Gavan Levenson’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth and life story

Intro Professional golfer
Is Athlete
Golfer
From South Africa
Type Sports
Gender male
Birth

18 December 1953

Age 67 years

Gavan Neil Levenson (born 18 December 1953) is a South African professional golfer.
Levenson was born in Johannesburg. He represented South Africa in the 1976 Eisenhower Trophy and won several major amateur tournaments including the French and Rhodesian Open Amateur Championships in 1978. He turned professional later that year and joined the European Tour the following year, winning the Belgian Open and finishing in 29th place on the Order of Merit in his rookie season.
After two seasons in Europe, Levenson qualified for the United States-based PGA Tour. He spent four largely unsuccessful years on the tour, only recording one top ten finish when he tied for 4th place at the 1982 Greater Hartford Open. He returned to Europe in 1985, and although he consistently finished inside the top 100 on the Order of Merit, he did not win again on the European Tour until the 1992 Open de Baleares.
Levenson also played on the Southern Africa Tour (now the Sunshine Tour) during the northern hemisphere winters. He won five titles in South Africa, including one South African Open Championship and one South African PGA Championship, and topped the Order of Merit in 1983/84.
Since turning fifty, Levenson has played on the European Seniors Tour, where he has one victory, achieved in just his second tournament, the 2004 DGM Barbados Open.

Amateur wins (3)

  • 1975 South African Amateur Stroke-Play Championship
  • 1978 French Amateur Open Championship, Rhodesian Amateur Open Championship

Professional wins (8)

Southern Africa Tour wins (5)

  • 1983 Sigma Vaal Reefs Open
  • 1984 Lexington PGA Championship
  • 1985 South African Open
  • 1986 ICL International
  • 1990 ICL International

European Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning Score Margin of
Victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 10 Jun 1979 Belgian Open −5 (68-71-68-72=279) 3 strokes Bobby Cole, Nick Faldo,
Michael King
2 10 Mar 1991 Open de Baleares −6 (72-74-67-69=282) 1 stroke Steven Richardson

European Seniors Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 28 Mar 2004 DGM Barbados Open −12 (69-64-71=204) 2 strokes Denis Durnian, Carl Mason

Results in major championships

Tournament 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
The Open Championship CUT DNP DNP DNP CUT
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
Tournament 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP CUT CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
The Open Championship CUT DNP DNP DNP T36 DNP DNP CUT DNP 79
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
Tournament 1990 1991
U.S. Open DNP DNP
The Open Championship CUT T57
PGA Championship DNP DNP

Note: Levenson never played in the Masters Tournament.
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
“T” = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

Team appearances

Amateur

  • Eisenhower Trophy (representing South Africa): 1976
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