Zander Lombard

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Zander Lombard
2016 Lyoness Open - Zander Lombard (27525689162).jpg
Lombard in 2016
Personal information
Born (1995-01-18) 18 January 1995 (age 29)
Pretoria, South Africa
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb; 13.4 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
ResidencePretoria, South Africa
Career
Turned professional2014
Current tour(s) Sunshine Tour
European Tour
Former tour(s) Challenge Tour
Professional wins9
Highest ranking 96 (18 February 2024) [1]
(as of 17 November 2024)
Number of wins by tour
Sunshine Tour1
Other8
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship T66: 2016
Achievements and awards
Sunshine Tour
Order of Merit winner 		2018–19

Zander Lombard (born 18 January 1995) is a South African professional golfer.

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Amateur career

As an amateur, Lombard won several events in Africa and represented South Africa in the Eisenhower Trophy in 2012 and 2014. [2] In 2014, he was runner-up at The Amateur Championship, losing to Bradley Neil in the final, 2 and 1. [3] [4] He turned professional in late 2014.

Professional career

Lombard earned a spot in the 2016 Open Championship after a second-place finish at the Joburg Open, an Open Qualifying Series event. [5] He made the cut, [6] and finished tied for 66th.

Lombard was runner-up in the 2017 Rocco Forte Open in Sicily, losing to Álvaro Quirós at the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.

After a poor start to 2018, Lombard tied for 6th place in the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open. This also gave him a place in the 2018 Open Championship where he finished tied for 67th. In August, he won the Vodacom Origins (Zebula) on the Sunshine Tour.

Amateur wins

Source: [2]

Professional wins (9)

Sunshine Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
118 Aug 2018 Vodacom Origins of Golf at Zebula−10 (72-68-66=206)Playoff Flag of South Africa.svg Jake Roos

Sunshine Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2018 Vodacom Origins of Golf at Zebula Flag of South Africa.svg Jake Roos Won with par on first extra hole

IGT Pro Tour wins (8)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
118 Apr 2012#9 IGT Summer Series
(as an amateur)		−9 (71-67-69=207)3 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Coert Groenewald (a)
213 Jun 2012#16 IGT Winter Series
(as an amateur)		−8 (68-69-71=208)1 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Jacques Kruyswijk (a)
326 Jun 2013IGT Winter Challenge Centurion Country Club
(as an amateur)		−7 (68-68-73=209)1 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Coert Groenewald, Flag of South Africa.svg Phillip Kruse
430 Oct 2013IGT Race to Q-School Silver Lakes CC
(as an amateur)		−16 (66-70-64=200)5 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Otto van Greunen
527 Nov 2013IGT Race to Q-School Centurion CC
(as an amateur)		−6 (71-69-70=210)1 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Pieter Kruger, Flag of South Africa.svg Rae Mackie
619 Mar 2014IGT Series Benoni Country Club
(as an amateur)		−10 (72-66-68=206)1 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Michael Downes, Flag of South Korea.svg Park Hyun
727 Oct 2014Race to Q-School Irene Country Club
(as an amateur)		−12 (68-73-63=204)4 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Breyten Meyer (a)
81 Feb 2017Woodhill Race to Q-School #14−19 (64-67-66=197)5 strokes Flag of Zambia.svg Madalitso Muthiya

Playoff record

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2017 Rocco Forte Open Flag of Spain.svg Álvaro Quirós Lost to par on second extra hole

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament201620172018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
The Open Championship T66T67
PGA Championship
Tournament2019202020212022
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open
The Open Championship CUTNTCUT
  Did not play

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

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament20192020
Championship T26
Match Play NT1
Invitational
Champions 72NT1

1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Did not play

NT = no tournament
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Week 7 2024 Ending 18 Feb 2024" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Zander Lombard". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "British Amateur: Bradley Neil wins Royal Portrush final". BBC Sport. 22 June 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "New diet fuels Lombard to British Am final vs. Neil". Golfweek. 21 June 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  5. ↑ Ray, Craig (13 July 2016). "Lombard starts at the bottom". BDlive. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  6. ↑ "Schwartzel in contention at Royal Troon". Enca.com. 16 July 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
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