Keith Horne

Keith Weller Horne (born 9 June 1971) is a professional golfer from South Africa.

Keith Horne
Personal information
Full nameKeith Weller Horne
Born (1971-06-09) 9 June 1971
Durban, South Africa
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb; 13.4 st)
Sporting nationality South Africa
ResidenceAlberton, South Africa
SpouseKaren Horne
Children2
Career
Turned professional1996
Current tour(s)Sunshine Tour
European Senior Tour
Former tour(s)European Tour
Asian Tour
Professional wins12
Number of wins by tour
Sunshine Tour9
Other3

Horne was born in Durban and had a successful amateur career. In 1993, Horne won a Silver Medal at the World Games in Spain. He turned professional in 1996. He is an alumnus of Westville Boys' High School.

Professional career

After turning professional in 1996, Horne immediately joined the local Sunshine Tour, the richest professional golf tour in South Africa. His first professional win came in 1998 at the Vodacom Series: Kwazulu Natal. After that, he had a few off-seasons until he won a few unofficial Pro-Ams in 2003. His second official win came in 2007 at the MTC Namibia PGA Championship. He won again a year later at the Nashua Golf Challenge. Horne also holds membership on the Asian Tour, where he has yet to win.

In 2010, a runner-up finish in the Joburg Open, and a top-10 finish at the Singapore Open, both events which are co-sanctioned with the European Tour meant that Horne earned enough to have a full European Tour membership for 2011.

In 2012, he picked up his fifth victory on the Sunshine Tour at the Telkom PGA Championship. He picked up two more wins in 2014, one in 2015 and another in 2017.

Personal life

Horne married his wife Karen in September 2000. He has two children, born in 2002 and 2007. He currently resides in Alberton.

Amateur highlights

  • 1993–95 Represented Natal
  • 1993 Won Silver Medal at World Games in Spain

Professional wins (12)

Sunshine Tour wins (9)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 31 May 1998 Vodacom Series (Kwazulu-Natal) −12 (68-68-68=204) 3 strokes South Africa Chris Williams
2 20 Oct 2007 MTC Namibia PGA Championship −18 (67-65-63=195) 5 strokes Scotland Doug McGuigan, South Africa Hennie Otto,
South Africa Ulrich van den Berg
3 17 May 2008 Nashua Golf Challenge −6 (72-68-70=210) Playoff South Africa Nic Henning
4 9 May 2010 Investec Royal Swazi Open 47 pts (10-10-11-16=47) 1 point South Africa Christiaan Basson
5 26 Feb 2012 Telkom PGA Championship −19 (70-63-67-69=269) 3 strokes South Africa Jaco Ahlers, South Africa Darren Fichardt,
South Africa Alex Haindl
6 1 Aug 2014 Vodacom Origins of Golf at St Francis −9 (65-71-71=207) 3 strokes South Africa Erik van Rooyen
7 31 Oct 2014 Vodacom Origins of Golf Final (2) −13 (65-71-67=203) 1 stroke South Africa Ulrich van den Berg
8 7 Aug 2015 Sun City Challenge (2) −13 (68-71-64=203) 5 strokes South Africa Andrew Curlewis
9 19 Aug 2017 Vodacom Origins of Golf (3) at Arabella −6 (69-69-72=210) 3 strokes South Africa Jaco Ahlers, South Africa Keenan Davidse,
South Africa Titch Moore

Sunshine Tour playoff record (1–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2001 Royal Swazi Sun Classic South Africa Titch Moore Lost on second extra hole
2 2004 Vodacom Origins of Golf at Zimbali South Africa Thomas Aiken
2 2008 Nashua Golf Challenge South Africa Nic Henning Won with par on second extra hole

Other wins (3)

  • 2003 Wild Coast Sun Touring Pro-Am, Royal Swazi Sun Touring Pro-Am
  • 2009 Klipdrift Gold Sun International Touring Pro-Am

Playoff record

European Senior Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2023 Riegler & Partner Legends Brazil Adilson da Silva Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament2011
Match Play
Championship
Invitational
Champions T46
  Did not play

"T" = Tied

See also

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