Harold Henning (3 October 1934 – 1 January 2004) was a South African

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who played on the

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and the

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. He won professional tournaments on the highest level in Africa, Australia, Asia, North America and Europe.

Early life

Henning was born in

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, South Africa. His brothers Allan, Brian, and Graham all became professional golfers.

Professional career

Nicknamed ''The Horse'', he turned pro in 1953. From 1953 to 1965, Henning traveled the world playing on international circuits, winning the national championships of Switzerland. South Africa, Italy, and Germany. A win with

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at the

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convinced him to play on the

. In 1966 Henning won the PGA Tour's

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. However, he was not a PGA Tour member yet and was expected to earn membership at 1966 PGA Tour Qualifying School. However, shortly before the tournament, the PGA Tour gave him an exemption from the event. In 1970 Henning won the Tallahassee Open Invitational on the PGA Tour. He then retired in 1972. He returned to the game six years later and recorded a victory at the

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. Henning won the title in dramatic fashion, going out on the last hole of the tournament in the last group with

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, both of them on seven under par.

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stood in the clubhouse, having finished on seven under par. Henning went in to a greenside bunker with his third shot, while Price was on the green in three. Then Henning holed his bunker shot for a birdie 4 and won the tournament with one-shot-margin. Upon reaching age 50 in October 1984, Henning began play on the

. During his 18 seasons on this Tour, he won three official events and two

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Championships.

Personal life

Henning died in 2004 after a long illness.

Professional wins (43)

PGA Tour wins (2)

PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

European Tour wins (1)

Far East Circuit wins (1)

Southern Africa Tour wins (3)

Other South African wins (17)

*1956 Natal Open, Cock of the North (Zambia) *1957 South African Open, Transvaal Open, 1.000 Guineas Anglo-African Tournament (Rhodesia) *1959 Cock of the North (Zambia), Western Province Open *1960 Northern Transvaal Open *1961 Natal Open *1962 South African Open *1965 South African PGA Championship *1966 South African PGA Championship, Kimberley Tournament (South Africa) (tie with

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), General Motors Open *1967 South African PGA Championship *1972 International Better-ball (with Graham Henning), Ellerines Team Tournament (with Graham Henning)

European circuit wins (12)

*1957 Italian Open *1958

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(tie with Peter Thomson),

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(tie with Eric Brown) *1959

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(tie with Eric Lester) *1960 Swiss Open, Sprite International *1964 Swiss Open, Pringle of Scotland Tournament,

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*1965 Swiss Open, German Open *1966 Engadine Open

New Zealand circuit wins (1)

*1958 Wiseman's Tournament

Other wins (1)

Senior PGA Tour wins (3)

Senior PGA Tour playoff record (1–2)

Other senior wins (2)

*1989

(with

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) *1993

Results in major championships

CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1984 Open Championship)
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Summary

*Most consecutive cuts made – 7 (1967 Open Championship – 1969 PGA) *Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (six times)

Team appearances

''this list may be incomplete'' *

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(representing South Africa):

1957 Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be Dismissal (cricke ...

1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the thir ...

1959 Events January * January 1 – Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 – Soviet lunar probe Luna 1 is the first human-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reaches the ...

1961 Events January * January 1 – Monetary reform in the Soviet Union, 1961, Monetary reform in the Soviet Union. * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and cons ...

1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The First Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lynd ...

(winners),

1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...

1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 6 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and Army of ...

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli ...

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Henning, Harold South African male golfers PGA Tour golfers European Tour golfers PGA Tour Champions golfers Golfers from Johannesburg Sportspeople from Miami Beach, Florida 1934 births 2004 deaths 20th-century South African sportsmen