Darren Fichardt
Darren Clive Fichardt (born 13 May 1975) is a South African professional golfer who plays on both the European and Sunshine Tours.
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Darren Clive Fichardt | ||
Born | Pretoria, South Africa | 13 May 1975||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb; 11.8 st) | ||
Nationality | ![]() | ||
Residence | Centurion, South Africa | ||
Spouse | Natasha (m. 2000) | ||
Children | Ethan, Tristan | ||
Career | |||
Turned professional | 1994 | ||
Current tour(s) | European Tour Sunshine Tour | ||
Professional wins | 23 | ||
Highest ranking | 75 (10 March 2013)[1] | ||
Number of wins by tour | |||
European Tour | 5 | ||
Sunshine Tour | 18 | ||
Challenge Tour | 1 | ||
Other | 2 | ||
Best results in major championships | |||
Masters Tournament | DNP | ||
PGA Championship | DNP | ||
U.S. Open | CUT: 2007 | ||
The Open Championship | CUT: 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2017 | ||
Achievements and awards | |||
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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.
Fichardt partnered Retief Goosen in South Africa's WGC-World Cup team in 2000.
Fichardt has played on the European Tour since 2001 and has won four European Tour events. His best year-end ranking on the Order of Merit is 39th achieved in 2003.
In 2012, Fichardt ended a nine-year title drought on the European Tour when he won the Saint-Omer Open by three strokes from Gary Lockerbie. This victory earned him his third European Tour title.
Fichardt followed this up in the 2013 season, when he won the Africa Open in his native South Africa in February. He claimed his fourth European Tour title by two strokes over Grégory Bourdy and Jaco van Zyl.[2]
In February 2017, Fichardt won the weather-shortened Joburg Open for his fifth victory on the European Tour and seventeenth victory on the Sunshine Tour.[3]
On 21 August 2020, Fichardt won the Betway Championship. This was the first event in return on the Sunshine Tour after the COVID-19 hiatus. He shot a final round 64 to beat Ulrich van den Berg by one shot.[4]
Amateur wins (2)
- 1992 Northern Transvaal Junior Championship (South Africa)
- 1993 Northern Transvaal Stroke Play Championship (South Africa)
Professional wins (23)
European Tour wins (5)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 25 Mar 2001 | São Paulo Brazil Open | −18 (67-61-67=195) | 5 strokes | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
2 | 16 Mar 2003 | Qatar Masters | −13 (71-69-66-69=275) | Playoff | ![]() |
3 | 17 Jun 2012 | Saint-Omer Open1 | −5 (68-69-69-73=279) | 3 strokes | ![]() |
4 | 17 Feb 2013 | Africa Open2 | −16 (69-67-65-71=272) | 2 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
5 | 26 Feb 2017 | Joburg Open2 | −15 (66-66-68=200)* | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() |
*Note: The 2017 Joburg Open was shortened to 54 holes due to bad weather.
1Dual-ranking event with the Challenge Tour
2Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour
European Tour playoff record (1–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1 | 2002 | Murphy's Irish Open | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Hansen won with birdie on fourth extra hole Bland eliminated by birdie on second hole |
2 | 2003 | Qatar Masters | ![]() |
Won with birdie on first extra hole |
Sunshine Tour wins (18)
Legend |
Tour Championships (2) |
Other Sunshine Tour (16) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 21 Sep 1997 | Bearing Man Highveld Classic | −16 (65-66-69=200) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
2 | 25 Feb 2001 | The Tour Championship | −14 (66-69-67-68=270) | 4 strokes | ![]() |
3 | 25 Nov 2001 | CABS/Old Mutual Zimbabwe Open | −13 (68-69-69-69=275) | 3 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
4 | 1 Feb 2004 | Dimension Data Pro-Am | −10 (72-69-69-68=278) | 2 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
5 | 6 Oct 2006 | Vodacom Origins of Golf Final | −4 (71-69-72=212) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
6 | 15 Oct 2006 | Bearing Man Highveld Classic (2) | −12 (66-67-71=204) | Playoff | ![]() |
7 | 1 Feb 2009 | Nashua Masters | −17 (66-67-65-65=263) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
8 | 18 Sep 2009 | Vodacom Origins of Golf (2) at Selborne |
−18 (65-66-67=198) | 7 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
9 | 31 Oct 2009 | Platinum Classic | −15 (70-65-66=201) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
10 | 14 Feb 2010 | Dimension Data Pro-Am (2) | −16 (66-68-71-68=273) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
11 | 12 Aug 2011 | Vodacom Origins of Golf (3) at Wild Coast |
−6 (73-67-64=204) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
12 | 22 Oct 2011 | Suncoast Classic | −13 (70-65-68=204) | 6 strokes | ![]() |
13 | 17 Feb 2013 | Africa Open1 | −16 (69-67-65-71=272) | 2 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
14 | 13 Nov 2015 | Vodacom Origins of Golf Final (4) | −14 (61-71-70=202) | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
15 | 26 Feb 2017 | Joburg Open1 | −15 (66-66-68=200)* | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() |
16 | 18 Mar 2018 | The Tour Championship (2) | −17 (68-66-68-69=271) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
17 | 19 Jan 2020 | Eye of Africa PGA Championship | −20 (65-70-65-68=268) | Playoff | ![]() |
18 | 21 Aug 2020 | Betway Championship | −3 (73-70-64=207) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
*Note: The 2017 Joburg Open was shortened to 54 holes due to bad weather.
1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
Sunshine Tour playoff record (2–3)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1 | 1999 | Bearing Man Highveld Classic | ![]() ![]() |
Lincoln won with birdie on first extra hole |
2 | 2006 | Bearing Man Highveld Classic | ![]() |
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3 | 2008 | Mount Edgecombe Trophy | ![]() |
Lost on first extra hole |
4 | 2018 | Sun Wild Coast Sun Challenge | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Groenewald won with birdie on first extra hole |
5 | 2020 | Eye of Africa PGA Championship | ![]() |
Won with birdie on third extra hole |
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 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
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Masters Tournament | ||||||||||||||||||
U.S. Open | CUT | |||||||||||||||||
The Open Championship | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | ||||||||||||
PGA Championship |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Results in World Golf Championships
Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
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Match Play | |||||||||||||||
Championship | T40 | NT1 | T59 | ||||||||||||
Invitational | |||||||||||||||
Champions | T34 | T61 | 62 |
1Cancelled due to 9/11
"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.
See also
References
- "Week 10 2013 Ending 10 Mar 2013" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- "Darren Fichardt wins Africa Open despite nervous finish". The Australian. 18 February 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
- "Joburg Open: Darren Fichardt lands 54-hole tournament". Sporting Life. 26 February 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- "Fichardt wins Betway Championship". Compleat Golfer. 21 August 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
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