Madalitso Muthiya

Madalitso Muthiya
— Golfer —
Personal information
Born (1983-02-08) 8 February 1983
Kitwe, Zambia
Nationality  Zambia
Career
College University of New Mexico
Turned professional 2005
Current tour(s) Sunshine Tour
Former tour(s) Canadian Tour
Nationwide Tour
Professional wins 1
Number of wins by tour
Sunshine Tour 1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open CUT: 2006
The Open Championship DNP
PGA Championship DNP

Madalitso Muthiya (born 8 February 1983) is a Zambian professional golfer.

Muthiya took up golf at the age of six and at fifteen he caught the attention of Zambian president Frederick Chiluba, who helped to arrange for him to play a junior tournament in the United States, the 1999 Nolan Henke/Patty Berg Junior Masters in Fort Myers, Florida. Muthiya won in the 16- to 18-year-old age group. He went on to play college golf at the University of New Mexico[1] before turning professional in 2005.

Muthiya finished second in the 2006 Zambian Open and joined the Canadian Tour in 2006. However his main claim to fame is that in 2006 he came through qualifying to become the first Zambian and black African to play in the U.S. Open. He missed the cut. He played on the Nationwide Tour in 2010 where his best finish was T-7 at the Mylan Classic.[2]

In July 2016, he won his first Sunshine Tour title in a Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour event, the first Zambian to win on the Sunshine Tour and only the fourth black African.

Professional wins (1)

Sunshine Tour wins (1)

No. DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
1 30 Jul 2016 Vodacom Origins of Golf (Wild Coast) −11 (63-70-66=199) 2 strokes South Africa Hennie du Plessis, South Africa Ockie Strydom

Results in major championships

Tournament 2006
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship DNP
PGA Championship DNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut

References

  1. ↑ "Madalitso Muthiya profile". UNM Lobos. Archived from the original on 28 January 2008.
  2. ↑ "Madalitso Muthiya – Season". PGA Tour. Retrieved 5 August 2016.


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