Justin Harding

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Justin Harding
Personal information
Full nameJustin Adam Harding
Born (1986-02-09) 9 February 1986 (age 39)
Somerset West, Western Cape, South Africa
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight176 lb (80 kg; 12.6 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Residence Cape Town, South Africa
Career
College Lamar University
Turned professional2010
Current tour(s) European Tour
Asian Tour
Sunshine Tour
Former tour(s) LIV Golf
Professional wins11
Highest ranking 42 (12 May 2019) [1]
(as of 4 May 2025)
Number of wins by tour
European Tour2
Asian Tour2
Sunshine Tour7
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament T12: 2019
PGA Championship T54: 2019
U.S. Open CUT: 2019, 2020
The Open Championship T19: 2021

Justin Adam Harding (born 9 February 1986) is a South African professional golfer.

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Amateur career

Harding attended Paul Roos Gymnasium in Stellenbosch, South Africa, and played college golf at Lamar University in Texas and represented his country as an amateur golfer. [2] [3]

Professional career

Having graduated, he earned a place on the Sunshine Tour at the first attempt, finishing third at the 2009 qualifying school while still an amateur. He won a tournament in each of his first three seasons on the tour, 2010, 2011 and 2012. He won again in 2015 and 2016 and then twice in two weeks in 2018.

In July 2018 Harding made a rare appearance outside Africa and won the Bank BRI Indonesia Open on the Asian Tour by a stroke from Scott Vincent. Two weeks later he won the Royal Cup in Thailand by 6 strokes, his fourth win in three months.

Alan Burns has caddied full time for Harding since October 2018. [4]

In March 2019, Harding got his first European Tour victory by winning the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters by two strokes over nine runners-up. He was a joint runner-up in the Kenya Open the following week, a result that lifted him into the world top 50 and gave him an entry into the 2019 Masters Tournament. He finished in a share of 12th place to earn his place at the 2020 Masters Tournament.

In March 2021, Harding shot a final-round 66 to win the Magical Kenya Open by two shots ahead of Kurt Kitayama. [5]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (11)

European Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
110 Mar 2019 Commercial Bank Qatar Masters −13 (68-68-73-66=275)2 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Flag of Spain.svg Jorge Campillo,
Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Jin-ho, Flag of South Africa.svg George Coetzee,
Flag of Spain.svg Nacho Elvira, Flag of Sweden.svg Anton Karlsson,
Flag of France.svg Mike Lorenzo-Vera, Flag of South Africa.svg Erik van Rooyen,
Flag of England.svg Oliver Wilson
221 Mar 2021 Magical Kenya Open −21 (66-67-64-66=263)2 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Kurt Kitayama

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2021 Cazoo Open Flag of Spain.svg Nacho Elvira Lost to par on first extra hole

Asian Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
115 Jul 2018 Bank BRI Indonesia Open −18 (67-66-66-71=270)1 stroke Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Scott Vincent
229 Jul 2018 Royal Cup −14 (64-64-71-67=266)6 strokes Flag of India.svg Shiv Kapur, Flag of the United States.svg Kurt Kitayama,
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jake McLeod, Flag of Thailand.svg Chapchai Nirat

Sunshine Tour wins (7)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
115 Oct 2010 Vodacom Origins of Golf Final −7 (68-70-71=209)1 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Ulrich van den Berg
25 Jun 2011 Lombard Insurance Classic −14 (64-68-70=202)1 stroke Flag of England.svg Neil Cheetham
317 Jun 2012 Indo Zambia Bank Zambia Open −12 (71-72-69-68=280)2 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Divan van den Heever
46 Jun 2015 Vodacom Origins of Golf (2) at Langebaan−8 (72-68-68=208)Playoff Flag of South Africa.svg Vaughn Groenewald
51 Oct 2016 Vodacom Origins of Golf (3) at Simola−14 (68-64-70=202)1 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Ockie Strydom
612 May 2018 Investec Royal Swazi Open 47 pts (10-6-13-18=47)1 point Flag of South Africa.svg Lyle Rowe
720 May 2018 Lombard Insurance Classic (2)−20 (66-64-66=196)Playoff Flag of South Africa.svg Jake Roos

Sunshine Tour playoff record (2–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2012 Lombard Insurance Classic Flag of South Africa.svg Jake Roos Lost to par on first extra hole
2 2015 Vodacom Origins of Golf at Langebaan Flag of South Africa.svg Vaughn Groenewald Won with birdie on first extra hole
3 2017 Lombard Insurance Classic Flag of South Africa.svg Oliver Bekker Lost to par on first extra hole
4 2018 Lombard Insurance Classic Flag of South Africa.svg Jake Roos Won with birdie on sixth extra hole

Results in major championships

Harding and caddie Alan Burns at the ISPS Handa Vic Open at 13th Beach GC, Geelong, Victoria, Australia Justin Harding and Allan Burns ISPS Handa Vic Open 13th Beach GC, Geelong, Victoria, Australia Feb 2019.jpg
Harding and caddie Alan Burns at the ISPS Handa Vic Open at 13th Beach GC, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament201320142015201620172018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
The Open Championship CUT
PGA Championship CUT
Tournament2019202020212022
Masters Tournament T12CUT
PGA Championship T54T71
U.S. Open CUTCUT
The Open Championship T41NTT19CUT
  Did not play

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

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament201820192020
Championship T29
Match Play T17NT1
Invitational T43
Champions T46T53NT1

1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
NT = No tournament
"T" = Tied

See also

References

  1. "Week 19 2019 Ending 12 May 2019" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  2. "Justin Harding - 2007-08 Men's Golf - Lamar University". Lamar Cardinals. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  3. Rookie Focus: Justin Harding
  4. "Player caddie pairings for the 2019 Open Championship". The Caddie Network. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  5. "Flawless Harding takes title in Kenya". European Tour. 21 March 2021.