Darren Fichardt

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Darren Fichardt
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Personal information
Full nameDarren Clive Fichardt
Born (1975-05-13) 13 May 1975 (age 48)
Pretoria, South Africa
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb; 11.8 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Residence Centurion, South Africa
Spouse
Natasha
​
(m. 2000)​
Children2
Career
Turned professional1994
Current tour(s) European Tour
Sunshine Tour
Former tour(s) Challenge Tour
Professional wins24
Highest ranking 75 (10 March 2013) [1]
Number of wins by tour
European Tour5
Sunshine Tour18
Challenge Tour2
Other2
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open CUT: 2007
The Open Championship CUT: 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2017
Achievements and awards
Sunshine Tour
Order of Merit winner 		1999–2000, 2003–04
Sunshine Tour
Players' Player of the Year 		2013

Darren Clive Fichardt (born 13 May 1975) is a South African professional golfer who plays on both the European Tour and the Sunshine Tour.

Contents

Early life

Fichardt was born in Pretoria and grew up in Centurion, Gauteng. He attended Sutherland High School from 1988 to 1993, where his talent for golf was nurtured.

Professional career

Fichardt turned professional in 1994 and he won the Southern Africa Tour (now the Sunshine Tour) Order of Merit in 1999/2000 and 2003/04. He partnered Retief Goosen in South Africa's WGC-World Cup team in 2000.

Fichardt has played on the European Tour since 2001 and has won four European Tour events. His best year-end ranking on the Order of Merit is 39th achieved in 2003.

In 2012, Fichardt ended a nine-year title drought on the European Tour when he won the Saint-Omer Open by three strokes from Gary Lockerbie. This victory earned him his third European Tour title.

Fichardt followed this up in the 2013 season, when he won the Africa Open in his native South Africa in February. He claimed his fourth European Tour title by two strokes over Grégory Bourdy and Jaco van Zyl. [2]

In February 2017, Fichardt won the weather-shortened Joburg Open for his fifth victory on the European Tour and seventeenth victory on the Sunshine Tour. [3]

On 21 August 2020, Fichardt won the Betway Championship. This was the first event in return on the Sunshine Tour after the COVID-19 hiatus. He shot a final round 64 to beat Ulrich van den Berg by one shot. [4]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (24)

European Tour wins (5)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
125 Mar 2001 São Paulo Brazil Open −18 (67-61-67=195)*5 strokes Flag of Argentina.svg José Cóceres, Flag of Sweden.svg Richard S. Johnson,
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brett Rumford
216 Mar 2003 Qatar Masters −13 (71-69-66-69=275)Playoff Flag of South Africa.svg James Kingston
317 Jun 2012 Saint-Omer Open 1−5 (68-69-69-73=279)3 strokes Flag of England.svg Gary Lockerbie
417 Feb 2013 Africa Open 2−16 (69-67-65-71=272)2 strokes Flag of France.svg Grégory Bourdy, Flag of South Africa.svg Jaco van Zyl
526 Feb 2017 Joburg Open 2−15 (66-66-68=200)*1 stroke Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Stuart Manley, Flag of England.svg Paul Waring

*Note: Tournament shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
1Dual-ranking event with the Challenge Tour
2Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour

European Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2002 Murphy's Irish Open Flag of England.svg Richard Bland, Flag of Sweden.svg Niclas Fasth,
Flag of Denmark.svg Søren Hansen 		Hansen won with birdie on fourth extra hole
Bland eliminated by birdie on second hole
2 2003 Qatar Masters Flag of South Africa.svg James Kingston Won with birdie on first extra hole

Sunshine Tour wins (18)

