Chris Williams

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RepresentsSerengeti Wildlife + Golf Est
Date of Birth20th March 1959
ResidenceEdenvale, SA
Marital StatusMarried
Turned Pro1978
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Results

Date Tournament Pos Round Scores Total Winnings
* Not an OoM event. "pts" denotes a points-based event.

Order of Merit

Season Pos Winnings Played
2012 Sunshine Tour 158 0.00 6
2010 Sunshine Tour 118 24,455.00 9
2009 Sunshine Tour 79 107,829.88 16
2008 Sunshine Tour 7 741,447.45 27
2007 Sunshine Tour 27 313,201.71 27
2006/07 Sunshine Tour 29 287,028.11 25
2005/06 Sunshine Tour 40 159,043.00 15
2004/05 Sunshine Tour 88 33,472.36 11
2003/04 Sunshine Tour 25 135,003.53 9
2002/03 Sunshine Tour 39 112,060.90 7
2001/02 Sunshine Tour 17 282,306.11 16
2000/01 Vodacom Tour 53 92,286.70 11
1999/2000 Vodacom Tour 43 63,417.34 8
1998/99 Vodacom Tour 45 72,774.20 6
1997/98 Vodacom Tour 33 93,457.41 15
1996/97 First National Bank Tour 10 157,554.63 21
1995/96 First National Bank Tour 13 128,549.64 23
1994/95 First National Bank Tour 17 87,211.53 8
1993/94 First National Bank Tour 27 40,265.35 7
1992/93 First National Bank Tour 33 35,383.41 8
1991/92 Summer Tour 12 66,663.33 7

Biography

Chris has probably the most interesting nicknames on the Sunshine Tour. "The Ginger Cat" because of his red hair and freckles. "Noah" because he's always busy working on the arc of his golf swing. And "Wild Dog" because he chased a group of wild dogs on the fairways of the Hans Merensky Golf Club in Phalaborwa (bordering the Kruger National Park) during a tournament one year.Chris was named the Player of the year on the Asian PGA Tour in 1998.Received the 'Golf Digest Achiever Award' for best international achievement by a South African in 1998.Awarded the 'Merit Award' for outstanding achievement in 1998 by Compleat Golfer.Chris won after a dramatic six-hole play- off, with Jason Jackson and Ashley Roestoff, the longest in the history of the Sunshine Tour's winter events, during the Seekers Travel Pro-Am.

Career Highlights

Date Name Pos Score VSPAR Round Scores Winnings
16/01/85 Lexington PGA 1 272 -8 69 72 63 68 17,600.00
11/01/89 ICL International 1 272 -16 64 68 69 71 40,000.00
18/01/89 Lexington PGA 2 269 -11 67 68 67 67 28,750.00
12/02/92 South African Masters 2 276 -12 69 66 68 73 40,250.00
17/11/94 Zimbabwe Open 1 272 -16 65 68 70 69 55,300.00
25/01/96 San Lameer SA Masters 2= 283 -5 71 69 69 74 58,325.00
04/06/96 FNB Pro Series 2: Swaziland 1 204 -12 70 66 68 15,000.00
10/10/96 FNB Pro Series 4: Free State 2 205 -11 71 69 65 11,000.00
28/11/96 Leopard Rock Classic 1 207 -6 72 68 67 15,000.00
29/05/98 Vodacom Series: Kwazulu-Natal 2 207 -9 71 68 68 18,975.00
24/01/02 Telkom PGA Championship 1 271 -17 74 64 65 68 158,500.00
26/09/02 Vodacom Golf Classic 2 205 -11 68 68 69 23,000.00
02/10/03 Seekers Travel Pro-Am 1 203 -13 71 67 65 31,400.00
19/10/05 Vodacom Origins Tour Champs 2 222 +3 75 77 70 46,000.00
17/03/06 Stanbic Zambia Open 2= 210 -6 69 72 69 62,500.00
19/04/06 Vodacom Origins - Arabella 2 213 -3 71 72 70 41,400.00
25/11/08 Coca Cola Championship 2= 204 -12 68 67 69 51,397.50
* Not an OoM event. "pts" denotes a points-based event.

Performance Statistics

Description Result
Career Prize Money 3,374,385.96
Best Single Prize Money 385,504.00
Tournament Wins 8
Playoff Wins 2
Tournament Top Ten Finishes 96
Most Consecutive Cuts Made 25
Low Round Score 62
Stroke Average 71.64
Average against Par -0.16
Total Number of Eagles 80
Total Number of Birdies 2,173
Average Birdies per Round 3.47
Total Holes in One 0

Achievements

Date Description
1977 1977/78 Junior Springbok
1985 Lexington PGA Championship
1989 ICL International
1991 PX Celebrity Pro-Am
1991 Telephone Manufacturers SA Trophy
1994 Zimbabwe Open
1996 FNB Pro Series 2: Royal Swazi
1996 Leopard Rock Classic
1998 Volvo Masters of Malaysia
1998 FedEx PGA Championship
2002 Telkom PGA Championship
2003 Seekers Travel Pro-Am
2007 Royal Swazi Sun Touring Pro-Am
2011 Aberdeen Brunei Senior Masters