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Darren Fichardt Personal information Full name Darren Clive Fichardt Born 13 May 1975
Pretoria, South AfricaHeight 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) Weight 75 kg (170 lb; 11.8 st) Nationality South Africa Residence Centurion, South Africa Career Turned professional November 1994 Current tour(s) European Tour
Sunshine TourProfessional wins 16 Number of wins by tour European Tour 2 Sunshine Tour 12 Other 2 Best results in Major Championships Masters Tournament DNP U.S. Open CUT: 2007 The Open Championship CUT: 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010 PGA Championship DNP Achievements and awards Southern Africa Tour
Order of Merit winner1999/00, 2003/04 Darren Clive Fichardt (born 13 May 1975) is a South African professional golfer.
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.
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Amateur wins
- 1992 Northern Transvaal Junior Championship (South Africa)
- 1993 Northern Transvaal Stroke Play Championship (South Africa)
Professional wins (16)
European Tour wins (2)
No. Date Tournament Winning Score Margin of
VictoryRunner(s)-up 1 25 Mar 2001 Sao Paulo Brazil Open -18 (67-61-67=195) 5 strokes José Coceres, Richard S. Johnson,
Brett Rumford2 16 Mar 2003 Qatar Masters -13 (71-69-66-69=275) Playoff James Kingston Sunshine Tour wins (12)
No. Date Tournament Winning Score Margin of
VictoryRunner(s)-up 1 21 Sep 1997 Bearing Man Highveld Classic -16 (65-66-69=200) 1 stroke Sean Pappas 2 25 Feb 2001 The Tour Championship -14 (66-69-67-68=270) 4 strokes Hennie Otto 3 25 Nov 2001 CABS/Old Mutual Zimbabwe Open -13 (68-69-69-69=275) 3 strokes Mark Murless, Bradford Vaughan 4 1 Feb 2004 Dimension Data Pro-Am -10 (72-69-69-68=278) 2 strokes Nick Price, Ulrich van den Berg 5 6 Oct 2006 Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour Final -4 (71-69-72=212) 1 stroke Alex Haindl 6 15 Oct 2006 Bearing Man Highveld Classic -12 (66-67-71=204) Playoff Alex Haindl 7 1 Feb 2009 Nashua Masters -17 (66-67-65-65=263) 1 stroke Marc Cayeux 8 18 Sep 2009 Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour (Selborne) -18 (65-66-67=198) 7 strokes Keenan Davidse, Jbe' Kruger 9 31 Oct 2009 Platinum Classic -15 (70-65-66=201) 1 stroke Titch Moore 10 14 Feb 2010 Dimension Data Pro-Am -16 (66-68-71-68=273) 1 stroke Louis Oosthuizen 11 12 Aug 2011 Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour (Wild Coast) -6 (73-67-64=204) 1 stroke David Hewan 12 22 Oct 2011 Suncoast Classic -13 (70-65-68=204) 6 strokes Ulrich van den Berg 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 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT DNP DNP The Open Championship CUT DNP CUT DNP CUT DNP DNP DNP CUT DNP PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Tournament 2010 The Masters DNP U.S. Open DNP The Open Championship CUT PGA Championship DNP DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.Team appearance
- World Cup: 2000 (with Retief Goosen)
See also
- Golfers with most Sunshine Tour wins
External links
- Darren Fichardt at the Sunshine Tour official site
- Darren Fichardt at the European Tour official site
- Darren Fichardt at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
Categories:- South African golfers
- Sunshine Tour golfers
- European Tour golfers
- 1975 births
- Living people
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