Darren Fichardt’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Professional golfer
Is Athlete 
Golfer 
From South Africa 
Type Sports 
Gender male
Birth 13 May 1975, Pretoria
Age: 45 years
Star sign Taurus

Darren Clive Fichardt (born 13 May 1975) is a South African professional golfer who plays on both the European and Sunshine Tours.
Fichardt was born in Pretoria and grew up in Centurion, Gauteng. He attended Sutherland High School from 1988 to 1993, where his talent for golf was nurtured. He turned professional in 1994 and he won the Southern Africa Tour (now the Sunshine Tour) Order of Merit in 1999/2000 and 2003/04.
Fichardt partnered Retief Goosen in South Africa’s WGC-World Cup team in 2000.
Fichardt has played on the European Tour since 2001 and has won four European Tour events. His best year-end ranking on the Order of Merit is 39th achieved in 2003.
In 2012, Fichardt ended a nine-year title drought on the European Tour when he won the Saint-Omer Open by three strokes from Gary Lockerbie. This victory earned him his third European Tour title.
Fichardt followed this up in the 2013 season, when he won the Africa Open in his native South Africa in February. He claimed his fourth European Tour title by two strokes over Grégory Bourdy and Jaco Van Zyl.

Amateur wins (2)

  • 1992 Northern Transvaal Junior Championship (South Africa)
  • 1993 Northern Transvaal Stroke Play Championship (South Africa)

Professional wins (19)

European Tour wins (4)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 25 Mar 2001 Sao Paulo Brazil Open −18 (67-61-67=195) 5 strokes José Cóceres, Richard S. Johnson,
Brett Rumford
2 16 Mar 2003 Qatar Masters −13 (71-69-66-69=275) Playoff James Kingston
3 17 Jun 2012 Saint-Omer Open −5 (68-69-69-73=279) 3 strokes Gary Lockerbie
4 17 Feb 2013 Africa Open −16 (69-67-65-71=272) 2 strokes Grégory Bourdy, Jaco Van Zyl

European Tour playoff record (1–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2002 Murphy’s Irish Open Richard Bland, Niclas Fasth,
Søren Hansen		 Hansen won with birdie on fourth extra hole;
Bland eliminated with birdie on second hole
2 2003 Qatar Masters James Kingston Won with birdie on first extra hole

Sunshine Tour wins (14)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 21 Sep 1997 Bearing Man Highveld Classic −16 (65-66-69=200) 1 stroke Sean Pappas
2 25 Feb 2001 The Tour Championship −14 (66-69-67-68=270) 4 strokes Hennie Otto
3 25 Nov 2001 CABS/Old Mutual Zimbabwe Open −13 (68-69-69-69=275) 3 strokes Mark Murless, Bradford Vaughan
4 1 Feb 2004 Dimension Data Pro-Am −10 (72-69-69-68=278) 2 strokes Nick Price, Ulrich van den Berg
5 6 Oct 2006 Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour Final −4 (71-69-72=212) 1 stroke Alex Haindl
6 15 Oct 2006 Bearing Man Highveld Classic −12 (66-67-71=204) Playoff Alex Haindl
7 1 Feb 2009 Nashua Masters −17 (66-67-65-65=263) 1 stroke Marc Cayeux
8 18 Sep 2009 Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour (Selborne) −18 (65-66-67=198) 7 strokes Keenan Davidse, Jbe’ Kruger
9 31 Oct 2009 Platinum Classic −15 (70-65-66=201) 1 stroke Titch Moore
10 14 Feb 2010 Dimension Data Pro-Am −16 (66-68-71-68=273) 1 stroke Louis Oosthuizen
11 12 Aug 2011 Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour (Wild Coast) −6 (73-67-64=204) 1 stroke David Hewan
12 22 Oct 2011 Suncoast Classic −13 (70-65-68=204) 6 strokes Ulrich van den Berg
13 17 Feb 2013 Africa Open −16 (69-67-65-71=272) 2 strokes Grégory Bourdy, Jaco Van Zyl
14 13 Nov 2015 Vodacom Origins of Golf Final −14 (61-71-70=202) 1 stroke Tyrone Mordt, Callum Mowat, Jake Redman

Other wins (2)

  • 1999 Sun City Pro-Am, PGA’s Cup (both unofficial money on the Southern Africa Tour)

Results in major championships

Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Masters Tournament DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT DNP DNP DNP
The Open Championship CUT DNP CUT DNP CUT DNP DNP DNP CUT DNP CUT
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
T” = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

Team appearances

  • World Cup (representing South Africa): 2000
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