George Coetzee’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Professional golfer
Is Athlete 
Golfer 
From South Africa 
Type Sports 
Gender male
Birth 18 July 1986, Pretoria, South Africa
Age: 34 years
Star sign Cancer

George William Coetzee (born 18 July 1986) is a South African professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and Sunshine Tour.

Coetzee was born in Pretoria. He started playing golf when he was 10 and won the first junior tournament he ever played in, shooting 49 in 9 holes. He finished 4th and 8th in the Callaway Junior World Championship in San Diego, where he attended the University of San Diego for one semester. He turned professional in 2007.

Coetzee joined the Sunshine Tour in 2007, and claimed his first win during his rookie season, in the Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour event at Selborne. His second and third wins came a year later at the SAA Pro-Am Invitational, and the Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour event at Humewood.

He earned a European Tour card for the 2010 season through the qualifying school, but had to return to qualifying school at the end of the season after finishing 126th on the Order of Merit and recording only two top-10 finishes. Coetzee regained his playing rights in 2011 and enjoyed a successful season, with a runner-up placing at the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles, where he lost out to Thomas Bjorn on the fifth extra hole of a five-man playoff. He also had three third-place finishes at other tournaments and eight top-10s overall. Coetzee finished the season ranked 26th on the Race to Dubai.

Coetzee had a successful 2012 season, finishing 21st on the Race to Dubai and reaching the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking.

In February 2014, Coetzee won his maiden European Tour title in his 107th start with a three stroke victory at the Joburg Open. He came from four strokes behind in the final round with a six under par 66 to claim victory.

Alan Burns was Coetzee’s caddy from 2010 to July 2017. Burns then took another opportunity in July 2017 with another South African golfer Brandon Stone

Coetzee won his second European Tour title at the Tshwane Open in March 2015, by a single stroke over Jacques Blaauw. Both of his wins on the European Tour have come in co-sanctioned events with the Sunshine Tour in South Africa.

In May 2015, Coetzee won his second tournament of the year at the inaugural AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open, defeating Thorbjørn Olesen in a sudden-death playoff, at the second extra hole with a birdie on the par-five 18th hole.

In February 2016, Coetzee won the Dimension Data Pro-Am finishing birdie-birdie-eagle to defeat Dean Burmester by a single stroke.

Education

He attended Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool (Afrikaans High School for Boys, also known as Affies), a popular and renowned public school located in Pretoria.

Professional wins (11)

European Tour wins (4)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 9 Feb 2014 Joburg Open 65-68-69-66=268 −19 3 strokes Tyrrell Hatton, Jin Jeong,
Justin Walters
2 15 Mar 2015 Tshwane Open 67-66-68-65=266 −14 1 stroke Jacques Blaauw
3 10 May 2015 AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open 70-67-65-69=271 −13 Playoff Thorbjørn Olesen
4 4 Mar 2018 Tshwane Open 67-64-68-67=266 −18 2 strokes Sam Horsfield

Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour
Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour

European Tour playoff record (1–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2011 Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles Thomas Bjørn, Mark Foster,
Pablo Larrazábal, Bernd Wiesberger 		Bjørn won with birdie on fifth extra hole
Foster eliminated by par on fourth hole
Larrázabal eliminated by par on second hole
Wiesberger eliminated by par on first hole
2 2015 AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open Thorbjørn Olesen Won with birdie on second extra hole

Sunshine Tour wins (10)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 15 Jun 2007 Vodacom Origins of Golf
at Selborne 		70-71-66=207 −9 2 strokes Ulrich van den Berg
2 23 Aug 2008 SAA Pro-Am Invitational 72-66-69=207 −9 3 strokes Warren Abery, Doug McGuigan
3 19 Sep 2008 Vodacom Origins of Golf
at Humewood 		71-68-73=212 −4 1 stroke Jean Hugo
4 27 Feb 2011 Telkom PGA Championship 65-64-68-64=261 −27 2 strokes Neil Schietekat
5 9 Feb 2014 Joburg Open 65-68-69-66=268 −19 3 strokes Tyrrell Hatton, Jin Jeong,
Justin Walters
6 15 Mar 2015 Tshwane Open 67-66-68-65=266 −14 1 stroke Jacques Blaauw
7 10 May 2015 AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open 70-67-65-69=271 −13 Playoff Thorbjørn Olesen
8 21 Feb 2016 Dimension Data Pro-Am 68-70-64-66=268 −21 1 stroke Dean Burmester
9 4 Mar 2018 Tshwane Open 67-64-68-67=266 −18 2 strokes Sam Horsfield
10 2 Nov 2019 Vodacom Origins of Golf Final 61-69-66=196 −20 3 strokes M. J. Viljoen

Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour

Sunshine Tour playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2015 AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open Thorbjørn Olesen Won with birdie on second extra hole

Other wins (1)

  • 2011 Gary Player Invitational (with Mark James)

Results in major championships

Tournament 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Masters Tournament CUT
U.S. Open CUT T56 T70 CUT
The Open Championship 15 CUT T71 18 CUT CUT CUT
PGA Championship CUT CUT CUT T7 T60
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
“T” = tied

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Masters Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
U.S. Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2
The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 3
PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 2
Totals 0 0 0 0 1 3 17 7
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 2 (2013 U.S. Open – 2013 Open Championship)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1

Results in World Golf Championships

Results not in chronological order prior to 2015.

Tournament 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Mexico Championship T53 T16 57 T56
Match Play R64 R64 R16 T17
FedEx St. Jude Invitational T21
HSBC Champions T56 74 T12 T40 T50
  Top 10
  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
“T” = tied

Team appearances

Professional

  • World Cup (representing South Africa): 2013, 2016
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