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Justin Harding

South African professional golfer

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South African professional golfer

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name	Justin Harding
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fullname	Justin Adam Harding
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birth_place	Somerset West, Western Cape, South Africa
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weight	176 lb
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residence	Cape Town, South Africa
college	Lamar University
yearpro	2010
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tour	Asian Tour
Challenge Tour
Sunshine Tour
extour	LIV Golf
European Tour
prowins	11
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eurowins	2
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sunwins	7
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masters	T12: 2019
usopen	CUT: 2019, 2020
open	T19: 2021
pga	T54: 2019
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Challenge Tour Sunshine Tour European Tour Justin Adam Harding (born 9 February 1986) is a South African professional golfer.

Amateur career

Harding attended Paul Roos Gymnasium in Stellenbosch, South Africa, and played college golf at Lamar University in Texas and represented his country as an amateur golfer.

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.

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.

In March 2021, Harding shot a final-round 66 to win the Magical Kenya Open by two shots ahead of Kurt Kitayama.

Amateur wins

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

Professional wins (11)

European Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of
victory	Runner(s)-up
1	10 Mar 2019	Commercial Bank Qatar Masters	−13 (68-68-73-66=275)	2 strokes	ZAF Christiaan Bezuidenhout, ESP Jorge Campillo,
KOR Choi Jin-ho, ZAF George Coetzee,
ESP Nacho Elvira, SWE Anton Karlsson,
FRA Mike Lorenzo-Vera, ZAF Erik van Rooyen,
ENG Oliver Wilson
2	21 Mar 2021	Magical Kenya Open	−21 (66-67-64-66=263)	2 strokes	USA Kurt Kitayama

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2021	Cazoo Open	ESP Nacho Elvira	Lost to par on first extra hole

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	ZWE Scott Vincent
2	29 Jul 2018	Royal Cup	−14 (64-64-71-67=266)	6 strokes	IND Shiv Kapur, USA Kurt Kitayama,
AUS Jake McLeod, THA 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	ZAF Ulrich van den Berg
2	5 Jun 2011	Lombard Insurance Classic	−14 (64-68-70=202)	1 stroke	ENG Neil Cheetham
3	17 Jun 2012	Indo Zambia Bank Zambia Open	−12 (71-72-69-68=280)	2 strokes	ZAF Divan van den Heever
4	6 Jun 2015	Vodacom Origins of Golf (2) at Langebaan	−8 (72-68-68=208)	Playoff	ZAF Vaughn Groenewald
5	1 Oct 2016	Vodacom Origins of Golf (3) at Simola	−14 (68-64-70=202)	1 stroke	ZAF Ockie Strydom
6	12 May 2018	Investec Royal Swazi Open	47 pts (10-6-13-18=47)	1 point	ZAF Lyle Rowe
7	20 May 2018	Lombard Insurance Classic (2)	−20 (66-64-66=196)	Playoff	ZAF Jake Roos

Sunshine Tour playoff record (2–2)

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

Results in major championships

Harding and caddie Alan Burns at the [[ISPS Handa Vic Open]] at 13th Beach GC, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament	2013	2018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
The Open Championship	CUT
PGA Championship		CUT

Tournament	2019	2020	2021	2022
Masters Tournament	T12	CUT
PGA Championship	T54			T71
U.S. Open	CUT	CUT
The Open Championship	T41	NT	T19	CUT

CUT = missed the half-way cut

"T" = tied

NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament	2018	2019	2020
Championship			T29
Match Play		T17	NT1
Invitational		T43
Champions	T46	T53	NT1

1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play

NT = No tournament

"T" = Tied

References

"Justin Harding - 2007-08 Men's Golf - Lamar University". Lamar Cardinals.
[https://archive.today/20120716232742/http://pgatourafrica.com/spotlight.asp?id=361852 Rookie Focus: Justin Harding]
"Player caddie pairings for the 2019 Open Championship". The Caddie Network.
(21 March 2021). "Flawless Harding takes title in Kenya". European Tour.

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