Madalitso Muthiya

Muthiya took up golf at the age of six and at fifteen he caught the attention of Zambian president Frederick Chiluba, who asked an American, James Roth, to assist Muthiya in securing an athletic scholarship to a university. Roth arranged for Muthiya to play a junior tournament in the United States, the 1999 Nolan Henke/Patty Berg Junior Masters in Fort Myers, Florida.^[1] Muthiya won in the 16- to 18-year-old age group. He went on to play college golf at the University of New Mexico^[2]

In 2005, Muthiya turned professional. In 2006, he had many highlights. In March, he finished second at the Zambia Open. He joined the Canadian Tour later in the year. In the summer he also became the first Zambian and black African to play in the U.S. Open. He missed the cut at the 2006 U.S. Open.

He played on the Nationwide Tour in 2010 where his best finish was T-7 at the Mylan Classic.^[3]

In July 2016, he won his first Sunshine Tour title in a Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour event, the first Zambian to win on the Sunshine Tour and only the fourth black African.^{[citation needed]} In 2018, he won the Ivory Coast Open with a score of 18-under-par, setting the course record.