| Caitlyn Macnab | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Caitlyn Tate Macnab |
| Nickname | Cay |
| Born | 18 February 2002 Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Sporting nationality |  South Africa |
| Career | |
| College | Texas Christian University University of Mississippi |
| Status | Amateur |
| Professional wins | 1 |
Caitlyn Tate Macnab (born 18 February 2002) is a South African amateur golfer. She won the 2021 Jabra Ladies Open on the Sunshine Ladies Tour. [1]
Macnab was born in Johannesburg. She is attached to Serengeti Golf Estate, and played in her first tournament on her first 4th birthday. [1]
After finishing runner-up in 2018, Macnab won the 2019 South African Girls Championship, and won the South African Women's Amateur back-to-back in 2020 and 2021, defending her title by beating Megan Streicher 11 & 9 in the 36-hole match play. She ranked the number one amateur in South Africa. [2]
In 2021, she tied for 16th at the Investec South African Women's Open, a Ladies European Tour event, after winning the Jabra Ladies Open and finishing runner-up at the SuperSport Ladies Challenge on the Sunshine Ladies Tour. [3] Macnab became the first amateur winner on the South African women's professional golf circuit since major winner Ashleigh Buhai in 2007. [2]
Macnab enrolled at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth in 2021 and started playing with the TCU Horned Frogs women's golf team, where she was on the WGCA Freshman of the Year Watch List and named All-American twice. [4] After two years she transferred to the University of Mississippi to play with the Ole Miss Rebels women's golf team, where she won several tournaments including the 2024 NCAA Division I Bermuda Run Regional and the 2025 SEC Championship. [5]
She appeared at the Augusta National Women's Amateur four consecutive years, the Arnold Palmer Cup three consecutive years, and on the 2025 Annika Award Post-season Watch List for women's college golf Player of the Year honors. [6] [7] [8]
Macnab reached a rank of 18th on the World Amateur Golf Ranking. [3]
Source: [3]
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runners-up | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 Apr 2021 | Jabra Ladies Classic (as an amateur) | −12 (69-68-67=204) | 8 strokes | Lindi Coetzee Nicole Garcia | [9] |
Amateur