Harold Henning (3 October 1934 – 1 January 2004) was a South African professional golfer who played on the

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and the Senior PGA Tour.

Early life

Henning was born in

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. His brothers

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, Brian, and

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all became professional golfers.

Professional career

Nicknamed ''The Horse'', he turned pro in 1953. From 1953–1965, Henning traveled the world playing on international circuits, winning the national championships of Switzerland. South Africa, Italy, and Germany. A win with

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at the

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convinced him to play on the

. In 1966 Henning won the PGA Tour's

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. However, he was not a PGA Tour member yet and was expected to earn membership at 1966 PGA Tour Qualifying School. However, shortly before the tournament the PGA Tour gave him an exemption from the event. In 1970 Henning won the Tallahassee Open Invitational. He then retired in 1972. He returned to the game six years later and recorded a victory at the KLM Dutch Open in 1981. Upon reaching age 50 in October 1984, Henning began play on the Senior PGA Tour. During his 18 seasons on this Tour, he won three official events and two

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Championships.

Personal life

Henning died in 2004 after a long illness.

Professional wins (41)

PGA Tour wins (2)

PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

European Tour wins (1)

Sunshine Tour wins (3)

*1972

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, General Motors Open *1980

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Far East Circuit wins (1)

* 1966 Malayan Open

Other South African wins (15)

*1956 Cock of the North (Zambia) *1957 South African Open,

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, 1.000 Guineas Anglo-African Tournament (Rhodesia) *1959 Cock of the North (Zambia), Western Province Open *1960 Northern Transvaal Open *1962 South African Open *1965

*1966

, Kimberley Tournament (South Africa) (tie with

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), General Motors Open *1967

*1972 International Better-ball (with Graham Henning), Ellerines Team Tournament (with Graham Henning)

European circuit wins (12)

*1957 Italian Open *1958

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(tie with

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(tie with Eric Brown) *1959

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(tie with

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) *1960

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, Sprite International *1964

, Pringle of Scotland Tournament, Lancia d'Oro *1965

, German Open *1966 Engadine Open

New Zealand circuit wins (1)

*1958 Wiseman's Tournament

Other wins (1)

Senior PGA Tour wins (3)

Senior PGA Tour playoff record (1–2)

Other senior wins (2)

*1989

(with

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) *1993

Results in major championships

CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1984 Open Championship)
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Summary

*Most consecutive cuts made – 7 (1967 Open Championship – 1969 PGA) *Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (six times)

Team appearances

''this list may be incomplete'' *

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(representing South Africa): 1957, 1958,

1959 Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...

1961 Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 ...

1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndo ...

(winners), 1966, 1967,

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extrem ...

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events Ja ...

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Henning, Harold South African male golfers PGA Tour golfers European Tour golfers PGA Tour Champions golfers Golfers from Johannesburg Sportspeople from Miami Beach, Florida 1934 births 2004 deaths 20th-century South African people