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Peter Karmis

South African professional golfer (born 1981)

Summary

South African professional golfer (born 1981)

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(since July 2018) Asian Tour Japan Challenge Tour Peter Karmis (born 10 June 1981) is a Greek-South African professional golfer. Since July 2018, he has played under the Greek flag. In 2009 he became the first player in Sunshine Tour history to record a round of 59.

Career

Karmis played college golf at Purdue University.

Karmis plays on the Sunshine Tour where he has won five times. He won the Lombard Insurance Classic in 2007 and 2009, the Sun Sibaya Challenge in 2016. In 2017, he won the Investec Royal Swazi Open and the Sun City Challenge.

Karmis also played on the Asian Tour from 2010 to 2012, highlighted by winning the Handa Singapore Classic in 2010.

Professional wins (9)

Asian Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of
victory	Runner-up
1	12 Sep 2010	Handa Singapore Classic	−21 (63-63-70-71=267)	2 strokes	ZAF Jbe' Kruger

Sunshine Tour wins (7)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of
victory	Runner-up
1	10 Jun 2007	Lombard Insurance Classic	−16 (64-72-64=200)	1 stroke	ZIM Tongoona Charamba
2	7 Jun 2009	Lombard Insurance Classic (2)	−18 (65-74-59=198)	4 strokes	ZAF Jaco van Zyl
3	28 Oct 2016	Sun Sibaya Challenge	−18 (63-68-67=198)	3 strokes	ZAF Oliver Bekker
4	6 May 2017	Investec Royal Swazi Open	49 pts (12-6-22-9=49)	1 point	USA Zack Byrd
5	4 Aug 2017	Sun City Challenge	−6 (71-69-70=210)	Playoff	ZAF Jake Roos
6	1 Sep 2018	Vodacom Origins of Golf at Selborne Park	−14 (69-65-68=202)	4 strokes	ZAF Jacques Blaauw
7	29 Jul 2023	FNB Eswatini Challenge	−10 (66-70-70=206)	1 stroke	ZIM Stuart Krog

Sunshine Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2011	Vodacom Origins of Golf at Simola	ZAF Jean Hugo	Lost to birdie on first extra hole
2	2017	Sun City Challenge	ZAF Jake Roos	Won with par on first extra hole

Japan Challenge Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of
victory	Runners-up
1	27 Sep 2019	Elite Grips Challenge	−11 (75-68-62=205)	1 stroke	JPN Mikiya Akutsu, THA Arnond Vongvanij

Team appearances

Professional

World Cup (representing Greece): 2018

References

(10 July 2018). "SA golfer Karmis chooses to play under Greek flag". Sport24.
(7 June 2009). "Karmis shoots magical '59'". News24.
"Purdue Men's Golf: 2017−18 Record Book".
(28 October 2016). "Karmis eagles his way to victory at Sun Sibaya Challenge". Compleat Golfer.
(6 May 2017). "Karmis wins Royal Swazi Open". News24.
(4 August 2017). "Sun City playoff gives Karmis second win in 2017". News24.
(12 September 2010). "Classic Win for Karmis". Asian Tour.

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