Christopher Williams | |
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— Golfer — | |
Personal information | |
Full name | Christopher Gary Williams |
Nickname | The Ginger Cat |
Born |
Bebington, Cheshire, England |
20 March 1959
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Weight | 78 kg (172 lb; 12.3 st) |
Nationality |
England South Africa |
Residence | Edenvale, South Africa |
Career | |
Turned professional | 1978 |
Current tour(s) |
Sunshine Tour European Senior Tour Champions Tour |
Former tour(s) |
European Tour Asian Tour |
Professional wins | 15 |
Number of wins by tour | |
Asian Tour | 2 |
Sunshine Tour | 9 |
European Senior Tour | 1 |
Achievements and awards | |
Asian PGA Tour Player of the Year |
1998 |
Christopher Gary Williams (born 20 March 1959) is a professional golfer from England who currently lived in South Africa who has won nine times on the Sunshine Tour.
Williams was born in Liverpool, England. He moved to Johannesburg, South Africa shortly before turning professional in 1978. He joined the Sunshine Tour in 1985, and won his first title, the South African PGA Championship, during his début season. He consistently won between then and 2003.
Williams joined the European Senior Tour on turning 50, having secured conditional playing rights at the 2008 qualifying school. He won for the first time as a senior in March 2011 at the Aberdeen Brunei Senior Masters.
1977/78 Junior Springbok