Richard Sterne (golfer)

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Richard Sterne
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Personal information
Born (1981-08-27) 27 August 1981 (age 43)
Pretoria, South Africa
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
ResidencePretoria, South Africa;
Manchester, England
Career
Turned professional2001
Current tour(s) European Tour
Sunshine Tour
Former tour(s) PGA Tour
Professional wins9
Highest ranking 29 (27 January 2008) [1]
Number of wins by tour
European Tour6
Sunshine Tour6
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament T25: 2008, 2013
PGA Championship T28: 2017
U.S. Open CUT: 2008
The Open Championship T21: 2013
Achievements and awards
Sunshine Tour
Order of Merit winner 		2008

Richard Sterne (born 27 August 1981) is a South African professional golfer who plays on both the European and Sunshine Tours.

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Life and career

Sterne was born in Pretoria and attended St Alban's College for high school. He was runner-up in the Boys' 15–17 Division at the 1999 World Junior Golf Championships and turned pro in 2001. He played on the European Challenge Tour in 2002 and graduated to membership of the main European Tour in 2003. He won his first European Tour title at the 2004 Open de Madrid.

In the 2007 European Tour, Sterne won at the Celtic Manor Wales Open, and finished second at the Johnnie Walker Classic, third at the BMW PGA Championship and fourth at the Barclays Scottish Open, therefore finishing 14th in the Order of Merit. In 2008 he picked up his third victory at the Joburg Open which is co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour, and at the end of 2008 won a further two European Tour tournaments in South Africa.

His best year-end ranking on the European Order of Merit is 8th in 2013. His Celtic Manor win moved him into the top 40 of the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time. [2]

He has had six wins on the Sunshine Tour, and won that tour's Order of Merit in 2008. In January 2008 he reached a career high of number 29 in the Official World Golf Ranking. He missed most of the 2010 and 2011 seasons with injury.

In February 2013, Sterne won the Joburg Open by seven strokes, to end a four-year winless drought from which he had been plagued with back injuries. [3] This marked his sixth victory on both the European and Sunshine Tours and came on the back of a second-place finish he had in the previous week at the Dubai Desert Classic. It was also the first event that he had won wire-to-wire. The win moved him inside the top 60, which meant qualification for the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship and to the top of the Race to Dubai standings. Later he finished second at the Alstom Open de France, ninth at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, 13th at the Omega European Masters, and 14th at the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai. As a result, he was eighth in the Race to Dubai final standings.

During the 2014 season, Sterne finished fourth at the WGC-Cadillac Championship, 17th at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship and 35th at the PGA Championship. He qualified to the Web.com Tour Finals, where he ended second at the Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship. He finished ninth in the Web.com Tour Finals to earn his PGA Tour card for the 2014–15 season.

Sterne is friends with South African golf icon, Gary Player, to whom he is often compared because of their similar small stature. He has played several times in the Gary Player Invitational charity event to help raise funds for less fortunate children's education.

Amateur wins

Professional wins (9)

European Tour wins (6)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
124 Oct 2004 Open de Madrid −18 (70-65-66-65=266)2 strokes Flag of Denmark.svg Anders Hansen
23 Jun 2007 Celtic Manor Wales Open −13 (67-67-64-65=263)1 stroke Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Bradley Dredge, Flag of Denmark.svg Søren Kjeldsen,
Flag of Singapore.svg Mardan Mamat, Flag of Denmark.svg Mads Vibe-Hastrup
313 Jan 2008 Joburg Open 1−13 (71-68-67-65=271)Playoff Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus A. Carlsson, Flag of South Africa.svg Garth Mulroy
414 Dec 2008
(2009 season)		 Alfred Dunhill Championship 1−17 (68-66-68-69=271)1 stroke Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Edfors, Flag of England.svg Robert Rock
521 Dec 2008
(2009 season)		 South African Open Championship 1−14 (72-69-67-66=274)Playoff Ulster Banner.svg Gareth Maybin
610 Feb 2013 Joburg Open 1 (2)−27 (63-65-68-64=260)7 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Charl Schwartzel

1Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour

European Tour playoff record (2–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2007 Johnnie Walker Classic Flag of South Africa.svg Anton Haig, Flag of England.svg Oliver Wilson Haig won with birdie on first extra hole
2 2008 Joburg Open Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus A. Carlsson, Flag of South Africa.svg Garth Mulroy Won with birdie on second extra hole
3 2008 South African Open Championship Ulster Banner.svg Gareth Maybin Won with birdie on first extra hole

Sunshine Tour wins (6)

Legend
Flagship events (1)
Other Sunshine Tour (5)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
15 Feb 2005 Nashua Masters −11 (68-64-67-70=269)1 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Titch Moore, Flag of South Africa.svg Grant Muller
218 Feb 2007 Vodacom Championship −14 (73-68-68-65=274)Playoff Flag of South Africa.svg Louis Oosthuizen
313 Jan 2008 Joburg Open 1−13 (71-68-67-65=271)Playoff Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus A. Carlsson, Flag of South Africa.svg Garth Mulroy
414 Dec 2008 Alfred Dunhill Championship 1−17 (68-66-68-69=271)1 stroke Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Edfors, Flag of England.svg Robert Rock
521 Dec 2008 South African Open Championship 1−14 (72-69-67-66=274)Playoff Ulster Banner.svg Gareth Maybin
610 Feb 2013 Joburg Open 1 (2)−27 (63-65-68-64=260)7 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Charl Schwartzel

1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour

Sunshine Tour playoff record (3–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2007 Vodacom Championship Flag of South Africa.svg Louis Oosthuizen Won with birdie on second extra hole
2 2008 Joburg Open Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus A. Carlsson, Flag of South Africa.svg Garth Mulroy Won with birdie on second extra hole
32008 South African Open Championship Ulster Banner.svg Gareth Maybin Won with birdie on first extra hole

EuroPro Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
114 Sep 2001Rye Hill Championship−7 (209)1 stroke Flag of England.svg Martin LeMesurier

Playoff record

Web.com Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2014 Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship Flag of the United States.svg Justin Thomas Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament2006200720082009
Masters Tournament T25CUT
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship CUTCUTCUTT34
PGA Championship WDWD
Tournament201020112012201320142015201620172018
Masters Tournament T25
U.S. Open
The Open Championship T39T21CUTT46
PGA Championship CUTT35T28
Tournament2019
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship CUT
U.S. Open
The Open Championship CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" = tied for place

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Masters Tournament 00000232
PGA Championship 00000062
U.S. Open 00000010
The Open Championship 00000194
Totals000003198

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament2008
The Players Championship T66

"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

Results not in chronological order before 2015.

Tournament2007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019
Championship T4473T12T4T72T51
Match Play R64R64R32R32
Invitational T5173T9T58
Champions T60T39T60T38T70
  Top 10
  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

Team appearances

Professional

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