Darren Fichardt
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Darren Clive Fichardt is a South Africa
n professional golf
er.
Fichardt was born in Pretoria
and grew up in Centurion, Gauteng
. He attended Sutherland High School from 1988 to 1993, where his talent for golf was nurtured. He turned professional in 1994 and he won the Southern Africa Tour (now the Sunshine Tour
) Order of Merit in 1999/2000 and 2003/04.
He has played on the European Tour since 2001 and has won two European Tour events. His best year-end ranking on the Order of Merit through 2006 is 39th in 2003.
He partnered Retief Goosen
in South Africa's WGC-World Cup
team in 2000.
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
n professional golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
er.
Fichardt was born in Pretoria
Pretoria
Pretoria is a city located in the northern part of Gauteng Province, South Africa. It is one of the country's three capital cities, serving as the executive and de facto national capital; the others are Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Bloemfontein, the judicial capital.Pretoria is...
and grew up in Centurion, Gauteng
Centurion, Gauteng
Centurion is an area with 279,430 inhabitants in Gauteng Province of South Africa, located between Pretoria and Midrand . Formerly an independent municipality, with its own town council, it is now part of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality...
. He attended Sutherland High School from 1988 to 1993, where his talent for golf was nurtured. He turned professional in 1994 and he won the Southern Africa Tour (now the Sunshine Tour
Sunshine Tour
The Sunshine Tour is a men's professional golf tour based in Southern Africa. For much of its history it was known either as the South African Tour or the FNB Tour, but it rebranded itself in an attempt to broaden its appeal...
) Order of Merit in 1999/2000 and 2003/04.
He has played on the European Tour since 2001 and has won two European Tour events. His best year-end ranking on the Order of Merit through 2006 is 39th in 2003.
He partnered Retief Goosen
Retief Goosen
Retief Goosen is a South African professional golfer who has been in the top ten in the Official World Golf Rankings for over 250 weeks between 2001 and 2007. His main achievements have been two U.S...
in South Africa's WGC-World Cup
WGC-World Cup
The World Cup is a men's golf tournament contested by teams of two representing their country. Only one team is allowed from each country. The players are selected on the basis of the Official World Golf Ranking, although not all of the first choice players choose to compete...
team in 2000.
Amateur wins
- 1992 Northern Transvaal Junior Championship (South Africa)
- 1993 Northern Transvaal Stroke Play Championship (South Africa)
European Tour wins (2)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning Score | Margin of Victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 Mar 2001 2001 European Tour The 2001 European Tour was the 30th official season of golf tournaments known as the PGA European Tour.The Order of Merit was won by South Africa's Retief Goosen.-Schedule:... |
Sao Paulo Brazil Open | 5 strokes |  José CoceresJosé Cóceres José Eusebio Cóceres is an Argentine golfer who spent many years on the European Tour and is now a member of the U.S.-based PGA Tour.... ,  Richard S. Johnson, Brett RumfordBrett Rumford Brett Michael Rumford is an Australian professional golfer.Rumford was born and grew up in Perth, Western Australia. He started playing golf at age ten, quickly showing a natural hand–eye coordination which translated to a well-respected short game... |
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| 2 | 16 Mar 2003 2003 European Tour The 2003 European Tour was the 32nd season of golf tournaments since the European Tour officially began in 1972. The 2003 season consisted of 46 official money events, which included the four major championships and three World Golf Championships which were also sanctioned by the PGA Tour... |
Qatar Masters Qatar Masters The Commercialbank Qatar Masters is a golf tournament held at the Doha Golf Club in Doha, Qatar. The tournament was established in 1998, and is one of four European Tour golf tournaments which are staged in the countries of the Persian Gulf, the others being the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship, the... |
Playoff |  James KingstonJames Kingston James Hubert Kingston is a South African professional golfer.Kingston was born in Ottosdal, South Africa. He turned professional in 1988, and is currently a member of the European Tour and the Sunshine Tour... |
Sunshine Tour wins (12)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning Score | Margin of Victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 Sep 1997 | Bearing Man Highveld Classic | 1 stroke | Sean Pappas Sean Pappas Sean Critton Pappas is a professional golfer from South Africa.-Early life:Pappas was born in Phalaborwa, South Africa. He is the oldest of three brothers who are also professional golfers. Deane and Brenden . Both of his brothers have played previously in South Africa, but they reside currently... |
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| 2 | 25 Feb 2001 | The Tour Championship | 4 strokes | Hennie Otto Hennie Otto Hendrik Johannes "Hennie" Otto is a South African professional golfer.Otto was born in Boksburg. He has played golf on the European Tour since 2000 having graduated from the Challenge Tour, but has only finished within the top 100 on the Order of Merit twice, in 2003 when he finished tied for... |
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| 3 | 25 Nov 2001 | CABS/Old Mutual Zimbabwe Open | 3 strokes | Mark Murless, Bradford Vaughan Bradford Vaughan Bradford Vaughan is a South African professional golfer. He won the South African Amateur in 1994 and turned professional the following year. He has won eight tournaments on the Sunshine Tour... |
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| 4 | 1 Feb 2004 | Dimension Data Pro-Am Dimension Data Pro-Am The Dimension Data Pro-Am is one of the principal annual golf tournaments on the Southern African Sunshine Tour. It was played in 2009 at the Gary Player Country Club in Sun City, South Africa, with a prize fund in 2008 of 1.8 million rand. In 2011, the tournament will be played from February 17-20... |
