Justin Harding

Justin Harding
Personal information
Full nameJustin Adam Harding
Born (1986-02-09) 9 February 1986 (age 38)
Somerset West, Western Cape, South Africa
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight176 lb (80 kg; 12.6 st)
Sporting nationality South Africa
ResidenceCape Town, South Africa
PartnerLeah Totton
Career
CollegeLamar University
Turned professional2010
Current tour(s)European Tour
Asian Tour
Sunshine Tour
Former tour(s)LIV Golf
Professional wins11
Highest ranking42 (12 May 2019)[1]
(as of 24 November 2024)
Number of wins by tour
European Tour2
Asian Tour2
Sunshine Tour7
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentT12: 2019
PGA ChampionshipT54: 2019
U.S. OpenCUT: 2019, 2020
The Open ChampionshipT19: 2021

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.[2][3]

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.[4]

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.[5]

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 South Africa Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Spain Jorge Campillo,
South Korea Choi Jin-ho, South Africa George Coetzee,
Spain Nacho Elvira, Sweden Anton Karlsson,
France Mike Lorenzo-Vera, South Africa Erik van Rooyen,
England Oliver Wilson
2 21 Mar 2021 Magical Kenya Open −21 (66-67-64-66=263) 2 strokes United States Kurt Kitayama

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2021 Cazoo Open Spain 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 Zimbabwe Scott Vincent
2 29 Jul 2018 Royal Cup −14 (64-64-71-67=266) 6 strokes India Shiv Kapur, United States Kurt Kitayama,
Australia Jake McLeod, Thailand 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 South Africa Ulrich van den Berg
2 5 Jun 2011 Lombard Insurance Classic −14 (64-68-70=202) 1 stroke England Neil Cheetham
3 17 Jun 2012 Indo Zambia Bank Zambia Open −12 (71-72-69-68=280) 2 strokes South Africa Divan van den Heever
4 6 Jun 2015 Vodacom Origins of Golf (2) at Langebaan −8 (72-68-68=208) Playoff South Africa Vaughn Groenewald
5 1 Oct 2016 Vodacom Origins of Golf (3) at Simola −14 (68-64-70=202) 1 stroke South Africa Ockie Strydom
6 12 May 2018 Investec Royal Swazi Open 47 pts (10-6-13-18=47) 1 point South Africa Lyle Rowe
7 20 May 2018 Lombard Insurance Classic (2) −20 (66-64-66=196) Playoff South Africa Jake Roos

Sunshine Tour playoff record (2–2)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2012 Lombard Insurance Classic South Africa Jake Roos Lost to par on first extra hole
2 2015 Vodacom Origins of Golf at Langebaan South Africa Vaughn Groenewald Won with birdie on first extra hole
3 2017 Lombard Insurance Classic South Africa Oliver Bekker Lost to par on first extra hole
4 2018 Lombard Insurance Classic South Africa 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 2014 2015 2016 2017 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
  Did not play

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

  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
NT = No tournament
"T" = Tied

See also

References

  1. ^ "Week 19 2019 Ending 12 May 2019" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Justin Harding - 2007-08 Men's Golf - Lamar University". Lamar Cardinals. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  3. ^ Rookie Focus: Justin Harding
  4. ^ "Player caddie pairings for the 2019 Open Championship". The Caddie Network. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Flawless Harding takes title in Kenya". European Tour. 21 March 2021.