Christo Lamprecht (born 30 January 2001) is a South African amateur golfer. In 2023, he became the third South African in six years to win The Amateur Championship, giving him exemptions to the

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, 2024

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and 2024 U.S. Open. In September 2023, he rose to number 1 in the

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. He is noted for his height of 6 ft 8 in.

Early life and education

On 30 January 2001, Lamprecht was born in Western Cape, South Africa the youngest of three with two older sisters. His father introduced him to golf at age 3 and he attended Outeniqua High School.

Amateur career

Lamprecht had a successful amateur career and became the youngest player ever to win the South African Amateur Championship in 2017. He competed in the

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in 2017 and 2019. In 2018, he became the first international champion of the East of Ireland Amateur, tied for eighth at the St Andrews Links Trophy, and tied for 11th place at the Junior Players Championship in Jacksonville, Florida. In 2019, he was runner-up at the Southern Cape Amateur Open and the All Africa Juniors Challenge, and won the Junior Golf World Cup in Japan with the South African team. He appeared four times at the

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and was the youngest player in the field when he made his debut in 2018. Lamprecht enrolled as a business administration major at Georgia Tech in 2020 and started playing with the

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team, where he became an All-American and Fred Haskins Award finalist. With one victory and three runner-up finishes in 2022–23, he was ranked 10th nationally by Golfstat and 5th in the Golfweek/Sagarin Index, and a semifinalist for the Ben Hogan Award. In 2021, he tied for 4th at The Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship in Trinity, Texas, where he captained the South African team finishing eighth overall and fifth in the men's event. Lamprecht competed at the

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in Switzerland, where he went 3–1 in his matches to help the International team defeat Team USA. At the 2023 Arnold Palmer Cup in Pennsylvania, he lost three of his four matches. Lamprecht tied for sixth place in the 36-hole stroke-play portion at the 2022 U.S. Amateur, and tied for ninth at the

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in Valencia, Spain. In 2023, he won The Amateur Championship at Hillside Golf Club in England, securing a 3 and 2 victory over Rohan Kleu from Switzerland in the 36-hole final. Afterwards, he rose to 3rd in the

Amateur wins

*2016 Dimension Data Junior Open *2017 South African Amateur Championship *2018 East of Ireland Amateur Open Championship, Dimension Data Junior Open *2020 Cape Province Open *2022 Inverness Intercollegiate *2023 The Amateur Championship, OFCC Fighting Illini Invitational Source:

Results in major championships

"T" = Tied
LA = Low amateur

Team appearances

* Junior Golf World Cup (representing South Africa): 2017, 2019 (winners) *

(representing the International team): 2017, 2019 * The Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship (representing South Africa): 2021 * Eisenhower Trophy (representing South Africa):

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* Arnold Palmer Cup (representing the International team):

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References

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