Darren Fichardt

Darren Fichardt
Darren Fichardt
Personal information
Full name	Darren Clive Fichardt
Born	13 May 1975 (age 50); Pretoria, South Africa
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb; 11.8 st)
Sporting nationality	South Africa
Residence	Centurion, South Africa
Spouse	Natasha (m. 2000)
Children	2
Career
Turned professional	1994
Current tour(s)	Sunshine Tour ; European Senior Tour
Former tour(s)	European Tour ; Challenge Tour
Professional wins	24
Highest ranking	75 (10 March 2013)
Number of wins by tour
European Tour	5
Sunshine Tour	18
Challenge Tour	2
Other	2
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	CUT: 2007
The Open Championship	80th: 2024
Achievements and awards
Sunshine Tour; Order of Merit winner
Sunshine Tour; Order of Merit winner	1999–2000, 2003–04
Sunshine Tour; Players' Player of the Year	2013

Last updated August 04, 2025

Darren Clive Fichardt (born 13 May 1975) is a South African professional golfer who plays on both the European Tour and the Sunshine Tour.

Early life

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.

Professional career

Fichardt 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 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 five European Tour events. His best year-end ranking on the Order of Merit is when he ranked 39th 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

1992 Northern Transvaal Junior Championship (South Africa)
1993 Northern Transvaal Stroke Play Championship (South Africa)

Professional wins (24)

European Tour wins (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	25 Mar 2001	São Paulo Brazil Open	−18 (67-61-67=195)*	5 strokes	José Cóceres, Richard S. Johnson, Brett Rumford
2	16 Mar 2003	Qatar Masters	−13 (71-69-66-69=275)	Playoff	James Kingston
3	17 Jun 2012	Saint-Omer Open ¹	−5 (68-69-69-73=279)	3 strokes	Gary Lockerbie
4	17 Feb 2013	Africa Open ²	−16 (69-67-65-71=272)	2 strokes	Grégory Bourdy, Jaco van Zyl
5	26 Feb 2017	Joburg Open ²	−15 (66-66-68=200)*	1 stroke	Stuart Manley, Paul Waring

*Note: Tournament shortened to 54 holes due to 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
1	2002	Murphy's Irish Open	Richard Bland, Niclas Fasth, Søren Hansen	Hansen won with birdie on fourth extra hole Bland eliminated by birdie on second hole
2	2003	Qatar Masters	James Kingston	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
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 Final	−4 (71-69-72=212)	1 stroke	Alex Haindl
6	15 Oct 2006	Bearing Man Highveld Classic (2)	−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 (2) at 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 (2)	−16 (66-68-71-68=273)	1 stroke	Louis Oosthuizen
11	12 Aug 2011	Vodacom Origins of Golf (3) at Wild Coast Sun	−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
13	17 Feb 2013	Africa Open ¹	−16 (69-67-65-71=272)	2 strokes	Grégory Bourdy, Jaco van Zyl
14	13 Nov 2015	Vodacom Origins of Golf Final (4)	−14 (61-71-70=202)	1 stroke	Tyrone Mordt, Callum Mowat, Jake Redman
15	26 Feb 2017	Joburg Open ¹	−15 (66-66-68=200)*	1 stroke	Stuart Manley, Paul Waring
16	18 Mar 2018	The Tour Championship (2)	−17 (68-66-68-69=271)	1 stroke	Oliver Bekker
17	19 Jan 2020	Eye of Africa PGA Championship	−20 (65-70-65-68=268)	Playoff	Matías Calderón
18	21 Aug 2020	Betway Championship	−3 (73-70-64=207)	1 stroke	Ulrich van den Berg

*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
1	1999	Bearing Man Highveld Classic	Bobby Lincoln, Lyall McNeill	Lincoln won with birdie on first extra hole
2	2006	Bearing Man Highveld Classic	Alex Haindl	Won with birdie on second extra hole
3	2008	Mount Edgecombe Trophy	Mark Murless	Lost to par on first extra hole
4	2018	Sun Wild Coast Sun Challenge	Adilson da Silva, Hennie du Plessis, Vaughn Groenewald	Groenewald won with birdie on first extra hole
5	2020	Eye of Africa PGA Championship	Matías Calderón	Won with birdie on third extra hole

Challenge Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	17 Jun 2012	Saint-Omer Open ¹	−5 (68-69-69-73=279)	3 strokes	Gary Lockerbie
2	2 Jul 2023	Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge	−15 (68-68-70-67=273)	2 strokes	Oliver Farr

¹Dual-ranking event with the European Tour

Other wins (2)

1999 Sun City Pro-Am, PGA's Cup (both unofficial money on the Southern Africa Tour)

Playoff record

European Senior Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2025	Staysure PGA Seniors Championship	Bo Van Pelt	Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament	2000	2002	2004	2007	2008	2010	2017
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open				CUT
The Open Championship	CUT	CUT	CUT		CUT	CUT	CUT
PGA Championship

Tournament	2024	2025
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open
The Open Championship	80	CUT

Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament	2000	2001	2004	2010	2013	2014
Match Play
Championship	T40	NT¹	T59
Invitational
Champions				T34	T61	62

¹Cancelled due to 9/11

Did not play

"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

Team appearances

World Cup (representing South Africa): 2000

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

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[w201310-1] "Week 10 2013 Ending 10 Mar 2013" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved 29 October 2019.

[2] "Darren Fichardt wins Africa Open despite nervous finish". The Australian. 18 February 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2013.

[3] "Joburg Open: Darren Fichardt lands 54-hole tournament". Sporting Life. 26 February 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2020.

[4] "Fichardt wins Betway Championship". Compleat Golfer. 21 August 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.

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