J. C. Ritchie

J. C. Ritchie
Personal information
Full name	Juan Carlo Ritchie
Born	(1994-02-24) 24 February 1994 (age 31) Standerton, South Africa
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight	235 lb (107 kg; 16.8 st)
Sporting nationality	South Africa
Career
Turned professional	2014
Current tour(s)	European Tour Sunshine Tour
Former tour(s)	Challenge Tour
Professional wins	13
Number of wins by tour
Sunshine Tour	10
Challenge Tour	5 (Tied-7th all-time)
Other	2
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	CUT: 2020
The Open Championship	T40: 2021
Achievements and awards
Sunshine Tour Order of Merit winner 2019–20

Juan Carlo "J. C." Ritchie (born 24 February 1994) is a South African professional golfer. He plays on the European Tour and the Sunshine Tour where he has won ten times.

Professional career

Ritchie's first win on the Sunshine Tour was at Royal Harare Golf Club in the 2017 Zimbabwe Open where he beat Trevor Fisher Jnr at the second hole of a playoff. ^[1] He was third in the 2018 BMW SA Open and also finished third in the 2017–18 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit. In August 2018 he won the Sun Carnival City Challenge. ^[2] In March 2019, partnered with Jaco Prinsloo, he won the Sunshine Tour Team Championship and the following week won the Limpopo Championship at the first hole of a playoff with Steve Surry. ^[3] The following month he won the Zanaco Masters in Zambia, again at the first hole of a playoff against Rhys Enoch. He had two further wins in early 2020, retaining the Team Championship and the Limpopo Championship in successive weeks.

In May 2021, Ritchie won the Bain's Whisky Cape Town Open, beating Jacques Blaauw in a sudden-death playoff. ^[4] He successfully defended this title in February 2022, winning by one shot ahead of Christopher Mivis. ^[5] The following week, he won the Jonsson Workwear Open, winning by six shots, again ahead of Mivis. ^[6]

Professional wins (13)

Sunshine Tour wins (10)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	23 Apr 2017	Zimbabwe Open	74-67-67-64=272	−16	Playoff	Trevor Fisher Jnr
2	10 Aug 2018	Sun Carnival City Challenge	64-72-72=208	−8	1 stroke	Alex Haindl, Toto Thimba Jnr
3	2 Mar 2019	Team Championship (with Jaco Prinsloo)	61-66-62=189	−27	1 stroke	Jacques Blaauw and Merrick Bremner
4	10 Mar 2019	Limpopo Championship	66-69-70-65=270	−18	Playoff	Steve Surry
5	7 Apr 2019	Zanaco Masters	70-68-66-70=274	−18	Playoff	Rhys Enoch
6	25 Jan 2020	Gauteng Team Championship (2) (with Jaco Prinsloo)	61-68-62=191	−25	2 strokes	Jaco Ahlers and Vaughn Groenewald
7	2 Feb 2020	Limpopo Championship 1 (2)	66-69-67-67=269	−19	2 strokes	Wilco Nienaber
8	2 May 2021	Bain's Whisky Cape Town Open 1	71-69-68-66=274	−14	Playoff	Jacques Blaauw
9	20 Feb 2022	Bain's Whisky Cape Town Open 1 (2)	69-66-67-68=270	−18	1 stroke	Christopher Mivis
10	27 Feb 2022	Jonsson Workwear Open 1	61-63-65-71=260	−26	6 strokes	Christopher Mivis

¹Co-sanctioned by the Challenge Tour

Sunshine Tour playoff record (4–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2017	Zimbabwe Open	Trevor Fisher Jnr	Won with birdie on second extra hole
2	2019	Limpopo Championship	Steve Surry	Won with birdie on first extra hole
3	2019	Zanaco Masters	Rhys Enoch	Won with birdie on first extra hole
4	2021	Bain's Whisky Cape Town Open	Jacques Blaauw	Won with birdie on first extra hole

Challenge Tour wins (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	2 Feb 2020	Limpopo Championship 1	66-69-67-67=269	−19	2 strokes	Wilco Nienaber
2	2 May 2021	Bain's Whisky Cape Town Open 1	71-69-68-66=274	−14	Playoff	Jacques Blaauw
3	20 Feb 2022	Bain's Whisky Cape Town Open 1 (2)	69-66-67-68=270	−18	1 stroke	Christopher Mivis
4	27 Feb 2022	Jonsson Workwear Open 1	61-63-65-71=260	−26	6 strokes	Christopher Mivis
5	20 Jul 2025	German Challenge	66-66-66-66=264	−24	8 strokes	Joshua Berry, Tom Lewis

¹Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour

Challenge Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2021	Bain's Whisky Cape Town Open	Jacques Blaauw	Won with birdie on first extra hole

IGT Pro Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	7 Aug 2013	IGT Winter Challenge State Mines CC	−8 (72-65-71=208)	2 strokes	Rhys West
2	13 Aug 2014	Race to Asian Q-School Irene Country Club	−17 (65-67-67=199)	5 strokes	Jason Smith (a)

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament	2020	2021
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open	CUT
The Open Championship	NT	T40

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament	2018	2019	2020	2021
Championship				T68
Match Play			NT1
Invitational
Champions	76		NT1	NT1

¹Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Did not play

NT = No tournament
"T" = Tied

See also

• 2022 Challenge Tour graduates
• List of golfers with most Challenge Tour wins

References

1. "Ritchie wins Zimbabwe Open". Sport 24. 23 April 2017.
2. "Ritchie holds on for Sun Carnival City victory". Sport 24. 10 August 2018.
3. "Ritchie claims inaugural Limpopo Championship". Sport 24. 10 March 2019.
4. "Ritchie snatches victory at Cape Town Open". Compleat golfer. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
5. "JC Ritchie makes Cape Town Open history". MSN Sport. 20 February 2022.
6. Gussoni, Andrea (2 March 2022). "JC Ritchie: "It was tough out there in Durban"". Tennis World USA.

External links

• J. C. Ritchie at the Sunshine Tour official site
• J. C. Ritchie at the European Tour official site
• J. C. Ritchie at the PGA Tour official site
• J. C. Ritchie at the Official World Golf Ranking official site