Justin Adam Harding (born 9 February 1986) is a South African

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Amateur career

Harding attended

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in Stellenbosch, South Africa, and played college golf at

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and represented his country as an amateur golfer.

Professional career

Having graduated, he earned a place on the

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at the first attempt, finishing third at the 2009

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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

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by a stroke from

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. 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

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victory by winning the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters by two strokes over nine runners-up. He was a joint runner-up in the

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the following week, a result that lifted him into the world top 50 and gave him an entry into the

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. 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

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by two shots ahead of

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Amateur wins

*2005 Sanlam Cape Province Open, Western Province Strokeplay Open, Vodacom North West Open *2006 Pilsner Urquell Southern Cape Open Champion

Professional wins (11)

European Tour wins (2)

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

Asian Tour wins (2)

Sunshine Tour wins (7)

Sunshine Tour playoff record (2–2)

Results in major championships

''Results not in chronological order in 2020.'' CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = No tournament due to

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Results in World Golf Championships

¹Cancelled due to

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pandemic
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
NT = No tournament
"T" = Tied

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