Tienie Britz

Tienie Britz (born 14 May 1945) is a South African professional golfer.

Tienie Britz
Personal information
Full nameTienie Britz
Born (1945-05-14) 14 May 1945
Johannesburg, South Africa
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Nationality South Africa
ResidenceKent, England
SpouseFrances
ChildrenSophie, Katie
Career
Turned professional1965
Former tour(s)European Tour
European Seniors Tour
Southern Africa Tour
Professional wins12
Number of wins by tour
European Tour1
Sunshine Tour11
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT19: 1983
Achievements and awards
Sunshine Tour
Order of Merit winner
1971/72

Britz was born in Johannesburg. He won the South African PGA Championship twice in 1971 and led the South African Tour Order of Merit in 1971/72.[1] He has also played extensively on the European Tour and the European Seniors Tour. His best finish on the European Tour was nineteenth in 1977, which was the year he won his only European Tour title at the German Open,having had to pre-qualify first. Britz represented South Africa three times in the World Cup: in Australia with Gary Player, in Thailand with John Bland and in Columbia with Bobby Verwey.

Since 1986, Britz has been the head teaching professional at Broome Park Golf Club in Barham, near Canterbury, Kent, England.[2]

Professional wins (12)

European Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 7 Aug 1977 German Open −13 (66-67-71-71=275) 2 strokes Hugh Baiocchi

Southern Africa wins (11)

This list is incomplete

Results in major championships

Tournament 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
The Open Championship T49 T59 T32 T29 CUT T47 T19 CUT

Note: Britz only played in The Open Championship.

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1981 Open Championship)
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Team appearances

References

  1. Berkovitz, Anton; Samson, Andrew (1993). South Africa and international sports factfinder. D. Nelson. p. 96. ISBN 1868061019.
  2. "The Head Professional at Broome Park". Broome Park Golf Club. Retrieved 2009-05-31.
  3. "Hitchcock in third place". Birmingham Daily Post. 29 March 1971. p. 13 via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. "Britz wins by one stroke". The Glasgow Herald. 1 March 1971.
  5. "Now for some of that Latin lolly". Aberdeen Evening Express. 15 March 1969. p. 7 via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. "Oosterhuis beaten in play-off". The Glasgow Herald. 30 November 1971.
  7. The Allied Book of South African Sport & Sports Records. SASBOR. 1988. pp. 1941, 1945. ISBN 0620128828 via Google Books.


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