| Zander Lombard | |
| Birth Date: | 18 January 1995 |
| Birth Place: | Pretoria, South Africa |
| Weight: | 85kg (187lb) |
| Residence: | Pretoria, South Africa |
| Yearpro: | 2014 |
| Tour: | Sunshine Tour European Tour |
| Extour: | Challenge Tour |
| Prowins: | 9 |
| Sunwins: | 1 |
| Otherwins: | 8 |
| Masters: | DNP |
| Usopen: | DNP |
| Open: | T66: 2016 |
| Pga: | DNP |
| Award1: | Sunshine Tour Order of Merit winner |
| Year1: | 2018–19 |
Zander Lombard (born 18 January 1995) is a South African professional golfer.
As an amateur, Lombard won several events in Africa and represented South Africa in the Eisenhower Trophy in 2012 and 2014. In 2014, he was runner-up at The Amateur Championship, losing to Bradley Neil in the final, 2 and 1.[1] [2] He turned professional in late 2014.
Lombard earned a spot in the 2016 Open Championship after a second-place finish at the Joburg Open, an Open Qualifying Series event.[3] He made the cut,[4] and finished tied for 66th.
Lombard was runner-up in the 2017 Rocco Forte Open in Sicily, losing to Álvaro Quirós at the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.
After a poor start to 2018, Lombard tied for 6th place in the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open. This also gave him a place in the 2018 Open Championship where he finished tied for 67th. In August, he won the Vodacom Origins (Zebula) on the Sunshine Tour.
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Sunshine Tour playoff record (1–0)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 Apr 2012 |
| −9 (71-67-69=207) | 3 strokes |  Coert Groenewald (a) | |
| 2 | 13 Jun 2012 |
| −8 (68-69-71=208) | 1 stroke | Jacques Kruyswijk (a) | |
| 3 | 26 Jun 2013 | IGT Winter Challenge Centurion Country Club (as an amateur) | −7 (68-68-73=209) | 1 stroke | Coert Groenewald, Phillip Kruse | |
| 4 | 30 Oct 2013 | IGT Race to Q-School Silver Lakes CC (as an amateur) | −16 (66-70-64=200) | 5 strokes | Otto van Greunen | |
| 5 | 27 Nov 2013 | IGT Race to Q-School Centurion CC (as an amateur) | −6 (71-69-70=210) | 1 stroke | Pieter Kruger, Rae Mackie | |
| 6 | 19 Mar 2014 | IGT Series Benoni Country Club (as an amateur) | −10 (72-66-68=206) | 1 stroke | Michael Downes,  Park Hyun | |
| 7 | 27 Oct 2014 | Race to Q-School Irene Country Club (as an amateur) | −12 (68-73-63=204) | 4 strokes | Breyten Meyer (a) | |
| 8 | 1 Feb 2017 | Woodhill Race to Q-School #14 | −19 (64-67-66=197) | 5 strokes | Madalitso Muthiya |
European Tour playoff record (0–1)
Results not in chronological order in 2020.
| Tournament | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | ||||
| U.S. Open | ||||
| The Open Championship | T66 | T67 | ||
| PGA Championship |
| Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | |||||
| PGA Championship | |||||
| U.S. Open | |||||
| The Open Championship | CUT | NT | CUT |
| Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | T26 | ||
| Match Play | NT1 | ||
| Invitational | |||
| Champions | 72 | NT1 |
Amateur