| Trevor Immelman | |
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Trevor John Immelman |
| Born | 16 December 1979 Cape Town, South Africa |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Weight | 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st) |
| Nationality |  South Africa |
| Residence | Cape Town, South Africa |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1999 |
| Current tour(s) | PGA Tour (joined 2006) European Tour (joined 2001) |
| Professional wins | 10 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 2 |
| European Tour | 4 |
| Sunshine Tour | 5 |
| Challenge Tour | 1 |
| Best results in Major Championships (Wins: 1) |
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| The Masters | Won: 2008 |
| U.S. Open | T21: 2006 |
| Open Championship | T15: 2005 |
| PGA Championship | T6: 2007 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| PGA Tour Rookie of the Year |
2006 |
| Sunshine Tour Order of Merit winner |
2002/03 |
Trevor John Immelman (born 16 December 1979) is a South African professional golfer and winner of the 2008 Masters Tournament.
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Biography
Immelman was born in Cape Town, South Africa. Born into a golfing family (his father, Johan, is the former commissioner of the Sunshine Tour in South Africa), he took up golf at the age of five. He attended Hottentots Holland High School. He won the U.S. Amateur Public Links in 1998.
Immelman turned professional in 1999. In 2000 he played mainly on the second tier professional tour in Europe, the Challenge Tour, and finished tenth on the Order of Merit. He became a full member of the European Tour in 2001 and has made the top twenty of the Order of Merit three times. He has four wins on the European Tour, and in 2004 became the first man to successfully defend the South African Open title since Gary Player in the 1970s.
In 2003 Immelman won the WGC-World Cup for South Africa in partnership with Rory Sabbatini. In 2005 he was a member of the losing International Team at the Presidents Cup. He has been playing with increasing frequency on the PGA Tour after receiving a 2 year PGA Tour exemption for 2006 and 2007 on account of this Presidents Cup appearance. In 2006 Immelman won his first PGA Tour event at the Cialis Western Open, a result that moved him into the top 15 in the Official World Golf Rankings. He won the Sunshine Tour Order of Merit in 2002/03.
Trevor married his childhood sweetheart, Carmenita, on 6 December 2003. He withdrew from the 2006 Open Championship to be with her for the birth of their first child. He finished 2006 in the top 10 of the PGA Tour money list and was named Rookie of the Year. In September 2007, Trevor Immelman was picked by Gary Player to participate in the 7th Presidents Cup held at the Royal Montreal Golf Club, Canada. The International team lost 14.5 to the US team's 19.5.[1]
On 13 December 2007, Immelman withdrew from the South African Airways Open due to severe discomfort around his ribcage area and a problem breathing. He went into surgery the following Tuesday, December 18, 2007, and doctors discovered a lesion approximately the size of a golf ball on his diaphragm. (Immelman remarked in an interview on the obvious irony of the size of the lesion)[2]. It was diagnosed as a calcified fibrosis tumor. After more tests they discovered that it was benign. Nevertheless, treatment and recovery caused him to miss the first eight weeks of the 2008 PGA Tour season. However, Immelman came back to win the 2008 Masters Tournament. Despite scoring a double bogey on the 70th hole, the par 3 16th, Immelman finished with a score of 8 under par, beating favorite Tiger Woods[3] by three strokes.
In June 2009, Immelman announced he would withdraw from the U.S. Open due to tendonitis in his left wrist and elbow.[4]
Immelman has frequently participated in his mentor Gary Player's charity golf events around the world to help raise funds for needy children's causes.
Professional wins (10)
PGA Tour wins (2)
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| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning Score | Margin of Victory | Runner(s)-up |
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| 1 | 9 Jul 2006 | Cialis Western Open | -13 (69-66-69-67=271) | 2 strokes |  Tiger Woods,  Mathew Goggin |
| 2 | 13 Apr 2008 | Masters Tournament | -8 (68-68-69-75=280) | 3 strokes | Tiger Woods |
European Tour wins (4)
- 2003 South African Airways Open
- 2004 South African Airways Open, Deutsche Bank - SAP Open TPC of Europe
- 2008 Masters Tournament (also counts as European Tour win)
Challenge Tour wins (1)
- 2000 Tusker Kenya Open
Sunshine Tour wins (5)
- 2000 Vodacom Players Championship
- 2003 Dimension Data Pro-Am, South African Open
- 2004 South African Open
- 2007 Nedbank Golf Challenge
Other wins (1)
- 2003 WGC-World Cup (team event, with Rory Sabbatini)
Major championship is shown in bold.
Major championships
Wins (1)
| Year | Championship | 54 Holes | Winning Score | Margin | Runner(s)-up |
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| 2008 | The Masters | 2 shot lead | -8 (68-68-69-75=280) | 3 strokes | Tiger Woods |
Results timeline
| Tournament | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
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| The Masters | 56 | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT | 5 | CUT | T55 | 1 | T20 |
| U.S. Open | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT | T55 | DNP | T21 | CUT | T65 | DNP |
| The Open Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T53 | T42 | T15 | DNP | T60 | T19 | DNP |
| PGA Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T48 | T37 | T17 | T34 | T6 | CUT | DNP |
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.
Team appearances
Amateur
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing South Africa): 1998
Professional
- World Cup (representing South Africa): 2003 (winners), 2004, 2007
- Presidents Cup (International Team): 2005, 2007
References
- ^ PGATOUR.com - The Official Home of The Presidents Cup
- ^ PGATOUR.COM - Immelman undergoes surgery to remove growth on his diaphragm
- ^ "NY Times - Immelman Survives Pressure to Win Masters". http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/14/sports/golf/14masters.html?ref=golf.
- ^ Immelman withdraws from U.S. Open due to injury
External links
- Profile on the European Tour's official site
- Profile on the PGA Tour's official site
- Profile on the Sunshine Tour's official site
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