Justin Walters

His mother is English and he has played for England in team play. Walters played college golf at Huntingdon College, winning the 2001 NAIA Championship. He then transferred to North Carolina State University where he won three times and was an All-American in 2002 and 2003. He turned professional in 2003 and played mostly in South Africa before trying to get a European Tour card in 2011.
Produced a magnificent performance when it mattered, taking a share of fifth place in the 2012 Apulia San Domenico Grand Final to leap into the top 20 of the Challenge Tour Rankings. Was 23rd heading into the season's final event, but moved up to 15th place and grabbed a European Tour card for 2013. Described it as an emotional moment having had to deal with problems in his personal life during the previous two years, and also dedicated the performance to his mother, who was battling cancer. In the 2013 Portugal Masters he provided one of the most emotional moments of The European Tour season when, two weeks after his mother passed away, he holed a 40-foot par putt at the 18th to secure outright second place and move from 126th to 71st in The Race to Dubai, thereby securing his card for 2014. Broke down in tears on the final green and said he felt his mother over the putt in heart-rending scenes in the Algarve. Until then had spent his career playing in his native South Africa and America, before deciding to go to the European Tour Qualifying School in 2011, where he earned a full Challenge Tour category for the following season.
2013 Notes: In his first year on the European Tour played in 31 events making 16 cuts with two top-10 finishes, T-10th at the Turkish Airlines Open and 2nd at the Portugal Masters. Was 64th in the Race to Dubai, earning euro512,158. On the Sunshine Tour in 10 starts was 30th in the Order of Merit, best finish was 3rd at the Investec Cup.
2014 Notes: Played in 29 European Tour events making 11 cuts with one top-10, T-2nd at the Joburg Open. Was 126th in the Race to Dubai with euro177,950. Played in 8 Sunshine Tour events, Joburg was his best finish as he finished 7th in the Order of Merit.
2015 Notes: Played in 19 European Tour events making 12 cuts, best finish was T-13th at the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open. Was 136th in the Race to Dubai with euro149,075. Played in 7 Sunshine Tour events, best finish T-9th at the Dimension Data Pro-am. Was 17th in the Order of Merit.
2016 Notes: Played in 23 European Tour events making 13 cuts with three top-10s. Best finish T-3rd Joburg Open, he finished 92nd in the Race to Dubai with euro340,329. In 11 Sunshine Tour starts best finish was T-3rd at Joburg, had four top-10 finishes and was 7th in the Order of Merit.
2017 Notes: Played in 30 European Tour events making 10 cuts with two top-10 finishes. Was T-3rd at the KLM Open and T-9th at the Tshwane Open, he was 136th in the Race to Dubai with euro227,092.
2018 Notes: Played in 23 European Tour events making 17 cuts with two top-10 finishes. Was T-3rd at the Shot Clock Masters and T-9th at the BMW International. Was 113th in the Race to Dubai winning euro279,505.
2019 Notes: Was 2nd in the Dimension Data Pro-am on the Sunshine tour, 3 shots back of winner Philip Eriksson. On the European Tour best finish T-27th at the Qatar Masters.