Justin Harding

Justin Adam Harding (born 9 February 1986) is a South African professional golfer.

Justin Harding
Personal information
Full nameJustin Adam Harding
Born (1986-02-09) 9 February 1986
Somerset West, Western Cape, South Africa
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight176 lb (80 kg; 12.6 st)
Nationality South Africa
ResidenceCape Town, South Africa
Career
CollegeLamar University
Turned professional2010
Current tour(s)European Tour
Sunshine Tour
Asian Tour
Professional wins10
Highest ranking42 (12 May 2019)[1]
(as of 7 February 2021)
Number of wins by tour
European Tour1
Asian Tour2
Sunshine Tour7
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentT12: 2019
PGA ChampionshipT54: 2019
U.S. OpenCUT: 2019, 2020
The Open ChampionshipT41: 2019

Amateur career

Harding played college golf at Lamar University in Texas and represented his country as an amateur golfer.[2][3]

Professional career

Having graduated, he earned a place on the Sunshine Tour at the first attempt, finishing third at the 2009 qualifying school while still an amateur. He won a tournament in each of his first three seasons on the tour, 2010, 2011 and 2012. He won again in 2015 and 2016 and then twice in two weeks in 2018.

In July 2018 Harding made a rare appearance outside Africa and won the Bank BRI Indonesia Open on the Asian Tour by a stroke from Scott Vincent. Two weeks later he won the Royal Cup in Thailand by 6 strokes, his fourth win in three months.

Alan Burns has caddied full time for Harding since October 2018.[4]

In March 2019, Harding got his first European Tour victory by winning the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters by two strokes over nine runners-up. He was a joint runner-up in the Kenya Open the following week, a result that lifted him into the world top 50 and gave him an entry into the 2019 Masters Tournament. He finished in a share of 12th place to earn his place at the 2020 Masters Tournament.

Amateur wins
  • 2005 Sanlam Cape Province Open, Western Province Strokeplay Open, Vodacom North West Open
  • 2006 Pilsner Urquell Southern Cape Open Champion

Professional wins (10)

European Tour wins (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 10 Mar 2019 Commercial Bank Qatar Masters −13 (68-68-73-66=275) 2 strokes Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Jorge Campillo,
Choi Jin-ho, George Coetzee,
Nacho Elvira, Anton Karlsson,
Mike Lorenzo-Vera, Erik van Rooyen,
Oliver Wilson

Asian Tour wins (2)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 15 Jul 2018 Bank BRI Indonesia Open −18 (67-66-66-71=270) 1 stroke Scott Vincent
2 29 Jul 2018 Royal Cup −14 (64-64-71-67=266) 6 strokes Shiv Kapur, Kurt Kitayama,
Jake McLeod, Chapchai Nirat

Sunshine Tour wins (7)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 15 Oct 2010 Vodacom Origins of Golf Final −7 (68-70-71=209) 1 stroke Ulrich van den Berg
2 5 Jun 2011 Lombard Insurance Classic −14 (64-68-70=202) 1 stroke Neil Cheetham
3 17 Jun 2012 Zambia Open −12 (71-72-69-68=280) 2 strokes Divan van den Heever
4 6 Jun 2015 Vodacom Origins of Golf (2)
at Langebaan		 −8 (72-68-68=208) Playoff Vaughn Groenewald
5 1 Oct 2016 Vodacom Origins of Golf (3)
at Simola		 −14 (68-64-70=202) 1 stroke Ockie Strydom
6 12 May 2018 Investec Royal Swazi Open 47 pts (10-6-13-18=47) 1 point Lyle Rowe
7 20 May 2018 Lombard Insurance Classic (2) −20 (66-64-66=196) Playoff Jake Roos

Sunshine Tour playoff record (2–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2012 Lombard Insurance Classic Jake Roos Lost to par on first extra hole
2 2015 Vodacom Origins of Golf
at Langebaan		 Vaughn Groenewald Won with birdie on first extra hole
3 2017 Lombard Insurance Classic Oliver Bekker Lost to par on first extra hole
4 2018 Lombard Insurance Classic Jake Roos Won with birdie on sixth extra hole

Results in major championships
Professional golfer Justin Harding and caddie Alan Burns at ISPS Handa Vic Open 13th Beach GC, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament 201320142015201620172018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
The Open Championship CUT
PGA Championship CUT
Tournament 20192020
Masters Tournament T12 CUT
PGA Championship T54
U.S. Open CUT CUT
The Open Championship T41 NT
  Did not play

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

Results in World Golf Championships
Tournament201820192020
Championship T29
Match Play T17 NT1
Invitational T43
Champions T46 T53 NT1

1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
NT = No tournament
"T" = Tied

References
  1. "Week 19 2019 Ending 12 May 2019" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  2. "Justin Harding - 2007-08 Men's Golf - Lamar University". Lamar Cardinals. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  3. Rookie Focus: Justin Harding
  4. "Player caddie pairings for the 2019 Open Championship". The Caddie Network. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
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