Justin Adam Harding (born 9 February 1986) is a South African professional golfer.
Amateur career Harding attended Paul Roos Gymnasium in Stellenbosch, South Africa, and played college golf at Lamar University in Texas and represented his country as an amateur golfer.
Professional career Having graduated, he earned a place on the Sunshine Tour at the first attempt, finishing third at the 2009 qualifying school while still an amateur. He won a tournament in each of his first three seasons on the tour, 2010, 2011 and 2012. He won again in 2015 and 2016 and then twice in two weeks in 2018.
In July 2018 Harding made a rare appearance outside Africa and won the Bank BRI Indonesia Open on the Asian Tour by a stroke from Scott Vincent. Two weeks later he won the Royal Cup in Thailand by 6 strokes, his fourth win in three months.
Alan Burns has caddied full time for Harding since October 2018.
In March 2019, Harding got his first European Tour victory by winning the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters by two strokes over nine runners-up. He was a joint runner-up in the Kenya Open the following week, a result that lifted him into the world top 50 and gave him an entry into the 2019 Masters Tournament. He finished in a share of 12th place to earn his place at the 2020 Masters Tournament.
In March 2021, Harding shot a final-round 66 to win the Magical Kenya Open by two shots ahead of Kurt Kitayama.
Amateur wins 2005 Sanlam Cape Province Open, Western Province Strokeplay Open, Vodacom North West Open 2006 Pilsner Urquell Southern Cape Open Champion
Professional wins (12) European Tour wins (2) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up110 Mar 2019Commercial Bank Qatar Masters−13 (68-68-73-66=275)2 strokes Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Jorge Campillo, Choi Jin-ho, George Coetzee, Nacho Elvira, Anton Karlsson, Mike Lorenzo-Vera, Erik van Rooyen, Oliver Wilson221 Mar 2021Magical Kenya Open−21 (66-67-64-66=263)2 strokes Kurt Kitayama
European Tour playoff record (0–1) No.YearTournamentOpponentResult12021Cazoo Open Nacho ElviraLost to par on first extra hole
Asian Tour wins (2) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up115 Jul 2018Bank BRI Indonesia Open−18 (67-66-66-71=270)1 stroke Scott Vincent229 Jul 2018Royal Cup−14 (64-64-71-67=266)6 strokes Shiv Kapur, Kurt Kitayama, Jake McLeod, Chapchai Nirat
Sunshine Tour wins (7) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up115 Oct 2010Vodacom Origins of Golf Final−7 (68-70-71=209)1 stroke Ulrich van den Berg25 Jun 2011Lombard Insurance Classic−14 (64-68-70=202)1 stroke Neil Cheetham317 Jun 2012Indo Zambia Bank Zambia Open−12 (71-72-69-68=280)2 strokes Divan van den Heever46 Jun 2015Vodacom Origins of Golf (2) at Langebaan−8 (72-68-68=208)Playoff Vaughn Groenewald51 Oct 2016Vodacom Origins of Golf (3) at Simola−14 (68-64-70=202)1 stroke Ockie Strydom612 May 2018Investec Royal Swazi Open47 pts (10-6-13-18=47)1 point Lyle Rowe720 May 2018Lombard Insurance Classic (2)−20 (66-64-66=196)Playoff Jake Roos
Sunshine Tour playoff record (2–2) No.YearTournamentOpponentResult12012Lombard Insurance Classic Jake RoosLost to par on first extra hole22015Vodacom Origins of Golf at Langebaan Vaughn GroenewaldWon with birdie on first extra hole32017Lombard Insurance Classic Oliver BekkerLost to par on first extra hole42018Lombard Insurance Classic Jake RoosWon with birdie on sixth extra hole
Challenge Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunners-up116 Aug 2026Irish Challenge−13 (65-70-69-71=275)1 stroke Louis Albertse, Mathieu Decottignies-Lafon
Results in major championships
Results not in chronological order in 2020. Tournament2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018Masters TournamentU.S. OpenThe Open ChampionshipCUTPGA ChampionshipCUT Tournament2019202020212022Masters TournamentT12CUTPGA ChampionshipT54T71U.S. OpenCUTCUTThe Open ChampionshipT41NTT19CUT
CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
Results in World Golf Championships Tournament 2018 2019 2020ChampionshipT29Match PlayT17NT1InvitationalT43ChampionsT46T53NT1 1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play NT = No tournament "T" = Tied
See also 2024 European Tour Qualifying School graduates
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