Zander Lombard
Zander Lombard | |||
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Personal information | |||
Born | Pretoria, South Africa | 18 January 1995||
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 | 1 | ||
Number of wins by tour | |||
Sunshine Tour | 1 | ||
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.[1] In 2014, he was runner-up at The Amateur Championship, losing to Bradley Neil in the final, 2 and 1.[2][3] 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.[4] He made the cut[5] 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:[1]
Professional wins (1)[]
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 |
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Won with par on first extra hole |
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[]
Tournament | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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Masters Tournament | |||
U.S. Open | |||
The Open Championship | T66 | T67 | |
PGA Championship |
Tournament | 2019 |
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Masters Tournament | |
PGA Championship | |
U.S. Open | |
The Open Championship | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
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[]
- ^ 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
- South African male golfers
- Sunshine Tour golfers
- European Tour golfers
- Sportspeople from Pretoria
- 1995 births
- Living people