Ryan Cairns | |
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Personal information | |
Born | Harare, Zimbabwe | 12 February 1984
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
Weight | 158 lb (72 kg; 11.3 st) |
Sporting nationality | Zimbabwe |
Residence | Harare, Zimbabwe |
Career | |
Turned professional | 2005 |
Current tour(s) | Sunshine Tour |
Professional wins | 2 |
Number of wins by tour | |
Sunshine Tour | 1 |
Other | 1 |
Ryan Cairns (born 12 February 1984) is a Zimbabwean professional golfer who plays on the Sunshine Tour.
Cairns was born in Harare, Zimbabwe. He joined the Sunshine Tour in 2007. He won his first professional event on the Big Easy Tour, the Sunshine Tour's developmental tour, in March 2012. On 11 May 2012, he won the Vodacom Origins of Golf at Simola Golf and Country Estate on the Sunshine Tour. He secured the victory in a playoff over Vaughn Groenewald when he chipped in for an eagle. [1]
Cairns played on the Canadian Tour in 2008.[ citation needed ]
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | 11 May 2012 | Vodacom Origins of Golf at Simola | −15 (71-68-62=201) | Playoff | Vaughn Groenewald |
Sunshine Tour playoff record (1–0)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 2012 | Vodacom Origins of Golf at Simola | Vaughn Groenewald | Won with eagle on first extra hole |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | 28 Mar 2012 | Observatory | −15 (63-66=129) | 2 strokes | Jeff Inglis |
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