Thriston Lawrence (born 3 December 1996) is a South African professional golfer who currently plays on the

European Tour The European Tour (currently known as the DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons), legally the PGA European Tour is the leading men's professional golf tour in Europe. The organisation also operates the European Senior Tour (for players aged fi ...

and the Sunshine Tour. He claimed his maiden victory on the European Tour in the weather-shortened

Joburg Open The Joburg Open is a men's professional golf tournament that is held in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is an event on the Southern Africa-based Sunshine Tour and co-sanctioned by the European Tour, which attracts a larger prize fund and stronger ...

in 2021 and also won the 2022

Investec South African Open Championship The South African Open is one of the oldest national open golf championships in the world, having first been played in 1903, and is one of the principal tournaments on the Southern-Africa-based Sunshine Tour. Since 1997 it has also been co-sancti ...

Professional career

Lawrence turned professional in 2014. He played on the

MENA Tour The MENA Tour is a golf tour in the Middle East and North Africa. It was founded in 2011 by the Dubai-based Shaikh Maktoum Golf Foundation. It was previous affiliated to The R&A and the Arab Golf Federation. The previous iteration of the tour was ...

in 2015 and the

Challenge Tour The Challenge Tour is the second-tier men's professional golf tour in Europe. It is operated by the PGA European Tour and, as with on the main European Tour and the European Senior Tour, some of the events are played outside Europe. History T ...

in 2016. He won the MENA Tour Order of Merit in 2015. He played on the

Big Easy Tour The Big Easy Tour is a golf tour based in Southern Africa, founded in 2011. It is a developmental tour for the Sunshine Tour. The top five players earn Sunshine Tour cards, with those 6th–30th earning entry into the final stage of Sunshine Tour q ...

in 2018, gaining his card for the

2019–20 Sunshine Tour The 2019–20 Sunshine Tour was the 20th season of professional golf tournaments since the southern Africa-based Sunshine Tour was relaunched in 2000. The Sunshine Tour represents the highest level of competition for male professional golfers in ...

season. He won his first Sunshine Tour event in 2019 at the Vodacom Origins of Golf at Stellenbosch. Lawrence claimed the biggest victory of his career (at that time) at the 2021

. It was a co-sanctioned

and Sunshine Tour event. The event was shortened to 36 holes due to inclement weather. Lawrence shot two rounds of 65 to win by four shots over

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. In August 2022, Lawrence won the

Omega European Masters The Omega European Masters is the Swiss stop on professional men's golf's European Tour, and in 2009 it became the first event in Europe to be co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour. Founded as the Swiss Open in 1923, the tournament was prefixed with E ...

, beating Matt Wallace in a playoff. He was named

Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year The European Tour (currently known as the DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons), legally the PGA European Tour is the leading men's professional golf tour in Europe. The organisation also operates the European Senior Tour (for players aged fift ...

for the 2022 European Tour season. In December 2022, Lawrence won the

, one shot ahead of

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and climbing to a career best 64th in the Official World Golf Ranking.

Amateur wins

*2013 South African Amateur Championship *2014

Lytham Trophy The Lytham Trophy is an amateur golf tournament founded in 1965 by the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, where it has always been held. It is a 72-hole scratch stroke play competition, and is classified as a Category A event by the World Amateu ...

, South African Amateur Championship

Professional wins (7)

European Tour wins (3)

''*Note: The 2021 Joburg Open was shortened to 36 holes due to weather.''
¹Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour European Tour playoff record (1–0)

Sunshine Tour wins (3)

''*Note: The 2021 Joburg Open was shortened to 36 holes due to weather.''
¹Co-sanctioned by the

MENA Tour wins (1)

Big Easy Tour wins (1)

IGT Pro Tour wins (1)

Results in major championships

"T" = tied

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lawrence, Thriston South African male golfers Sunshine Tour golfers European Tour golfers People from Mbombela 1996 births Living people 21st-century South African people