Adilson da Silva


Adilson José da Silva is a Brazilian professional golfer. He currently plays on the Southern Africa-based Sunshine Tour, where he has won twelve times.
Da Silva was born in Santa Cruz do Sul, Brazil but later moved to KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. He turned professional in 1994. Da Silva competes predominantly on the Southern Africa-based Sunshine Tour. He won his first title on the tour in 1997 and has since added eight more tournament victories, and led the Vodacom Swing Challenge standings in 2006. He holds the record for most consecutive cuts made on the Sunshine Tour with 43.
Da Silva has also played extensively in Zimbabwe, where he won the Amateur Championship in 1992. He competed on the Zimbabwean PGA Tour between 1996 and 2003, winning more than 30 titles and heading the Zimbabwean Order of Merit on five occasions.
Da Silva played in The Open Championship in 2000, 2007 and 2012. He made the cut in 2012, finishing in a tie for 69th.
In 2016, da Silva hit the opening tee shot in golfs return to the Olympics.

Amateur wins (4)

Asian Tour wins (1)

Asian Tour playoff record
No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
12011ISPS Handa Singapore Classic Himmat Rai, Elmer Salvador,
Guido van der Valk, Tjaart van der Walt		Rai won with birdie on sixth extra hole
da Silva, van der Valk and van der Walt eliminated by birdie on second hole

Sunshine Tour wins (12)

Sunshine Tour playoff record
No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
12003Capital Alliance Royal Swazi Sun Open Des Terblanche
22007Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour
at Fancourt		 Warren Abery
32007Platinum Classic Marc Cayeux, Louis OosthuizenOosthuizen won with par on second extra hole
da Silva eliminated by par on first hole
42018Sun Wild Coast Sun Challenge Hennie du Plessis, Vaughn Groenewald,
Darren Fichardt		Groenewald won with birdie on first extra hole

Other wins (30+)

Note: da Silva only played in The Open Championship.
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Professional