- Richard Sterne (golfer)
Richard Sterne (born
27 August 1981 ) is aSouth Africa ngolf er.Sterne was born in
Pretoria . He was runner-up in the Boys' 15-17 Division at the 1999World Junior Golf Championships and turned pro in 2001. He played on the EuropeanChallenge Tour in 2002 and graduated to membership of the mainEuropean Tour in 2003. He won his first European Tour title at the 2004Open de Madrid and his second at the 2007Celtic Manor Wales Open . In 2008 he picked up his third victory at theJoburg Open which is co-sanctioned by theSunshine Tour .His best year-end ranking on the
European Order of Merit is 14th in 2007. His Celtic Manor win moved him into the top forty of theOfficial World Golf Rankings for the first time. [ [http://www.officialworldgolfranking.com/news/fullstory.sps?iNewsid=433116&itype=&iCategoryID=0 KJ Choi Wins the Memorial and Climbs into the World Top 20] , "www.officialworldgolfranking.com",4 June 2007.]He has had three wins on the Sunshine Tour, most recently the
Joburg Open in 2008. In January 2008 he reached a career high of number 29 in theOfficial World Golf Rankings .Professional wins (5)
European Tour wins (3)
*2004
Open de Madrid
*2007Celtic Manor Wales Open
*2008Joburg Open (co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Tour)unshine Tour wins (3)
*2005
Nashua Masters
*2007Vodacom Championship
*2008Joburg Open (co-sanctioned with the European Tour)Other wins (1)
*2001 Rye Hill Championship (
Euro Pro Tour )Results in major championships
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10References
External links
* [http://www.europeantour.com/publish.sps?pageid=127&pagegid=%7B20E6AA6B%2D0225%2D4C71%2DBD89%2D2ACBEE615D69%7D&playerId=30715 European Tour profile]
* [http://www.sunshinetour.info/profiles/STE009.htm Sunshine Tour profile]
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