Legend
Tour Championships (2)
Other Sunshine Tour (16)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
121 Sep 1997 Bearing Man Highveld Classic −16 (65-66-69=200)1 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Sean Pappas
225 Feb 2001 The Tour Championship −14 (66-69-67-68=270)4 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Hennie Otto
325 Nov 2001 CABS/Old Mutual Zimbabwe Open −13 (68-69-69-69=275)3 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Mark Murless, Flag of South Africa.svg Bradford Vaughan
41 Feb 2004 Dimension Data Pro-Am −10 (72-69-69-68=278)2 strokes Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Nick Price, Flag of South Africa.svg Ulrich van den Berg
56 Oct 2006 Vodacom Origins of Golf Final −4 (71-69-72=212)1 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Alex Haindl
615 Oct 2006 Bearing Man Highveld Classic (2)−12 (66-67-71=204)Playoff Flag of South Africa.svg Alex Haindl
71 Feb 2009 Nashua Masters −17 (66-67-65-65=263)1 stroke Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Marc Cayeux
818 Sep 2009 Vodacom Origins of Golf (2) at Selborne−18 (65-66-67=198)7 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Keenan Davidse, Flag of South Africa.svg Jbe' Kruger
931 Oct 2009 Platinum Classic −15 (70-65-66=201)1 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Titch Moore
1014 Feb 2010 Dimension Data Pro-Am (2)−16 (66-68-71-68=273)1 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Louis Oosthuizen
1112 Aug 2011 Vodacom Origins of Golf (3) at Wild Coast Sun−6 (73-67-64=204)1 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg David Hewan
1222 Oct 2011 Suncoast Classic −13 (70-65-68=204)6 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Ulrich van den Berg
1317 Feb 2013 Africa Open 1−16 (69-67-65-71=272)2 strokes Flag of France.svg Grégory Bourdy, Flag of South Africa.svg Jaco van Zyl
1413 Nov 2015 Vodacom Origins of Golf Final (4)−14 (61-71-70=202)1 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Tyrone Mordt, Flag of South Africa.svg Callum Mowat,
Flag of South Africa.svg Jake Redman
1526 Feb 2017 Joburg Open 1−15 (66-66-68=200)*1 stroke Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Stuart Manley, Flag of England.svg Paul Waring
1618 Mar 2018 The Tour Championship (2)−17 (68-66-68-69=271)1 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Oliver Bekker
1719 Jan 2020 Eye of Africa PGA Championship −20 (65-70-65-68=268)Playoff Flag of Chile.svg Matías Calderón
1821 Aug 2020 Betway Championship −3 (73-70-64=207)1 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Ulrich van den Berg

*Note: The 2017 Joburg Open was shortened to 54 holes due to bad weather.
1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour

Sunshine Tour playoff record (2–3)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 1999 Bearing Man Highveld Classic Flag of South Africa.svg Bobby Lincoln, Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Lyall McNeill Lincoln won with birdie on first extra hole
2 2006 Bearing Man Highveld Classic Flag of South Africa.svg Alex Haindl Won with birdie on second extra hole
3 2008 Mount Edgecombe Trophy Flag of South Africa.svg Mark Murless Lost to par on first extra hole
4 2018 Sun Wild Coast Sun Challenge Flag of Brazil.svg Adilson da Silva, Flag of South Africa.svg Hennie du Plessis,
Flag of South Africa.svg Vaughn Groenewald 		Groenewald won with birdie on first extra hole
5 2020 Eye of Africa PGA Championship Flag of Chile.svg Matías Calderón Won with birdie on third extra hole

Challenge Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
117 Jun 2012 Saint-Omer Open 1−5 (68-69-69-73=279)3 strokes Flag of England.svg Gary Lockerbie
22 Jul 2023 Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge −15 (68-68-70-67=273)2 strokes Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Oliver Farr

1Dual-ranking event with the European Tour

Other wins (2)

Results in major championships

Tournament200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship CUTCUTCUTCUTCUTCUT
PGA Championship
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014
Match Play
Championship T40NT1T59
Invitational
Champions T34T6162

1Cancelled due to 9/11

  Did not play

"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

Team appearances

See also

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References

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  2. ↑ "Darren Fichardt wins Africa Open despite nervous finish". The Australian. 18 February 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  3. ↑ "Joburg Open: Darren Fichardt lands 54-hole tournament". Sporting Life. 26 February 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  4. ↑ "Fichardt wins Betway Championship". Compleat Golfer. 21 August 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
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