Allan Henning
Allan Henning | |
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Personal information | |
Born | (1944-06-01) 1 June 1944 Johannesburg, South Africa |
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) |
Weight | 81 kg (179 lb; 12.8 st) |
Nationality | South Africa |
Career | |
Turned professional | 1962 |
Former tour(s) | Sunshine Tour |
Professional wins | 18 |
Number of wins by tour | |
Sunshine Tour | 12 |
Best results in major championships | |
Masters Tournament | DNP |
U.S. Open | DNP |
The Open Championship | T30: 1966 |
PGA Championship | DNP |
Achievements and awards | |
Sunshine Tour Order of Merit | 1974/75, 1975/76 |
Allan Henning (born 1 June 1944) is a former professional golfer from South Africa.
Henning won 10 tournaments on the South African Sunshine Tour between 1963 and 1980. His biggest win was the South African Open when it was played twice in 1963. He also secured a big win at the South African Masters in 1968.
Henning won the Sunshine Tour Order of Merit in two consecutive seasons, in 1974/75 and 1975/76. He represented SA in World Cup and World Series of Golf. As a senior, Henning won the South African Senior Championships three times and the Senior Order of Merit three times. He recorded a further nine victories on the now defunct Paradym Tour.
In 2000, Henning partnered with fellow South African Retief Goosen at the Nelson Mandela Invitational where they won the betterball medal.[1]
Contents
1 Professional wins
1.1 Sunshine Tour wins (12)
1.2 Other wins
2 Team appearances
3 See also
4 References
5 External links
Professional wins
Sunshine Tour wins (12)
- 1963 South African Open
- 1965 Western Province Open
- 1967 Transvaal Open
- 1968 Dunlop South African Masters
- 1974 Rhodesian Masters[2]
- 1975 Western Province Open, Rolux Toro Classic[3]
- 1976 Datsun International, Rhodesian Masters,[4]NCR Western Province Open
- 1977 Rhodesian Dunlop Masters
- 1980 Kronenbrau Orkney Open
Other wins
- 1994 South African Seniors
- 1998 John Bland Invitational, Vodacom Senior Series: Welkom
- 2000 Nelson Mandela Invitational (with Retief Goosen)
Team appearances
World Cup (representing South Africa): 1970
See also
- List of golfers with most Sunshine Tour wins
References
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^ "Henning wins on final 69". The Glasgow Herald. 23 December 1974.
^ "Unchallenged". The Canberra Times. 20 January 1975.
^ "Golf Title". The Canberra Times. 17 February 1976.
External links
Allan Henning at the Sunshine Tour official site