Nic Henning (born 26 April 1969) is a South African

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Professional career

Henning states he had "no choice" but to become a professional golfer as he was born into a big golfing family; his father, Graham Henning, and three of his uncles were professional golfers. He qualified for the Sunshine Tour before the 1992–93 season. His best performance during his early years was a runner-up performance at the

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at the beginning of the 1993–94 season. Henning qualified for the European Tour before the 1994 season. He did not play well, recording only one top-10 and did not come close to keeping his card. He returned to South Africa where he played for the remainder of the 1990s and recorded several top-10s before finally winning the 1999 Vodacom Players Championship. He defeated Northern Ireland's

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, then one of the top players in the world, in a playoff. He still regards it as his top achievement as a professional. He would finish in second place on the South African Tour's Order of Merit for the 1999–2000 season. The following year, Henning qualified for his only major championship, the

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, and his only

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event, the WGC-American Express Championship. He missed the cut at the Open but finished T-17 at the WGC event held at

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, even placing in the top-10 after the first round. In 2001 Henning qualified for the European Tour for the second time. At two early events in South America, he recorded consecutive top-10s but his play quickly regressed after that. He would finish #145 on the Order of Merit and did not keep his card. Henning returned to South Africa during the early 2000s and would have much success. He won the 2003 Royal Swazi Sun Classic and the 2004

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. He recorded his fourth and final win at the 2005 Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour defeating

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by a shot. Later in the year, in October, he tied

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after four rounds at the Seekers Travel Pro-Am but lost to him in a playoff. In 2008, he also finished the Nashua Golf Challenge and MTC Namibia PGA Championship tied in regulation but lost both in playoffs.

Professional wins (4)

Sunshine Tour wins (4)

Sunshine Tour playoff record (1–3)

Results in major championships

CUT = missed the half-way cut
''Note: Henning only played in The Open Championship.''

Results in World Golf Championships

"T" = Tied

Team appearances

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(representing South Africa):

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Henning, Nic South African male golfers Sunshine Tour golfers Golfers from Pretoria White South African people 1969 births Living people 20th-century South African sportsmen