James Barry "Jbe'" Kruger (born 23 June 1986) is a South African professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and the Sunshine Tour. Kruger was born in Kimberley, Northern Cape. He turned professional in 2007. Kruger has won twice on the Sunshine Tour: the 2009 Zambia Open and the 2010 Africom Zimbabwe Open. Kruger won for the first time in a European Tour sanctioned event at the Avantha Masters in New Dehli, India in February 2012 gaining him a two year exemption on the European Tour