Vaughn Groenewald

{{short description|South African professional golfer (born 1974)}}

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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 Zambia Sugar Open in 2015, the only one of his wins played over 72 holes.{{cite news |url=http://www.postzambia.com/news.php?id=7720 |title=SA's Vaughn scoops Zambia Sugar Open |newspaper=The Post |first=Ndinawe |last=Simpelwe |date=4 May 2015}}

Professional wins (6)

=Sunshine Tour wins (6)=

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!No.!! Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!Margin of
victory!!Runner(s)-up

align=center|1

|align=right|26 May 2006

|Vodacom Origins of Golf at Pretoria

|−11 (69-65-71=205)

|6 strokes

|{{flagicon|ZAF}} Thomas Aiken, {{flagicon|SCO}} Doug McGuigan

align=center|2

|align=right|28 Oct 2006

|Platinum Classic

|−14 (68-66-68=202)

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|ZAF}} Thomas Aiken

align=center|3

|align=right|3 May 2015

|Zambia Sugar Open

|−20 (68-65-71-68=272)

|4 strokes

|{{flagicon|ZAF}} Jean Hugo

align=center|4

|align=right|28 Aug 2015

|Sun Wild Coast Sun Challenge

|−12 (64-67-67=198)

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|ZIM}} Mark Williams

align=center|5

|align=right|20 Aug 2016

|Vodacom Origins of Golf (2) at Arabella

|−9 (68-73-66=207)

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|KEN}} Stefan Engell Andersen

align=center|6

|align=right|25 Aug 2018

|Sun Wild Coast Sun Challenge (2)

|−16 (67-61-66=194)

|Playoff

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Adilson da Silva, {{flagicon|ZAF}} Hennie du Plessis,
{{flagicon|ZAF}} Darren Fichardt

Sunshine Tour playoff record (1–4)

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!No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent(s)!!Result

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|align=center|1

|2000

|Lombard Tyres Classic

|{{flagicon|ZAF}} Brett Liddle

|Lost to par on second extra hole

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|align=center|2

|2012

|Vodacom Origins of Golf at Simola

|{{flagicon|ZIM}} Ryan Cairns

|Lost to eagle on first extra hole

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|align=center|3

|2014

|Nedbank Affinity Cup

|{{flagicon|ZAF}} Louis de Jager, {{flagicon|ZAF}} Daniel van Tonder

|de Jager won with birdie on second extra hole
van Tonder eliminated by birdie on first hole

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|align=center|4

|2015

|Vodacom Origins of Golf at Langebaan

|{{flagicon|ZAF}} Justin Harding

|Lost to birdie on first extra hole

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|align=center|5

|2018

|Sun Wild Coast Sun Challenge

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Adilson da Silva, {{flagicon|ZAF}} Hennie du Plessis,
{{flagicon|ZAF}} Darren Fichardt

|Won with birdie on first extra hole

References

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