Chris Williams (golfer)
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Chris Williams | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Christopher Gary Williams | ||
Nickname | The Ginger Cat | ||
Born | Bebington, Cheshire, England | 20 March 1959||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Weight | 78 kg (172 lb; 12.3 st) | ||
Nationality | England South Africa | ||
Residence | Edenvale, South Africa | ||
Career | |||
Turned professional | 1978 | ||
Current tour(s) | Sunshine Tour European Senior Tour Champions Tour | ||
Former tour(s) | European Tour Asian Tour | ||
Professional wins | 17 | ||
Number of wins by tour | |||
Asian Tour | 2 | ||
Sunshine Tour | 7 | ||
European Senior Tour | 3 | ||
Other | 5 | ||
Achievements and awards | |||
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Christopher Gary Williams (born 20 March 1959) is an English-born golfer who currently lives in South Africa. Williams has won seven times on the Sunshine Tour.
Professional career[]
Williams was born in Liverpool, England. He moved to Johannesburg, South Africa shortly before turning professional in 1978. He joined the Sunshine Tour in 1985, and won his first title; the Lexington PGA Championship, during his debut season. He has won six more events on the Sunshine Tour since then.
Williams joined the European Senior Tour on turning 50, having secured conditional playing rights at the 2008 qualifying school. He won for the first time as a senior in March 2011 at the Aberdeen Brunei Senior Masters.[1]
Amateur wins[]
1977/78 Junior Springbok
Professional wins (17)[]
Asian Tour wins (2)[]
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 16 Aug 1998 | Volvo Masters of Malaysia | −9 (71-68-71-69=279) | Playoff | Zaw Moe, |
2 | 25 Oct 1998 | −11 (70-66-69-72=277) | 1 stroke | Ted Purdy |
Asian Tour playoff record (1–0)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
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1 | 1998 | Volvo Masters of Malaysia | Zaw Moe, | Won with birdie on fourth extra hole Percey eliminated by par on first hole |
Sunshine Tour wins (7)[]
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 20 Jan 1985 | Lexington PGA Championship | −8 (71-70-63-68=272) | 1 stroke | Mark McNulty, Jay Townsend, Denis Watson |
2 | 14 Jan 1989 | ICL International | |||
3 | 20 Nov 1994 | Zimbabwe Open | −16 (65-68-70-69=272) | Playoff | |
4 | 6 Jun 1996 | −12 (70-66-68=204) | 2 strokes | ||
5 | 30 Nov 1996 | −6 (72-68-67=207) | 1 stroke | Adilson da Silva | |
6 | 27 Jan 2002 | Telkom PGA Championship (2) | −17 (74-64-65-68=271) | 2 strokes | Hennie Otto |
7 | 4 Oct 2003 | −13 (71-67-65=203) | Playoff | , Ashley Roestoff |
Other wins (5)[]
- 1983 Telkom Open (South Africa)
- 1985 Swaziland Open
- 1991 PX Celebrity Pro-Am (with Justin Hobday), Telephone Manufacturers SA Trophy
- 2007 Royal Swazi Sun Touring Pro-Am (non-Order of Merit event on the Sunshine Tour)
European Senior Tour wins (3)[]
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
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1 | 6 Mar 2011 | Aberdeen Brunei Senior Masters | −12 (68-69-64=201) | 1 stroke | |
2 | 18 Mar 2017 | Sharjah Senior Golf Masters | −13 (65-70-68=203) | Playoff | Gary Marks |
3 | 20 Jun 2021 | Farmfoods European Legends Links Championship | −9 (69-68-70=207) | 3 strokes | Phillip Price |
European Senior Tour playoff record (1–0)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 2017 | Sharjah Senior Golf Masters | Gary Marks | Won with par on first extra hole |
References[]
- ^ "Williams wins by one in Brunei". Miami Herald. The Sports Network. 6 March 2011. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
External links[]
- Chris Williams at the Sunshine Tour official site
- Chris Williams at the European Tour official site
- Chris Williams at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
- English male golfers
- South African male golfers
- Sunshine Tour golfers
- Asian Tour golfers
- European Tour golfers
- European Senior Tour golfers
- PGA Tour Champions golfers
- People from Bebington
- People from Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality
- 1959 births
- Living people