Juan Carlo "J.C." Ritchie (born 24 February 1994) is a South African

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. He plays on the

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and the

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where he has won ten times.

Professional career

Ritchie's first win on the

was at Royal Harare Golf Club in the 2017

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where he beat

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at the second hole of a playoff. He was third in the 2018

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and also finished third in the

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Order of Merit. In August 2018 he won the

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. In March 2019, partnered with

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, he won the Sunshine Tour Team Championship and the following week won the

Limpopo Championship The Limpopo Championship is a golf tournament on the Sunshine Tour played at Euphoria Golf & Lifestyle Estate in Modimolle, Limpopo province, South Africa. It was first played in March 2019 with prize money of R1,500,000. J. C. Ritchie won the ev ...

at the first hole of a playoff with

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. The following month he won the

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in Zambia, again at the first hole of a playoff against

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. He had two further wins in early 2020, retaining the Team Championship and the Limpopo Championship in successive weeks. In May 2021, Ritchie won the

Bain's Whisky Cape Town Open The Cape Town Open is a golf tournament on the Sunshine Tour in Cape Town, South Africa. From 2012 to 2016, it was played annually in November at Royal Cape Golf Club. In 2018, it moved to February at the King David Mowbray Golf Club. Rhys Enoch ...

, beating

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in a sudden-death playoff. He successfully defended this title in February 2022, winning by one shot ahead of

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. The following week, he won the

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, winning by six shots, again ahead of Mivis.

Professional wins (12)

Sunshine Tour wins (10)

¹Co-sanctioned by the

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Sunshine Tour playoff record (4–0)

Challenge Tour wins (4)

¹Co-sanctioned by the

Challenge Tour playoff record (1–0)

IGT Pro Tour wins (2)

Results in major championships

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

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Results in World Golf Championships

¹Cancelled due to

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pandemic
NT = No tournament
"T" = Tied

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