2 strokes |  Nick PriceNick Price Nicholas Raymond Leige Price is a South African-Zimbabwean Professional golfer and an inductee in the World Golf Hall of Fame. In the mid-1990s, Price reached number one in the Official World Golf Rankings.-Background:... , Ulrich van den BergUlrich van den Berg Ulrich van den Berg is a South African professional golfer.Van den Berg was born in East London. He had a successful amateur career which peaked in 1997 when he won the South African Amateur Strokeplay Championship, the Transvaal Amateur, and the Western Province Strokeplay Championship. He turned... |
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| 5 | 6 Oct 2006 | Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour Final | 1 stroke | Alex Haindl |
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| 6 | 15 Oct 2006 | Bearing Man Highveld Classic | Playoff | Alex Haindl |
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| 7 | 1 Feb 2009 2009 Sunshine Tour The 2009 Sunshine Tour was the 10th season of professional golf tournaments since the southern Africa based Sunshine Tour was relaunched in 2000, and the third since the tour switched a calendar based season in 2007... |
Nashua Masters | 1 stroke | Marc Cayeux Marc Cayeux Marc Elton Cayeux is a Zimbabwean professional golfer. His father is South African, and his mother English. He was born in Lancaster, England and raised in Zimbabwe, leaving school at 14 to pursue a career in golf... |
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| 8 | 18 Sep 2009 | Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour The Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour is a series of pro-am golf tournaments in South Africa. The series began in 2004 and forms part of the winter swing of the Southern Africa based Sunshine Tour.-Tournament winners:... (Selborne) |
7 strokes | Keenan Davidse, Jbe' Kruger Jbe' Kruger James Barry "Jbe'" Kruger is a South African professional golfer who plays on the Sunshine Tour.Kruger was born in Kimberley, Northern Cape. He turned professional in 2007.... |
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| 9 | 31 Oct 2009 | Platinum Classic Platinum Classic The Platinum Classic is a golf tournament on the Sunshine Tour. It was founded in 1995, and is played at the nine hole Mooinooi Golf Club, North West Province, South Africa, although the first event had to be moved to Rustenburg when the greens at Mooinooi were vandalised.The tournament is... |
1 stroke | Titch Moore Titch Moore Trevor Richard "Titch" Moore is a South African professional golfer. He currently plays on the Sunshine Tour, where he has won seven times between 2000 and 2007.... |
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| 10 | 14 Feb 2010 2010 Sunshine Tour The 2010 Sunshine Tour was the 11th season of professional golf tournaments since the southern Africa based Sunshine Tour was relaunched in 2000, and the 4th since the tour switched a calendar based season in 2007... |
Dimension Data Pro-Am Dimension Data Pro-Am The Dimension Data Pro-Am is one of the principal annual golf tournaments on the Southern African Sunshine Tour. It was played in 2009 at the Gary Player Country Club in Sun City, South Africa, with a prize fund in 2008 of 1.8 million rand. In 2011, the tournament will be played from February 17-20... |
1 stroke | Louis Oosthuizen Louis Oosthuizen Lodewicus Theodorus "Louis" Oosthuizen is a South African professional golfer, who won the 2010 Open Championship.-Early life and career:... |
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| 11 | 12 Aug 2011 2011 Sunshine Tour The 2011 Sunshine Tour is the 12th season of professional golf tournaments since the southern Africa based Sunshine Tour was relaunched in 2000, and the 5th since the tour switched a calendar based season in 2007... |
Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour The Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour is a series of pro-am golf tournaments in South Africa. The series began in 2004 and forms part of the winter swing of the Southern Africa based Sunshine Tour.-Tournament winners:... (Wild Coast) |
1 stroke | David Hewan |
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| 12 | 22 Oct 2011 2011 Sunshine Tour The 2011 Sunshine Tour is the 12th season of professional golf tournaments since the southern Africa based Sunshine Tour was relaunched in 2000, and the 5th since the tour switched a calendar based season in 2007... |
Suncoast Classic Suncoast Classic The Suncoast Classic is a golf tournament on the Southern Africa based Sunshine Tour. It was founded in 2006 and has always been held at the Durban Country Club in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.-Winners:... |
6 strokes | Ulrich van den Berg Ulrich van den Berg Ulrich van den Berg is a South African professional golfer.Van den Berg was born in East London. He had a successful amateur career which peaked in 1997 when he won the South African Amateur Strokeplay Championship, the Transvaal Amateur, and the Western Province Strokeplay Championship. He turned... |
Other wins (2)
- 1999 Sun City Pro-Am, PGA's Cup (both unofficial money on the Southern Africa Tour)
Results in major championships
| Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Masters | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| U.S. Open U.S. Open (golf) The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour... |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT | DNP | DNP |
| The Open Championship The Open Championship The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico... |
CUT | DNP | CUT | DNP | CUT | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT | DNP |
| PGA Championship PGA Championship The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four major championships in men's professional golf, and is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August, customarily four weeks after The Open Championship... |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Tournament | 2010 |
|---|---|
| The Masters | DNP |
| U.S. Open U.S. Open (golf) The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour... |
DNP |
| The Open Championship The Open Championship The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico... |
CUT |
| PGA Championship PGA Championship The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four major championships in men's professional golf, and is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August, customarily four weeks after The Open Championship... |
DNP |
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.