Ryan Cairns (born 12 February 1984) is a Zimbabwean
professional golfer
A professional golfer is somebody who receives payments or financial rewards in the sport of golf that are directly related to their skill or reputation. A person who earns money by teaching or playing golf is traditionally considered a "golf pr ...
who plays on the
Sunshine Tour
The Sunshine Tour is a men's professional golf tour based in Southern and East Africa. For much of its early history it was known either as the South African Tour or Sunshine Circuit; through sponsorship deals, it has also been known as the Vod ...
.
Cairns was born in
Harare, Zimbabwe
Harare (; formerly Salisbury ) is the capital and most populous city of Zimbabwe. The city proper has an area of 940 km2 (371 mi2) and a population of 2.12 million in the 2012 census and an estimated 3.12 million in its metropolitan ...
. He joined the Sunshine Tour in 2007. He won his first professional event on the Big Easy Tour, the Sunshine Tour's developmental tour, in March 2012. On 11 May 2012, he won the
Vodacom Origins of Golf
The Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour is a series of pro-am golf tournaments in South Africa. The series began in 2004 and forms part of the winter swing of the Southern Africa-based Sunshine Tour.
2004–05 season
2005–06 season
2006–07 seaso ...
at Simola Golf and Country Estate on the Sunshine Tour. He secured the victory in a playoff over
Vaughn Groenewald
Vaughn Groenewald (born 28 December 1974) is a South African professional golfer. He won the 2015 Zambia Sugar Open.
Professional career
Groenewald has played on the Sunshine Tour since 1995. He has won six times on tour, including the Zambi ...
when he chipped in for an eagle.
Cairns played on the
Canadian Tour in 2008.
Amateur wins (3)
*2002 African Junior Challenge, Mashonoland Amateur
*2005 Southern Cape Closed Championship
Professional wins (2)
Sunshine Tour wins (1)
Sunshine Tour playoff record (1–0)
Big Easy Tour wins (1)
References
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Zimbabwean male golfers
Sunshine Tour golfers
White Zimbabwean sportspeople
Zimbabwean people of British descent
Sportspeople from Harare
1984 births
Living people