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Darren Fichardt — Professional Golfer

Darren Fichardt is a South African professional golfer from Pretoria. He turned professional in 1994. Summit Golf Management represents him.

South African professional golfer Darren Fichardt has built an international career spanning decades, with victories across multiple professional tours.

Career

Highlights

These points are taken from the Sunshine Tour and DP World Tour player pages. They are not a complete win list.

  • First Sunshine Tour win: the 1997 Bearing Man Highveld Classic, by one stroke. The tour records 18 Sunshine Tour titles in all, and Order of Merit titles in 1999/00 and 2003/04. In 2009 he won three times on that tour.
  • Five DP World Tour wins, beginning with the 2001 São Paulo Brazil Open. The others named by the tours are the 2003 Qatar Masters, the 2012 Saint-Omer Open, the 2013 Africa Open, and the 2017 Joburg Open.
  • Represented South Africa with Retief Goosen in the 2000 World Cup of Golf.
  • After turning 50 in 2025, he won his first Legends Tour title during his rookie season, in Cambodia.

PGA Tour Champions

Simmons Bank Championship

From 30 October to 1 November 2026, at Pleasant Valley Country Club in Little Rock, Arkansas, Fichardt won the Simmons Bank Championship presented by Stephens. It was his first PGA Tour Champions title, in his 15th start on that tour.

His rounds were 69, 61 and 64, a total of 194, 22 under par. He finished one stroke ahead of Zach Johnson and closed with an eagle on the final hole.

Partnerships

For a sponsorship or endorsement conversation about Darren Fichardt, contact Summit Golf Management.

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