sentences:  The first South African to win a major championship was Bobby Locke who won The British Open four times in 1949, 1950, 1952 and 1957.Also, he claimed nine wins at the South African Open, seven at the South Africa Professional and 11 at the Transvaal Open, for a total 74 professional wins.The most famous of South African golfers is however Gary Player who along with Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus dominated world golf for much of the 1960s, and 1970s.