Altin van der Merwe

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Altin van der Merwe
Personal information
Born (1996-11-08) 8 November 1996 (age 29)
Bellville, South Africa
Sporting nationalityFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Career
Turned professional2024
Current tour Sunshine Tour
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship CUT: 2024
Achievements and awards
Sunshine Tour
Rookie of the Year 		2024–25

Altin van der Merwe (born 8 November 1996) is a South African professional golfer who plays on the Sunshine Tour. He won The R&A's Africa Amateur Championship in 2024. [1]

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Early life and amateur career

Van der Merwe was successful on the South Africa amateur circuit, and shoot up to No 1 in the GolfRSA Open Amateur rankings in 2023. He represented South Africa in the 2023 World Amateur Team Championships for the Eisenhower Trophy in Abu Dhabi alongside Christo Lamprecht and Christiaan Maas, finishing 7th. [2]

He finished runner-up at the 2023 Scottish Amateur Stroke Play Championship, and won the 2024 GolfRSA International Amateur in sudden death playoff with Dutchman Jack Ingham, [3]

Van der Merwe was low amateur at the 113th Investec South African Open Championship and was presented with the Freddie Tait Cup, after he was the sole amateur to make the cut. [4]

He won thee 2024 Africa Amateur Championship, after he birdied the first hole in a three-way sudden-death playoff. [5] The win earned him a start in the 2024 Open Championship at Royal Troon Golf Club. [6]

Professional career

Van der Merwe turned professional after the 2024 Open Championship, and joined the Sunshine Tour.

He was named 2024–25 Sunshine Tour Rookie of the Year following a handful of top-5 finishes, including a runner-up finish at the 2025 SDC Open, where he lost a playoff to Daniel van Tonder. [7]

The following season he was runner-up at the Limpopo Championship.

Amateur wins

Source: [8]

Playoff record

Sunshine Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2025 SDC Open Flag of South Africa.svg Daniel van Tonder Lost to par on first extra hole

Team appearances

Amateur

References

  1. ↑ "Dramatic Africa Amateur play-off victory for South Africa's Altin van der Merwe". The R&A. 24 February 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
  2. ↑ "GolfRSA announces power-packed 2023 Eisenhower Team". GolfRSA. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
  3. ↑ "Van der Merwe victorious in GolfRSA International Amateur". GolfRSA. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
  4. ↑ "Van der Merwe caps breakout season with Freddie Tait Cup win". GolfRSA. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
  5. ↑ "Africa Amateur Championship - 2024 Play-off". The R&A. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  6. ↑ Jourdan, Cameron (24 February 2024). "Altin Van der Merwe captures inaugural African Amateur Championship in playoff, earns spot in Open Championship". Golfweek. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
  7. ↑ Butler, Lynn (4 April 2025). "From waiting tables to rookie of the year: Altin van der Merwe's rise on Sunshine Tour". News24. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
  8. ↑ "Altin van der Merwe". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
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