Trevor Immelman
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1 Major Championship • 90th All-Time
Major Championship Wins
About Trevor Immelman
Trevor Immelman won 1 major championship during their career, with the first coming in 2008.
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Career Highlights
- 2003-2004 South African Open Champion — First player since Gary Player in the 1970s to successfully defend the title, winning back-to-back editions
- 2003 WGC-World Cup Victory — Partnered with Rory Sabbatini to win South Africa's first World Cup, defeating England by four strokes
- 2006 Cialis Western Open Win — Captured his first PGA Tour title, defeating Tiger Woods and Mathew Goggin by two strokes, earning PGA Tour Rookie of the Year honors
- 2008 Masters Tournament Victory — Won his only major just months after surgery to remove a benign tumor from his diaphragm, beating Tiger Woods by three strokes
- 2013 Web.com Tour Finals Triumph — Ended a five-year winless streak by winning the Hotel Fitness Championship to regain his PGA Tour card
Did You Know?
- Golfing Family Legacy: His father Johan was the former commissioner of the Sunshine Tour, while his older brother Mark is a broadcaster, teaching pro, and collegiate golf coach who works as a golf analyst
- Medical Miracle: The tumor removed from his diaphragm in December 2007 was approximately the size of a golf ball—an irony Immelman himself noted with characteristic humor—yet he returned to win the Masters just four months later
- From Player to Captain to Chairman: After captaining the International team at the 2022 Presidents Cup, Immelman became CBS Sports' lead golf analyst in 2023, then was named chairman of the Official World Golf Ranking board in 2025