Trevor Immelman Profile

Trevor Immelman is one of South Africa’s most celebrated golfers. Born in Cape Town he is a true Cape Townian with the relaxed temperament and calm demeanor. His ability to keep his head down and concentrate has earned him many titles. The Trevor Immelman profile begins in 1984 when he picked up his first set of golf clubs at the age of five. From that moment he was destined for greatness, following the lead of his brother Mark who was teaching golf. Immelman was only 12 when he was off scratch and then went on from 13 to 17 to play the African Junior Golf Association Tour. At 17 he played in Chile’s Eisenhower Trophy for the South African team in 1996. That same year he made it to the finals three times only to suffer defeat at the US Junior Championship, The Amateur Championship at Royal St. George and the New Zealand Amateur Championship.

Trevor Immelman picked up the ’97 South African Amateur Championship and was the British Amateur runner-up in the same year. In ’98 he took the US Public Links Championship and the South African Airways Open Championship. He took a lunge into the professional circuit in 1999 and in 2000 he played the Challenge Tour in Europe, which is the second tier professional tour. Here he came in at the number ten spot on the Order of Merit. In 2001 he got the title of full member of the European Tour where he has made it into the top twenty in the Order of Merit three times. From here he went on to claim three wins on the European Tour. Locally he has done extraordinarily well. Like the legendary Gary Player in 1976-77, Trevor Immelman became the only other man to guard the South African Airways Open title in 2004.

2003 May just however, have been the best year in Trevor Immelman’s profile. This is the year in which he won the WGC World Cup for South Africa with partner Rory Sabbatini. The 2004 BMW Golf Digest Awards awarded Immelman and Sabbatini the Outstanding Performance Award for their success in the World Cup. In the beginning of the year, he even won The Royal Bank of Scotland Shot of the Month Award for a 180 yard wedge on the 72nd hole to set him on his path to victory in his first South African Airways Open Championship and it was in the Sunshine Tour of 2002/3 that he won the prestigious Order of Merit. It was a good year for his whole family too. Trevor’s father, Johan Immelman, was appointed Commissioner of the Sunshine Tour in the same week of Trevor’s success on Kiawah Island in December. A perfect end to a brilliant year. Trevor Immelman was on the International Team when it lost the Presidents Cup in 2005. He received a PGA Tour exemptions for 2006 and 2007 based on this Presidents Cup appearance and in 2006 he went on to win his first PGA Tour at the Cialis Western Open. This victory took him up into the top 15 of the Official World Golf Rankings.

Immelman got married on the 6th of December to Carmenita, his childhood sweetheart. His first child came right in the 2006 Open Championship and he had to leave the competition to be home for the birth. Perhaps 2006 was a great contender then for his best year too, because he got into the top ten of the PGA Tour money list and got the title Rookie of the Year.

The Trevor Immelman profile finishes with his promise to play even better golf in the years to come. Trevor Immelman has certainly followed in the steps of the other South African greats playing 34 tournaments of which he has won 4. He has had 10 Top Ten Finishes in those tournaments. Trevor Immelman has completed 123 rounds with his lowest round a 63 and a stroke average of 70.75.