Martin Vorster (born 22 January 2002) is a South African professional golfer who plays on the Sunshine Tour.
Amateur career Vorster had a stellar amateur career in the GolfRSA ranks. He was a member of the Academy of Louis Oosthuizen at Fancourt Country Club, and was supported by the Louis 57 Foundation for 10 years.
Vorster won the R&A's Junior Open Championship at St Andrews Links in 2018, before winning the 2019 Junior Golf World Cup with South Africa and finishing runner-up individually.
In 2019, he was selected for the Junior Presidents Cup, finished top-10 at the Junior Players Championship, and was runner-up at the 2019 Big Easy Challenge #3, a stroke behind Garrick Higgo.
In 2021, he reached the semi-finals of the South African Amateur Championship and won the South African Stroke Play Championship. He reached a high of 24th in the World Amateur Golf Ranking.
Professional career Vorster turned professional in November 2021 and joined the Sunshine Tour.
He was runner-up at the 2024 Vodacom Origins of Golf at Sishen and 2025 MyGolfLife Open, to finish 12th in the 2024/25 Order of Merit, before securing his maiden title at the 2026 DNi Tour Championship.
In 2023, he also joined the Challenge Tour, where he was runner-up at the 2026 Swiss Challenge.
Vorster made his LIV Golf debut at the 2026 LIV Golf UK, where he replaced his mentor Louis Oosthuizen, who was injured.
Amateur wins 2015 Louis Oosthuizen Junior Club Championship 2017 KwaZulu-Natal Open Strokeplay 2018 Junior Open Championship 2019 Western Province Amateur Matchplay, East of Ireland Amateur Open Championship, Limpopo Open 2020 African Amateur Stroke Play Championship 2021 South African Stroke Play Championship, Western Province Amateur
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Professional wins (1) Sunshine Tour wins (1) Legend Tour Championships (1) Other Sunshine Tour (0) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunners-up129 Mar 2026DNi Tour Championship−21 (63-67-71-66=267)2 strokes Jaco Prinsloo, Altin van der Merwe
Team appearances Amateur Junior Golf World Cup (representing South Africa): 2018, 2019 (winners) Junior Presidents Cup (representing the International team): 2019 Spirit International Amateur (representing South Africa): 2019
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