Christopher Gary Williams (born 20 March 1959) is an English-born golfer who currently lives in

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. Williams has won seven times on the

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Professional career

Williams was born in

Liverpool, England Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a populat ...

. He moved to

Johannesburg, South Africa Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a megacity, and is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. According to Demo ...

shortly before turning professional in 1978. He joined the Sunshine Tour in 1985, and won his first title; the Lexington PGA Championship, during his debut season. He has won six more events on the Sunshine Tour since then. Williams joined the

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on turning 50, having secured conditional playing rights at the 2008

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. He won for the first time as a senior in March 2011 at the Aberdeen Brunei Senior Masters.

Amateur wins

1977/78 Junior Springbok

Professional wins (17)

Asian Tour wins (2)

Asian Tour playoff record (1–0)

Sunshine Tour wins (7)

Other wins (5)

* 1983 Telkom Open (South Africa) * 1985 Swaziland Open * 1991 PX Celebrity Pro-Am (with

Justin Hobday Justin Richard Hobday (born 12 August 1963) is a South African professional golfer who has won eleven official money events on the Sunshine Tour. Hobday was born in Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, England, and is the nephew of golfer Sim ...

), Telephone Manufacturers SA Trophy * 2007 Royal Swazi Sun Touring Pro-Am (non-Order of Merit event on the Sunshine Tour)

European Senior Tour wins (3)

European Senior Tour playoff record (1–0)

References

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