List of African golfers

This is a list of golfers from Africa.

Members of the World Golf Hall of Fame are annotated HoF.

PlayerCountryBornDiedRef.
Warren Abery South Africa1973
Thomas Aiken South Africa1983[1]
Fulton Allem South Africa1957
Hugh Baiocchi South Africa1946
John Bland South Africa19452023[2]
Desvonde Botes South Africa1974
Michiel Bothma South Africa1973
Sid Brews South Africa18991972
Tienie Britz South Africa1945
Hendrik Buhrmann South Africa1963
Marc Cayeux Zimbabwe1978
Tongoona Charamba Zimbabwe1982
J. G. Claassen South Africa1991
Tim Clark South Africa1975
George Coetzee South Africa1986
Bobby Cole South Africa1948
Louis de Jager South Africa1987
Brendon de Jonge Zimbabwe1980
Trevor Dodds Namibia1959
Ernie Els HoF South Africa1969[3]
Darren Fichardt South Africa1975
Trevor Fisher Jnr South Africa1979
John Fourie South Africa1939
David Frost South Africa1959
Retief Goosen South Africa1969
Branden Grace South Africa1988
Vaughn Groenewald South Africa1974
Anton Haig South Africa1986
Hassan Hassanein Egypt19161957
Jeff Hawkes South Africa1953
Dale Hayes South Africa1952
Allan Henning South Africa1944
Harold Henning South Africa19342004
Justin Hobday South Africa1963
Simon Hobday South Africa1940
Keith Horne South Africa1971
Jean Hugo South Africa1975
Ian Hutchings Zimbabwe1968
Denis Hutchinson Zimbabwe1932
Trevor Immelman South Africa1979
Derek James South Africa1960
Tony Johnstone Zimbabwe1956
James Kamte South Africa1982
Nasho Kamungeremu Zimbabwec. 19732007
Richard Kaplan South Africa1962
Peter Karmis South Africa1981
James Kingston South Africa1965
Jbe' Kruger South Africa1986
Werner Lassen Namibia1974
James Lebbie Sierra Leonec. 1958
Cobie Legrange South Africa1942
Gavan Levenson South Africa1953
Brett Liddle South Africa1970
Bobby Lincoln South Africa1953
Sally Little South Africa
 United States
1951
Bobby Locke HoF South Africa19171987[4]
John Mashego South Africa1951
Doug McGuigan South Africa
 Scotland
1970
Andrew McLardy South Africa1974
Mark McNulty Zimbabwe
 Ireland
1953
Titch Moore South Africa1976
Garth Mulroy South Africa1978
Madalitso Muthiya Zambia1983
Louis Oosthuizen South Africa1982
Hennie Otto South Africa1976
Lee-Anne Pace South Africa1981
Ian Palmer South Africa1957
Brenden Pappas South Africa1970
Deane Pappas South Africa1967
Sean Pappas South Africa19662015
Brandon Pieters South Africa1976
Gary Player HoF South Africa1935[5]
Nick Price HoF Zimbabwe1957[6]
Ashley Roestoff South Africa1963
Rory Sabbatini South Africa
 Slovakia
1976
Charl Schwartzel South Africa1984
Sewsunker Sewgolum South Africa19301978
Kelli Shean South Africa1987
Ashleigh Simon South Africa1989
Theunis Spangenberg South Africa1983
Richard Sterne South Africa1981
Des Terblanche South Africa1965
Vincent Tshabalala South Africa19422017
Tyrone van Aswegen South Africa1982
Ulrich van den Berg South Africa1975
Tjaart van der Walt South Africa1974
Nico van Rensburg South Africa1966
Steve van Vuuren South Africa1959
Jaco van Zyl South Africa1979
Bradford Vaughan South Africa1975
Bobby Verwey South Africa1941
Justin Walters South Africa1980
Denis Watson Zimbabwe1955
Roger Wessels South Africa1961
Wayne Westner South Africa19612017
Clinton Whitelaw South Africa1970
Chris Williams South Africa1959

References

  1. ↑ "Aiken posts 67 at Avantha, grabs 2nd Euro title". ESPN.com. Associated Press. 18 March 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  2. ↑ "SA golfer John Bland passes away". The Citizen. 9 May 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  3. ↑ "Ernie Els". World Golf Hall of Fame. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  4. ↑ "Bobby Locke". World Golf Hall of Fame. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  5. ↑ Kim, Jae-Ha. "Go away with Gary Player". The Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  6. ↑ "Nick Price". World Golf Hall of Fame. Retrieved 23 June 2025.