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Madalitso Muthiya becomes the first Zambian to play in the prestigious US Open Golf tournament

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23 Aug 2019
Madalitso Muthiya becomes the first Zambian to play in the prestigious US Open Golf tournament

Zambian golfer Madalitso Muthiya began playing golf at the age of six. After he broke a bedroom window while playing with his father’s clubs, his father decided to buy him his own. When Muthiya was fifteen, he caught the attention of Zambian president Frederick Chiluba. Chiluba arranged for the young golfer to play a junior tournament in the US. In 2005 Muthiya turned professional and a year later he made history when he became the first black African to qualify to play in the U.S. Open.

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South African History Online. (2013, June 7). Madalitso Muthiya becomes the first Zambian to play in the prestigious US Open Golf tournament . South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0095843

South African History Online (2013) ' Madalitso Muthiya becomes the first Zambian to play in the prestigious US Open Golf tournament ', South African History Online, 7 June. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0095843 (Accessed: 14 September 2026).

South African History Online, Madalitso Muthiya becomes the first Zambian to play in the prestigious US Open Golf tournament [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0095843, (accessed 14 September 2026).

" Madalitso Muthiya becomes the first Zambian to play in the prestigious US Open Golf tournament ." South African History Online, 7 June 2013, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0095843. Accessed 14 Sept. 2026.

South African History Online. " Madalitso Muthiya becomes the first Zambian to play in the prestigious US Open Golf tournament ." South African History Online. June 7, 2013. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0095843.

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