Early years

Immelman was born in Cape Town, South Africa. Born into a golfing family. His father, Johan, is the former commissioner of the Sunshine Tour in South Africa, while his older brother Mark is a teaching pro and collegiate golf coach. Trevor took up golf at the age of five. He attended Hottentots Holland High School. He won the U.S. Amateur Public Links in 1998.

Professional career

Immelman turned professional in 1999. In 2000 he played mainly on the second tier professional tour in Europe, the Challenge Tour, and finished tenth on the Order of Merit. He became a full member of the European Tour in 2001 and has made the top twenty of the Order of Merit three times. He has four wins on the European Tour, and in 2004 became the first man to successfully defend the South African Open title since Gary Player in the 1970s.

In 2003 Immelman won the WGC-World Cup for South Africa in partnership with Rory Sabbatini. In 2005 he was a member of the losing International Team at the Presidents Cup. He has been playing with increasing frequency on the PGA Tour after receiving a 2-year PGA Tour exemption for 2006 and 2007 on account of this Presidents Cup appearance. In 2006 Immelman won his first PGA Tour event at the Cialis Western Open, a result that moved him into the top 15 in the Official World Golf Rankings. He won the Sunshine Tour Order of Merit in 2002/03.

Immelman withdrew from the 2006 Open Championship to be present for the birth of his first child. He finished 2006 in the top 10 of the PGA Tour money list and was named Rookie of the Year. In September 2007, Trevor Immelman was picked by Gary Player to participate in the 7th Presidents Cup held at the Royal Montreal Golf Club, Canada. The International team lost 14.5 to the US team's 19.5.

On 13 December 2007, Immelman withdrew from the South African Airways Open due to severe discomfort around his ribcage area and a problem breathing. He went into surgery the following Tuesday, 18 December 2007, and doctors discovered a lesion approximately the size of a golf ball on his diaphragm. (Immelman remarked in an interview on the obvious irony of the size of the lesion). It was diagnosed as a calcified fibrosis tumor. After more tests they discovered that it was benign. Nevertheless, treatment and recovery caused him to miss the first eight weeks of the 2008 PGA Tour season. However, Immelman came back to win the 2008 Masters Tournament. Despite scoring a double bogey on the 70th hole, the par 3 16th, Immelman finished with a score of 8 under par, beating favourite Tiger Woods by three strokes.

In June 2009, Immelman announced he would withdraw from the U.S. Open due to tendonitis in his left wrist and elbow, which plagued him for much of the 2009 and 2010 seasons. As the 2013 PGA Tour neared its conclusion, Immelman's winless streak extended to five years; he was forced to play in the Web.com Tour Finals after he failed to make the FedEx Cup playoffs and his five-year exemption for winning the Masters expired. Immelman won the Hotel Fitness Championship, the first of four Web.com Tour Finals tournaments, and finished the Finals in sixth place to regain his PGA Tour card for 2014.

Personal life

Immelman married his childhood sweetheart, Carmenita, on 6 December 2003. He has frequently participated in his mentor Gary Player's charity golf events around the world to help raise funds for children's causes.

Professional wins (11)

PGA Tour wins (2)

Legend

Major championships (1)

Other PGA Tour (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	9 Jul 2006	Cialis Western Open	−13 (69-66-69-67=271)	2 strokes	Tiger Woods, Mathew Goggin
2	13 Apr 2008	Masters Tournament	−8 (68-68-69-75=280)	3 strokes	Tiger Woods

European Tour wins (4)

Legend

Major championships (1)

Other European Tour (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	12 Jan 2003	South African Airways Open1	−14 (70-71-66-67=274)	Playoff	Tim Clark
2	18 Jan 2004	South African Airways Open1	−12 (71-69-69-67=276)	3 strokes	Alastair Forsyth, Steve Webster
3	23 May 2004	Deutsche Bank - SAP Open TPC of Europe	−17 (65-72-69-65=271)	1 stroke	Pádraig Harrington
4	13 Apr 2008	Masters Tournament	−8 (68-68-69-75=280)	3 strokes	Tiger Woods

1 Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour

Sunshine Tour wins (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	10 Dec 2000	Vodacom Players Championship	−9 (67-75-68-69=279)	3 strokes	Ernie Els, Titch Moore
2	12 Jan 2003	South African Airways Open1	−14 (70-71-66-67=274)	Playoff	Tim Clark
3	26 Jan 2003	Dimension Data Pro-Am	−17 (67-68-65-71=271)	1 stroke	Andrew McLardy, Bruce Vaughan
4	18 Jan 2004	South African Airways Open1	−12 (71-69-69-67=276)	3 strokes	Alastair Forsyth, Steve Webster
5	2 Dec 2007	Nedbank Golf Challenge	−16 (67-66-67-72=272)	1 stroke	Justin Rose

1 Co-sanctioned by the European Tour

Web.com Tour wins (1)

Legend

Web.com Tour Finals event (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	1 Sep 2013	Hotel Fitness Championship	−20 (67-66-69-66=268)	1 stroke	Patrick Cantlay

Challenge Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	12 Mar 2000	Tusker Kenya Open	−14 (67-69-67-67=270)	4 strokes	Henrik Stenson

Other wins (1)

• 2003 WGC-World Cup (with Rory Sabbatini)

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	54 holes	Winning score	Margin	Runner-up
2008	Masters Tournament	2 shot lead	−8 (68-68-69-75=280)	3 strokes	Tiger Woods

Results timeline

Tournament	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Masters Tournament	56	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	5	CUT	T55	1	T20
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	T55	DNP	T21	CUT	T65	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T53	T42	T15	DNP	T60	T19	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T48	T37	T17	T34	T6	CUT	DNP

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Masters Tournament	T14	T15	60	T50	CUT	CUT	CUT
U.S. Open	CUT	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	T23	T38	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	CUT	T12	T27	DNP	DNP	DNP

DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

Summary

Tournament	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	1	0	0	2	2	5	14	9
U.S. Open	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	3
The Open Championship	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	7
PGA Championship	0	0	0	0	1	3	9	7
Totals	1	0	0	2	3	12	39	26

• Most consecutive cuts made - 6 (2004 U.S. Open - 2005 PGA)
• Longest streak of top-10s - 2 (2007 PGA - 2008 Masters)

Team appearances

Amateur

• Eisenhower Trophy (representing South Africa): 1998

Professional

• World Cup (representing South Africa): 2003 (winners), 2004, 2005, 2007
• Presidents Cup (International Team): 2005, 2007

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