Jace Bugg

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Jace Bugg
Personal information
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Career
CollegeRend Lake College
Turned professional1997
Former tourTemplate:Pluralize from textNationwide Tour
Canadian Tour
Professional wins2
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Number of wins by tour
Korn Ferry Tour1
Other1

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Jace Bugg (November 6, 1976 – December 4, 2003) was an American professional golfer who played on the Nationwide Tour.

Professional career

He played on the Canadian Tour from 1999 to 2001 where he picked up a win in 2001 at the South Carolina Challenge.[1] He joined the Nationwide Tour in 2002 when he was a Monday qualifier for the Arkansas Classic and went on to win the event.[2]

Personal life

Bugg was diagnosed with leukemia in November 2002 and died on December 4, 2003, at St. Mary's Hospital and Medical Center in Evansville, Indiana.[1] The Kentucky Golf Association started The Jace Bugg Award in 2005 for Sportsmanship, an award they give out annually.[3]

Awards and honors

  • In 1997, Bugg was named the Kentucky Golf Association Player of the Year
  • In 2005, he was posthumously named to the Rend Lake College Hall of Fame.

Professional wins (2)

Buy.com Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 Apr 21, 2002[4] Arkansas Classic −17 (66-68-72-65=271) 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Jason Caron

Canadian Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 Mar 11, 2001 South Carolina Challenge −14 (72-68-71-63=274) 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Rob McMillan

References

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  1. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Nationwide Tour's Bugg dies of leukemia at 27". ESPN. SportsTicker. December 6, 2003. Retrieved June 6, 2025.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Gorant, Jim (April 26, 2004). "Heard on the Range". Sports Illustrated.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Jace Bugg Award". Golf House Kentucky. Retrieved June 6, 2025.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Nationwide Tour Resumes Action in Arkansas". NBC Sports. April 12, 2004. Retrieved June 6, 2025.