Keith Horne

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Keith Horne
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Personal information
Full nameKeith Weller Horne
Born (1971-06-09) 9 June 1971 (age 52)
Durban, South Africa
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb; 13.4 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Residence Alberton, South Africa
SpouseKaren Horne
Children2
Career
Turned professional1996
Current tour(s) Sunshine Tour
European Senior Tour
Former tour(s) European Tour
Asian Tour
Professional wins12
Number of wins by tour
Sunshine Tour9
Other3

Keith Weller Horne (born 9 June 1971) is a professional golfer from South Africa.

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Horne was born in Durban and had a successful amateur career. In 1993, Horne won a Silver Medal at the World Games in Spain. He turned professional in 1996. He is an alumnus of Westville Boys' High School.

Professional career

After turning professional in 1996, Horne immediately joined the local Sunshine Tour, the richest professional golf tour in South Africa. His first professional win came in 1998 at the Vodacom Series: Kwazulu Natal. After that, he had a few off-seasons until he won a few unofficial Pro-Ams in 2003. His second official win came in 2007 at the MTC Namibia PGA Championship. He won again a year later at the Nashua Golf Challenge. Horne also holds membership on the Asian Tour, where he has yet to win.

In 2010, a runner-up finish in the Joburg Open, and a top-10 finish at the Singapore Open, both events which are co-sanctioned with the European Tour meant that Horne earned enough to have a full European Tour membership for 2011.

In 2012, he picked up his fifth victory on the Sunshine Tour at the Telkom PGA Championship. He picked up two more wins in 2014, one in 2015 and another in 2017.

Personal life

Horne married his wife Karen in September 2000. He has two children, born in 2002 and 2007. He currently resides in Alberton.

Amateur highlights

Professional wins (12)

Sunshine Tour wins (9)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
131 May 1998 Vodacom Series (Kwazulu-Natal)−12 (68-68-68=204)3 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Chris Williams
220 Oct 2007 MTC Namibia PGA Championship −18 (67-65-63=195)5 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Doug McGuigan, Flag of South Africa.svg Hennie Otto,
Flag of South Africa.svg Ulrich van den Berg
317 May 2008 Nashua Golf Challenge −6 (72-68-70=210)Playoff Flag of South Africa.svg Nic Henning
49 May 2010 Investec Royal Swazi Open 47 pts (10-10-11-16=47)1 point Flag of South Africa.svg Christiaan Basson
526 Feb 2012 Telkom PGA Championship −19 (70-63-67-69=269)3 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Jaco Ahlers, Flag of South Africa.svg Darren Fichardt,
Flag of South Africa.svg Alex Haindl
61 Aug 2014 Vodacom Origins of Golf at St Francis−9 (65-71-71=207)3 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Erik van Rooyen
731 Oct 2014 Vodacom Origins of Golf Final (2)−13 (65-71-67=203)1 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Ulrich van den Berg
87 Aug 2015 Sun City Challenge (2)−13 (68-71-64=203)5 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Andrew Curlewis
919 Aug 2017 Vodacom Origins of Golf (3) at Arabella−6 (69-69-72=210)3 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Jaco Ahlers, Flag of South Africa.svg Keenan Davidse,
Flag of South Africa.svg Titch Moore

Sunshine Tour playoff record (1–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2001 Royal Swazi Sun Classic Flag of South Africa.svg Titch Moore Lost to bogey on second extra hole
2 2004 Vodacom Origins of Golf at Zimbali Flag of South Africa.svg Thomas Aiken Lost to par on first extra hole
2 2008 Nashua Golf Challenge Flag of South Africa.svg Nic Henning Won with par on second extra hole

Other wins (3)

Playoff record

European Senior Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2023 Riegler & Partner Legends Flag of Brazil.svg Adilson da Silva Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament2011
Match Play
Championship
Invitational
Champions T46
  Did not play

"T" = Tied

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