George Coetzee
| George Coetzee | |
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Coetzee at the 2011 BMW International Open
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | George William Coetzee |
| Born |
18 July 1986 Pretoria, South Africa |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 95 kg (209 lb; 15.0 st) |
| Nationality |
 South Africa
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| Residence | Pretoria, South Africa |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 2007 |
| Current tour(s) |
Sunshine Tour Canadian Tour European Tour |
| Professional wins | 9 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| European Tour | 3 |
| Asian Tour | 1 |
| Sunshine Tour | 8 |
| Other | 1 |
| Best results in major championships |
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| Masters Tournament | CUT: 2013 |
| U.S. Open | T56: 2013 |
| The Open Championship | 15th: 2011 |
| PGA Championship | T7: 2015 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| Sunshine Tour Order of Merit winner |
2015 |
George William Coetzee (born 18 July 1986) is a South African professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and Sunshine Tour.
Coetzee was born in Pretoria. He started playing golf when he was 10 and won the first junior tournament he ever played in, shooting 49 in 9 holes. He finished 4th and 8th in the Callaway Junior World Championship in San Diego, where he attended the University of San Diego for one semester. He turned professional in 2007.
Coetzee joined the Sunshine Tour in 2007, and claimed his first win during his rookie season, in the Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour event at Selborne. His second and third wins came a year later at the SAA Pro-Am Invitational, and the Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour event at Humewood.
He earned a European Tour card for the 2010 season through the qualifying school, but had to return to qualifying school at the end of the season after finishing 126th on the Order of Merit and recording only two top ten finishes. Coetzee regained his playing rights in 2011 and enjoyed a successful season, with a runner-up placing at the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles, where he lost out to Thomas Bjorn on the fifth extra hole of a five-man playoff. He also had three third-place finishes at other tournaments and eight top 10's overall. Coetzee finished the season ranked 26th on the Race to Dubai.
Coetzee had a successful 2012 season, finishing 21st on the Race to Dubai and reaching the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking.
In February 2014, Coetzee won his maiden European Tour title in his 107th start with a three stroke victory at the Joburg Open. He came from four strokes behind in the final round with a six under par 66 to claim victory.
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