Trevor Immelman

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Trevor John Immelman (born 16 December 1979) is a South African golfer.

Immelman was born in Cape Town, South Africa. He took up golf at the age of 5 and turned professional in 1999. In 2000 he played mainly on the second tier professional tour in Europe, the Challenge Tour, and finished tenth on the Order of Merit. He has been a full member of the European Tour since 2001 and has made the top twenty of the Order of Merit three times through 2005. He has three wins on the European Tour, and in 2004 became the first man to successfully defend the South African Open title since Gary Player in the 1970s.

In 2003 Immelman won the WGC-World Cup for South Africa in partnership with Rory Sabbatini. In 2005 he was a member of the losing International Team at the Presidents Cup. He has been playing with increasing frequency on the PGA Tour and has a 2 year PGA Tour exemption for 2006 and 2007 on account of this Presidents Cup appearance. In 2006 Immelman won his first PGA Tour victory at the Cialis Western Open, a result that moved him into the top 15 in the Official World Golf Rankings. He won the Sunshine Tour Order of Merit in 2002/03.

Trevor married his childhood sweetheart, Carmenita, on December 6th, 2003. He withdrew from the 2006 Open Championship to be with her for the birth of their first child. He finished 2006 in the top 10 of the PGA Tour money list.

[edit] Professional wins

2000 Vodacom Players Championship (Sunshine Tour), Tusker Kenyan Open (Challenge Tour)
2003 South African Open (European Tour and Sunshine Tour), Dimension Data Pro-Am (Sunshine Tour), WGC-World Cup (team event, with Rory Sabbatini)
2004 South African Open (European Tour and Sunshine Tour), Deutsche Bank - SAP Open TPC of Europe (European Tour)
2006 Cialis Western Open (PGA TOUR)