Trevor Immelman

Trevor Immelman
Personnel
Nation:	South Africa
Career data
Professional since:	1999
Current tour:	European Tour , PGA TOUR , Sunshine Tour
Tournament wins:	9
Major wins :	1 (2008)

Trevor Immelman (born December 16, 1979 in Cape Town ) is a South African professional golfer who plays on the European Tour , the Sunshine Tour and the North American PGA TOUR . He belongs to the circle of major winners.

Career

Immelman began playing golf at the age of five and had a successful amateur career. He won the South African Amateur Championship in 1997 , and the US Public Links Championship and the South African Amateur Stroke Play Championship the following year .

After these high-quality victories, Immelman became a professional golfer in 1999 . In the 2000 season he played on the European Challenge Tour and qualified tenth in the annual ranking for the European Tour . There he was placed three times in the top 20 in the European Tour Order of Merit until 2005 . He recorded three tournament wins and in 2004 was the first golfer - since Gary Player in the 1970s - to defend his title at the South African Open .

In 2003 Immelman won the WGC World Cup for South Africa together with his compatriot Rory Sabbatini . He was a member of the International Team at the Presidents Cup in 2005 and 2007 . Lately he has been playing more and more on the PGA TOUR , for which Immelman was eligible as a Presidents Cup player. In July 2006 he achieved his first victory there, at the Cialis Western Open by two strokes ahead of Tiger Woods . In April 2008 he achieved his biggest win to date at the US Masters in Augusta , one of the four major tournaments.

His caddy is Neil Wallace, who was previously in the service of Ernie Els .

Trevor Immelman has been married to his wife Carminita since 2003, has one child and residences in Lake Nona , Florida and Richmond , England .

Tournament victories

2000 Vodacom Players Championship ( Sunshine Tour ), Tusker Kenyan Open ( Challenge Tour )
2003 South African Open ( European Tour and Sunshine Tour), Dimension Data Pro-Am (Sunshine Tour)
2004 South African Open (European Tour and Sunshine Tour), Deutsche Bank - SAP Open TPC of Europe (European Tour)
2006 Cialis Western Open ( PGA TOUR )
2007 Nedbank Golf Challenge (Sunshine Tour)
2008 The Masters Tournament (PGA Tour and European Tour)

Major championships are in bold .

Participation in team competitions

amateur

Eisenhower Trophy (for South Africa): 1998

professional

World Cup (for South Africa): 2003 (winner), 2004, 2007
Presidents Cup (International Team): 2005, 2007

Results at major championships

Tournament	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Masters	56	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	5	CUT	T55	1	T20	T14	T15	60	T50
US Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	T55	DNP	T21	CUT	T65	DNP	CUT	CUT	CUT	DNP
Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T53	T42	T15	DNP	T60	T19	DNP	T23	T38	CUT	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T48	T37	T17	T34	T6	CUT	DNP	CUT	T12	T27	DNP

Tournament	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Masters	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	T51
US Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

DNP = not participated
CUT = Cut not made
"T" split placement
Green background for victories
Yellow background for top 10

Web links

Commons : Trevor Immelman - collection of images, videos and audio files

personal data
SURNAME	Immelman, Trevor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	South African golfer
DATE OF BIRTH	December 16, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cape Town , South Africa