David Frost (golfer)

David Laurence Frost (born 11 September 1959) is a South African professional golfer who currently plays on the Champions Tour. He has previously played on the PGA Tour, European Tour and Sunshine Tour. Frost has thirty professional tournament wins to his name, spread across four continents.
Frost was born in Cape Town, South Africa and matriculated at Paarl Boys' High School in 1977. He turned professional in 1981. He used to be a cigarette salesman. He scored his first professional win in his home country in 1983 and has continued to play in South Africa in the northern winter, but like other leading South African golfers he has spent far more time playing internationally. In line with many other Commonwealth golfers his first move abroad was to the European Tour and he played that tour from 1982 to 1984.
From 1985 he was primarily on the U.S.-based PGA Tour, where he went on to win ten tournaments, the most prestigious of which was the 1989 NEC World Series of Golf which he won by defeating Ben Crenshaw at the second playoff hole. He made the top ten on the PGA Tour money list twice, placing 9th in 1988 and 5th in 1993 and was ranked in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings for 86 weeks between 1988 and 1994. By his forties, he was no longer a regular contender on the tour, but in 2005 he set the all time PGA Tour 72-hole putting record with 92 putts at the MCI Heritage while finishing only tied 38th.
Since 2007 Frost has re-established his career on the European Tour.
In June 2013, Frost won his maiden senior major championship at the 2013 Regions Tradition. He won by a single stroke over Fred Couples to claim his first major title in his 17th attempt. It was also his fifth career victory on the Champions Tour. In March 2015, Frost won his sixth Champions Tour title at the Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic by a single stroke over Tom Lehman and Kevin Sutherland.
Frost won the Sunshine Tour Order of Merit in 1998/99. He was a member of the International Team in the first staging of the Presidents Cup in 1994, and took part again in 1996. In 1997 and 1998 he captained South Africa to victory in the Alfred Dunhill Cup in Scotland. His team mates were Ernie Els and Retief Goosen.
Frost owns a wine business which produces vintages named after golf legends such as Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer.

PGA Tour wins (10)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	2 Oct 1988	Southern Open	−10 (70-68-65-67=270)	Playoff	Bob Tway
2	6 Nov 1988	Northern Telecom Tucson Open	−22 (66-66-67-67=266)	5 strokes	Mark Calcavecchia, Mark O'Meara
3	27 Aug 1989	NEC World Series of Golf	−4 (70-68-69-69=276)	Playoff	Ben Crenshaw
4	29 Apr 1990	USF&G Classic	−12 (71-70-66-69=276)	1 stroke	Greg Norman
5	28 Jun 1992	Buick Classic	−16 (67-68-67-66=268)	8 strokes	Duffy Waldorf
6	20 Sep 1992	Hardee's Golf Classic	−14 (62-68-64-72=266)	3 strokes	Tom Lehman, Loren Roberts
7	12 Sep 1993	Canadian Open	−9 (72-70-69-68=279)	1 stroke	Fred Couples
8	19 Sep 1993	Hardee's Golf Classic	−21 (68-63-64-64=259)	7 strokes	Payne Stewart, D. A. Weibring
9	26 Jun 1994	Canon Greater Hartford Open	−12 (65-68-66-69=268)	1 stroke	Greg Norman
10	25 May 1997	MasterCard Colonial	−15 (66-63-69-67=265)	2 strokes	Brad Faxon, David Ogrin

PGA Tour playoff record (2–3)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1986	Western Open	Fred Couples, Tom Kite, Nick Price	Kite won with birdie on first extra hole
2	1988	Manufacturers Hanover Westchester Classic	Seve Ballesteros, Ken Green, Greg Norman	Ballesteros won with birdie on first extra hole
3	1988	Southern Open	Bob Tway	Won with birdie on first extra hole
4	1989	NEC World Series of Golf	Ben Crenshaw	Won with par on second extra hole
5	1995	MCI Classic	Nolan Henke, Bob Tway	Tway won with par on second extra hole Frost eliminated with par on first hole

Sunshine Tour wins (5)

• 1983 Gordon's Gin Classic (South Africa)
• 1986 Southern Suns South African Open
• 1987 Safmarine South African Masters
• 1994 Lexington South African PGA Championship
• 1999 Mercedes-Benz - Vodacom South African Open (co-sanctioned with the European Tour)

European Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	18 Oct 1984	Compagnie de Chauffe Cannes Open	−8 (72-72-68-68=280)	2 strokes	Gordon Brand, Jnr, John Morgan
2	24 Jan 1999	Mercedes-Benz - Vodacom South African Open (co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Tour)	−5 (69-69-73-68=279)	1 stroke	Scott Dunlap, Jeev Milkha Singh

Japan Golf Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	22 Nov 1992	Dunlop Phoenix	−11 (72-69-69-67=277)	Playoff	Kiyoshi Murota

Other wins (4)

• 1989 Million Dollar Challenge (South Africa – unofficial event)
• 1990 Million Dollar Challenge (South Africa – unofficial event)
• 1992 Million Dollar Challenge (South Africa – unofficial event)
• 1994 Hong Kong Open

Champions Tour wins (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	8 Aug 2010	3M Championship	−25 (64-66-61=191)	7 strokes	Mark Calcavecchia
2	22 Apr 2012	Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Michael Allen)	−29 (62-63-62=187)	1 stroke	John Cook & Joey Sindelar
3	28 Oct 2012	AT&T Championship	−8 (71-71-66=208)	Playoff	Bernhard Langer
4	17 Mar 2013	Toshiba Classic	−19 (63-66-65=194)	5 strokes	Fred Couples
5	9 Jun 2013	Regions Tradition	−16 (68-70-66-68=272)	1 stroke	Fred Couples
6	29 Mar 2015	Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic	−10 (68-70-68=206)	1 stroke	Tom Lehman, Kevin Sutherland

Champions Tour playoff record (1–2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2010	Senior PGA Championship	Fred Couples, Tom Lehman	Lehman won with birdie on first extra hole
2	2012	AT&T Championship	Bernhard Langer	Won with birdie on second extra hole
3	2013	Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai	John Cook	Lost to birdie on second extra hole

European Senior Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	12 Dec 2010	Mauritius Commercial Bank Open	−13 (70-64-69=203)	Playoff	Roger Chapman
2	9 Dec 2012	MCB Tour Championship	−11 (64-67-74=205)	1 stroke	Peter Fowler, Barry Lane

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

Summary

• Most consecutive cuts made – 6 (1986 PGA – 1988 Masters)
• Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (1987 Open Championship – 1988 Masters)

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	54 holes	Winning score	Margin	Runner-up
2013	Regions Tradition	1 shot lead	−16 (68-70-66-68=272)	1 stroke	Fred Couples

Senior results timeline

Results are not in chronological order prior to 2016.

DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the halfway cut
WD = withdrew
DQ = disqualified
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

• Hennessy Cognac Cup (representing the Rest of the World): 1984
• Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing South Africa): 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997 (winners), 1998 (winners), 1999, 2000
• Presidents Cup (International Team): 1994, 1996
• World Cup (representing South Africa): 1998, 1999
• Alfred Dunhill Challenge (representing Southern Africa): 1995 (winners)