- Career marker
Turned professional
The DP World Tour, Legends Tour, and Sunshine Tour profiles all say he turned professional in 1994.
Sources
Year confirmed. A day is not stated on the profiles that were checked.
1994 — 2026
From a first Sunshine Tour title in 1997 to a first PGA TOUR Champions title in 2026.
The Sunshine Tour career highlights list 18 wins. The Legends Tour biography still says 15. This timeline follows the Sunshine Tour list. A top-10 count is omitted because the biography says 99 and the statistics block reads 101. The Africa Open and the Joburg Open carry both tour marks, so the tour totals are not added together. Checked 7 November 2026.
From a first Sunshine Tour title in 1997 to a first PGA TOUR Champions title in 2026.
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The DP World Tour, Legends Tour, and Sunshine Tour profiles all say he turned professional in 1994.
Year confirmed. A day is not stated on the profiles that were checked.
200 (−16)65-66-69
First Sunshine Tour title. The tour biography says he won this event by a single stroke, then went on to 17 further Sunshine Tour titles.
Date, score, and rounds as listed on the Sunshine Tour career highlights.
He represented South Africa alongside Retief Goosen. This is a team appearance, not a tour title, and it is not counted in the win totals.
Year confirmed by the Sunshine Tour, the Legends Tour, and The Open. A start day was not copied from those profiles.
270 (−14)66-69-67-68
Sunshine Tour title.
Date, score, and rounds as listed on the Sunshine Tour career highlights.
First DP World Tour title. The player profile names the 2001 São Paulo Brazil Open as that win.
The year is confirmed by the DP World Tour profile. A day and a stroke total are not shown because they were not taken from a tour results sheet in this check.
275 (−13)68-69-69-69
Sunshine Tour title.
Date, score, and rounds as listed on the Sunshine Tour career highlights.
275 (−13)Closing 69
Doha Golf Club
Second DP World Tour title. The tour reports a playoff win over James Kingston, with a birdie on the 18th at the first extra hole, and a four-round total of 275 (−13).
The year and the playoff result are from DP World Tour articles. A calendar day is not shown on the timeline because the detailed tour account was later republished with a 2010 dateline.
278 (−10)72-69-69-68
Sunshine Tour title.
Date, score, and rounds as listed on the Sunshine Tour career highlights.
212 (−4)71-69-72
Sunshine Tour title. The event name is the one on the tour list.
Date, score, and rounds as listed on the Sunshine Tour career highlights.
204 (−12)66-67-71
Second Sunshine Tour listing of this title.
Date, score, and rounds as listed on the Sunshine Tour career highlights.
263 (−17)66-67-65-65
One of three Sunshine Tour wins in 2009, the season the tour calls his most successful.
Date, score, and rounds as listed on the Sunshine Tour career highlights.
198 (−18)65-66-67
Sunshine Tour title in the 2009 season.
Date, score, and rounds as listed on the Sunshine Tour career highlights. The event name is the one on the tour list.
201 (−15)70-65-66
Sunshine Tour title in the 2009 season.
Date, score, and rounds as listed on the Sunshine Tour career highlights.
273 (−16)66-68-71-68
Second Sunshine Tour listing of this title.
Date, score, and rounds as listed on the Sunshine Tour career highlights.
204 (−6)73-67-64
Sunshine Tour title.
Date, score, and rounds as listed on the Sunshine Tour career highlights. The event name is the one on the tour list.
203 (−13)70-65-68
Sunshine Tour title. The listed total is 203.
Date, score, and rounds as listed on the Sunshine Tour career highlights.
Third DP World Tour title. The tour report of 17 June 2012 describes it as his first European Tour win since the 2003 Qatar Masters. A stroke total is not shown because that report, as read for this check, did not include one.
Date taken from the DP World Tour win report.
272 (−16)69-67-65-71
Fourth DP World Tour title and a Sunshine Tour title. The Sunshine Tour lists 272 (−16). The DP World Tour report calls it his first European Tour victory on home soil. A winning margin is not stated here, because the tour note that was checked describes his lead into the final round.
The Sunshine Tour lists 14/02/13. The DP World Tour win report is dated 17 February 2013. Both are cited rather than merged into one unverified day.
202 (−14)61-71-70
Sunshine Tour title.
Date, score, and rounds as listed on the Sunshine Tour career highlights.
200 (−15)66-66-68
Fifth DP World Tour title and a Sunshine Tour title. The Sunshine Tour lists 200 (−15) from rounds of 66, 66, and 68.
The Sunshine Tour lists 23/02/17 and three rounds. The DP World Tour profile names the 2017 Joburg Open as his fifth DP World Tour win.
271 (−17)68-66-68-69
Second Sunshine Tour listing of The Tour Championship.
Date, score, and rounds as listed on the Sunshine Tour career highlights.
268 (−20)65-70-65-68
Sunshine Tour title.
Date, score, and rounds as listed on the Sunshine Tour career highlights.
207 (−3)73-70-64
Sunshine Tour title, listed by the tour itself. It is the 18th win on that career-highlights list.
Date, score, and rounds as listed on the Sunshine Tour career highlights.
273 (−15)68-68-70-67
Golf PGA France du Vaudreuil
First HotelPlanner Tour win, then the name of the Challenge Tour. The tour report says he closed with a 67, finished 15 under, and won by two strokes from Oliver Farr.
The HotelPlanner Tour schedule lists 29 June–2 July 2023. Rounds are from the Official World Golf Ranking event record.
197 (−19)67-64-66
West Course, Vattanac Golf Resort, Cambodia
First Legends Tour title. The tour reports a bogey-free closing 66 and a one-shot win over Scott Hend.
Date of the Legends Tour win report.
276 (−12)Closing 68
New Course, Trump International Golf Links, Aberdeen
Second Legends Tour title, by five shots from Mikael Lundberg, with an eagle on the 18th. A year earlier he had lost a playoff here to Bo Van Pelt. The win article and the tournament page use the name Staysure PGA Seniors Championship. The player-profile summary calls this same victory the 2026 Senior PGA Championship. That wording is not the PGA of America senior major.
Final day of the 6–9 August 2026 championship, from the Legends Tour.
194 (−22)69-61-64
Pleasant Valley Country Club, Little Rock
First PGA TOUR Champions title, in his 15th start, as a 51-year-old rookie. One stroke ahead of Zach Johnson. Winner’s share $365,000. The full sourced account is on the 2026 season page.
30 October–1 November 2026 at Pleasant Valley Country Club, Little Rock.
Honours
2025
The Legends Tour page for the 2026 Staysure PGA Seniors Championship calls him the 2025 Rookie of the Year. A numbered Order of Merit place is not repeated here.
1999/00
The Sunshine Tour order-of-merit table lists Darren Fichardt first in the 1999/2000 Vodacom Tour season.
2003/04
The same table lists him first again in the 2003/04 Sunshine Tour season.
7 November 2026
Career starts on the DP World Tour profile at the last check.
Career money on the DP World Tour profile at the last check.
Career prize money on the Sunshine Tour profile at the last check.