Zander Lombard

Zander Lombard
Zander Lombard
	Lombard in 2016
Personal information
Born	18 January 1995 (age 29); Pretoria, South Africa
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb; 13.4 st)
Sporting nationality	South Africa
Residence	Pretoria, South Africa
Career
Turned professional	2014
Current tour(s)	Sunshine Tour; European Tour
Former tour(s)	Challenge Tour
Professional wins	9
Highest ranking	96 (18 February 2024); (as of 17 November 2024)
Number of wins by tour
Sunshine Tour	1
Other	8
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	T66: 2016
Achievements and awards
Sunshine Tour; Order of Merit winner
Sunshine Tour; Order of Merit winner	2018–19

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.^[2] In 2014, he was runner-up at The Amateur Championship, losing to Bradley Neil in the final, 2 and 1.^[3]^[4] 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.^[5] He made the cut,^[6] 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:^[2]

Professional wins (9)

Sunshine Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	18 Aug 2018	Vodacom Origins of Golf at Zebula	−10 (72-68-66=206)	Playoff	Jake Roos

Sunshine Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2018	Vodacom Origins of Golf at Zebula	Jake Roos	Won with par on first extra hole

IGT Pro Tour wins (8)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	18 Apr 2012	#9 IGT Summer Series (as an amateur)	−9 (71-67-69=207)	3 strokes	Coert Groenewald (a)
2	13 Jun 2012	#16 IGT Winter Series (as an amateur)	−8 (68-69-71=208)	1 stroke	Jacques Kruyswijk (a)
3	26 Jun 2013	IGT Winter Challenge Centurion Country Club (as an amateur)	−7 (68-68-73=209)	1 stroke	Coert Groenewald, Phillip Kruse
4	30 Oct 2013	IGT Race to Q-School Silver Lakes CC (as an amateur)	−16 (66-70-64=200)	5 strokes	Otto van Greunen
5	27 Nov 2013	IGT Race to Q-School Centurion CC (as an amateur)	−6 (71-69-70=210)	1 stroke	Pieter Kruger, Rae Mackie
6	19 Mar 2014	IGT Series Benoni Country Club (as an amateur)	−10 (72-66-68=206)	1 stroke	Michael Downes, Park Hyun
7	27 Oct 2014	Race to Q-School Irene Country Club (as an amateur)	−12 (68-73-63=204)	4 strokes	Breyten Meyer (a)
8	1 Feb 2017	Woodhill Race to Q-School #14	−19 (64-67-66=197)	5 strokes	Madalitso Muthiya

Playoff record

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2017	Rocco Forte Open	Álvaro Quirós	Lost to par on second extra hole

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament	2016	2018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
The Open Championship	T66	T67
PGA Championship

Tournament	2019	2020	2022
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open
The Open Championship	CUT	NT	CUT

Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament	2019	2020
Championship		T26
Match Play		NT¹
Invitational
Champions	72	NT¹

¹Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

Did not play

NT = no tournament
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

Eisenhower Trophy (representing South Africa): 2012, 2014

References

^ "Week 7 2024 Ending 18 Feb 2024" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
^ ^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

[w202407-1] "Week 7 2024 Ending 18 Feb 2024" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 19 February 2024.

[wagr-2] "Zander Lombard". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 19 July 2016.

[3] "British Amateur: Bradley Neil wins Royal Portrush final". BBC Sport. 22 June 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2016.

[4] "New diet fuels Lombard to British Am final vs. Neil". Golfweek. 21 June 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2016.

[5] Ray, Craig (13 July 2016). "Lombard starts at the bottom". BDlive. Retrieved 16 July 2016.

[6] "Schwartzel in contention at Royal Troon". Enca.com. 16 July 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.

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