | Lion of Africa Cape Town Open | −12 (71-69-68-68=276) | Playoff |  Ross McGowan, Hennie Otto |
| 3 | 22 Mar 2015 | Investec Cup | −9 (72-73-68-66=279) | Playoff | Jaco Van Zyl |
| 4 | 5 Jun 2016 | KCM Zambia Open | −17 (68-65-67-71=271) | Playoff | Jacques Blaauw |
| 5 | 26 Aug 2016 | Sun Wild Coast Sun Challenge | −17 (61-66-66=193) | 3 strokes | Ruan de Smidt, Danie van Tonder |
| 6 | 22 Oct 2016 | Vodacom Origins of Golf (Euphoria) | −9 (67-69-71=207) | 3 strokes | Jacques Kruyswijk |