Tongoona Charamba

Tongoona Charamba
Personal information
Full name Tongoona Charamba
Nickname TC, Tongo
Born (1982-02-02) 2 February 1982
Salisbury (now Harare), Zimbabwe
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Nationality  Zimbabwe
Residence Harare, Zimbabwe
Career
Turned professional 2003
Current tour(s) Sunshine Tour
Professional wins 2
Number of wins by tour
Sunshine Tour 2

Tongoona "TC" Charamba (born 2 February 1982) is a professional golfer from Zimbabwe.

Charamba was born in Harare, Zimbabwe. He won 12 amateur tournaments, including the Zimbabwe Amateur Matchplay and Stokeplay Championships in 2002, and led the Zimbabwe Order of Merit from 2000 to 2002, before turning professional in 2003.

Charamba became just the third black golfer to win on the Sunshine Tour when he claimed the SAA Pro-Am Invitational in 2006.[1] In 2008, he won the MTC Namibia PGA Championship[2] and finished a career best 27th on the Sunshine Tour Order of Merit. He has made more than R1,000,000 (around €90,000 or US$125,000) in total earnings on the tour.

Amateur wins (2)

  • 2002 Zimbabwe Amateur Stroke Play Championship, Zimbabwe Amateur Match Play Championship

Professional wins (2)

Sunshine Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of victory Runners-up
1 18 May 2006 SAA Pro-Am Invitational, Johannesburg −17 (65-67-67=199) 2 strokes South Africa Jean Hugo, South Africa Hennie Otto
2 9 Nov 2008 MTC Namibia PGA Championship −14 (68-67-69-66=270) Playoff South Africa Merrick Bremner, South Africa Nic Henning

Team appearances

Amateur

References

  1. ↑ "Charamba rewrites history at SAA Pro-Am Invitational". Sunshine Tour. 22 May 2006. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
  2. ↑ "Charamba holds nerve to win MTC Namibia PGA playoff". Namibia Sport. 11 September 2008. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
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