11/11/2026 12:34:00 PM | Men's Golf
South African native is member of GolfRSA National Squad
TOLEDO, Ohio - University of Toledo Head Men's Golf Coach Jeff Roope announced the addition of Juan Xander Coetzee (Kempton Park, South Africa) to the Rockets' program on Wednesday. Gross will begin attending the University of Toledo in the 2027-28 academic year.
Coetzee is the eighth-ranked golfer in South Africa and a member of the GolfRSA National Squad that includes the most talented and promising young amateurs in South African golf. Former Rocket CJ van Wyk is also a member of the squad.
"Our program has been fortunate to have strong ties to South Africa through Barend and NJ Botha, Michael Terblanche, CJ van Wyk, and now Juan," said Roope. "We have been thrilled to watch Juan grow as both a player and a person. He has immeasurable talent and is an intelligent, well-mannered young man who works with a great instructor and competes in a demanding, full amateur schedule. We feel Juan is really dialed into the notion that the way you do anything is the way you do everything."
Coetzee captured the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Open Championship in May with a four-round total of 282 (70-71-69-72) and the GNGU Silver Salver title in October with a 72-hole score of 274 (64-71-68-71). He also has posted Top 10 finishes this year at the Free State Open (T-2nd), Bobby Locke Open (3rd), Nedbank Junior Challenge (T-3rd), Cape Province Open (T-7th), South African Stroke Play Championship (T-6th), Princes Grant Invitational (T-7th), and Cape Town Junior Open (T-9th).
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Coetzee is the eighth-ranked golfer in South Africa and a member of the GolfRSA National Squad that includes the most talented and promising young amateurs in South African golf. Former Rocket CJ van Wyk is also a member of the squad.
"Our program has been fortunate to have strong ties to South Africa through Barend and NJ Botha, Michael Terblanche, CJ van Wyk, and now Juan," said Roope. "We have been thrilled to watch Juan grow as both a player and a person. He has immeasurable talent and is an intelligent, well-mannered young man who works with a great instructor and competes in a demanding, full amateur schedule. We feel Juan is really dialed into the notion that the way you do anything is the way you do everything."
Coetzee captured the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Open Championship in May with a four-round total of 282 (70-71-69-72) and the GNGU Silver Salver title in October with a 72-hole score of 274 (64-71-68-71). He also has posted Top 10 finishes this year at the Free State Open (T-2nd), Bobby Locke Open (3rd), Nedbank Junior Challenge (T-3rd), Cape Province Open (T-7th), South African Stroke Play Championship (T-6th), Princes Grant Invitational (T-7th), and Cape Town Junior Open (T-9th).
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