Justin Harding

Justin Adam Harding (born 9 February 1986) is a South African professional golfer.

Justin Harding
Personal information
Full name	Justin Adam Harding
Born	(1986-02-09) 9 February 1986 (age 39) Somerset West, Western Cape, South Africa
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	176 lb (80 kg; 12.6 st)
Sporting nationality	South Africa
Residence	Cape Town, South Africa
Career
College	Lamar University
Turned professional	2010
Current tours	European Tour Challenge Tour Sunshine Tour
Former tours	LIV Golf Asian Tour
Professional wins	11
Highest ranking	42 (12 May 2019)[1]
Number of wins by tour
European Tour	2
Asian Tour	2
Sunshine Tour	7
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	T12: 2019
PGA Championship	T54: 2019
U.S. Open	CUT: 2019, 2020
The Open Championship	T19: 2021

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

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

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

Sunshine Tour playoff record (2–2)

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

• 2024 European Tour Qualifying School graduates