Zander Lombard
Zander Lombard | |||
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![]() Lombard in 2016 | |||
Personal information | |||
Born | (1995-01-18) 18 January 1995 (age 29) Pretoria, South Africa | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Weight | 85 kg (187 lb; 13.4 st) | ||
Sporting nationality | ![]() | ||
Residence | Pretoria, South Africa | ||
Career | |||
Turned professional | 2014 | ||
Current tour(s) | Sunshine Tour European Tour | ||
Former tour(s) | Challenge Tour | ||
Professional wins | 9 | ||
Highest ranking | 96 (18 February 2024)[1] (as of 11 August 2024) | ||
Number of wins by tour | |||
Sunshine Tour | 1 | ||
Other | 8 | ||
Best results in major championships | |||
Masters Tournament | DNP | ||
PGA Championship | DNP | ||
U.S. Open | DNP | ||
The Open Championship | T66: 2016 | ||
Achievements and awards | |||
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Zander Lombard (born 18 January 1995) is a South African professional golfer.
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
- 2011 South African U16 Strokeplay
- 2012 North West Open
- 2013 Namibian Open, Kwazulu-Natal Amateur Championship, IGT Winter Challenge Centurion
Source:[2]
Professional wins (9)
Sunshine Tour wins (1)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | 18 Aug 2018 | Vodacom Origins of Golf at Zebula | −10 (72-68-66=206) | Playoff | ![]() |
Sunshine Tour playoff record (1–0)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 2018 | Vodacom Origins of Golf at Zebula | ![]() | Won with par on first extra hole |
IGT Pro Tour wins (8)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 18 Apr 2012 | #9 IGT Summer Series (as an amateur) | −9 (71-67-69=207) | 3 strokes | ![]() |
2 | 13 Jun 2012 | #16 IGT Winter Series (as an amateur) | −8 (68-69-71=208) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
3 | 26 Jun 2013 | IGT Winter Challenge Centurion Country Club (as an amateur) | −7 (68-68-73=209) | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() |
4 | 30 Oct 2013 | IGT Race to Q-School Silver Lakes CC (as an amateur) | −16 (66-70-64=200) | 5 strokes | ![]() |
5 | 27 Nov 2013 | IGT Race to Q-School Centurion CC (as an amateur) | −6 (71-69-70=210) | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() |
6 | 19 Mar 2014 | IGT Series Benoni Country Club (as an amateur) | −10 (72-66-68=206) | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() |
7 | 27 Oct 2014 | Race to Q-School Irene Country Club (as an amateur) | −12 (68-73-63=204) | 4 strokes | ![]() |
8 | 1 Feb 2017 | Woodhill Race to Q-School #14 | −19 (64-67-66=197) | 5 strokes | ![]() |
Playoff record
European Tour playoff record (0–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 2017 | Rocco Forte Open | ![]() | Lost to par on second extra hole |
Results in major championships
Results not in chronological order in 2020.
Tournament | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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Masters Tournament | |||
U.S. Open | |||
The Open Championship | T66 | T67 | |
PGA Championship |
Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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Masters Tournament | ||||
PGA Championship | ||||
U.S. Open | ||||
The Open Championship | CUT | NT | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Results in World Golf Championships
Tournament | 2019 | 2020 |
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Championship | T26 | |
Match Play | NT1 | |
Invitational | ||
Champions | 72 | NT1 |
1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
NT = no tournament
"T" = tied
Team appearances
Amateur
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing South Africa): 2012, 2014
See also
References
- ^ "Week 7 2024 Ending 18 Feb 2024" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ a b "Zander Lombard". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
- ^ "British Amateur: Bradley Neil wins Royal Portrush final". BBC Sport. 22 June 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
- ^ "New diet fuels Lombard to British Am final vs. Neil". Golfweek. 21 June 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
- ^ Ray, Craig (13 July 2016). "Lombard starts at the bottom". BDlive. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
- ^ "Schwartzel in contention at Royal Troon". Enca.com. 16 July 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
External links
- Zander Lombard at the Sunshine Tour official site
- Zander Lombard at the European Tour official site
- Zander Lombard at the Official World Golf Ranking official site