Darren Fichardt


Darren Clive Fichardt 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 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.
In February 2017, Fichardt won the weather-shortened Joburg Open for his fifth victory on the European Tour and seventeenth victory on the Sunshine Tour.

Amateur wins (2)

European Tour wins (5)

*Note: The 2017 Joburg Open was shortened to 54 holes due to bad weather.
1Dual-ranking event with the Challenge Tour
2Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour
European Tour playoff record
No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
12002Murphy's Irish Open Richard Bland, Niclas Fasth,
Søren Hansen		Hansen won with birdie on fourth extra hole
Bland eliminated by birdie on second hole
22003Qatar Masters James KingstonWon with birdie on first extra hole

Sunshine Tour wins (17)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
121 Sep 1997Bearing Man Highveld Classic−16 1 stroke Sean Pappas
225 Feb 2001The Tour Championship−14 4 strokes Hennie Otto
325 Nov 2001CABS/Old Mutual Zimbabwe Open−13 3 strokes Mark Murless, Bradford Vaughan
41 Feb 2004Dimension Data Pro-Am−10 2 strokes Nick Price, Ulrich van den Berg
56 Oct 2006Vodacom Origins of Golf Final−4 1 stroke Alex Haindl
615 Oct 2006Bearing Man Highveld Classic −12 Playoff Alex Haindl
71 Feb 2009Nashua Masters−17 1 stroke Marc Cayeux
818 Sep 2009Vodacom Origins of Golf
at Selborne		−18 7 strokes Keenan Davidse, Jbe' Kruger
931 Oct 2009Platinum Classic−15 1 stroke Titch Moore
1014 Feb 2010Dimension Data Pro-Am −16 1 stroke Louis Oosthuizen
1112 Aug 2011Vodacom Origins of Golf
at Wild Coast		−6 1 stroke David Hewan
1222 Oct 2011Suncoast Classic−13 6 strokes Ulrich van den Berg
1317 Feb 2013Africa Open1−16 2 strokes Grégory Bourdy, Jaco van Zyl
1413 Nov 2015Vodacom Origins of Golf Final −14 1 stroke Tyrone Mordt, Callum Mowat,
Jake Redman
1526 Feb 2017Joburg Open1−15 *1 stroke Stuart Manley, Paul Waring
1618 Mar 2018The Tour Championship −17 1 stroke Oliver Bekker
1719 Jan 2020Eye of Africa PGA Championship−20 Playoff Matías Calderón

*Note: The 2017 Joburg Open was shortened to 54 holes due to bad weather.
1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
Sunshine Tour playoff record
No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
11999Bearing Man Highveld Classic Bobby Lincoln, Lyall McNeillLincoln won with birdie on first extra hole
22006Bearing Man Highveld Classic Alex Haindl
32008Mount Edgecombe Trophy Mark MurlessLost on first extra hole
42018Sun Wild Coast Sun Challenge Adilson da Silva, Hennie du Plessis,
Vaughn Groenewald		Groenewald won with birdie on first extra hole
52020Eye of Africa PGA Championship Matías CalderónWon with birdie on third extra hole

Other wins (2)

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results in World Golf Championships

1Cancelled due to 9/11
"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

Team appearances