Background
Henning was born in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Henning was born in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Nicknamed The Horse, he turned pro in 1953. From 1953–1965, Henning travelled the world playing on international circuits, winning championships in Switzerland and Italy. He returned to the game six years later and recorded a victory at the KLM Dutch Open in 1981.
Upon reaching age 50 in October 1984, Henning began play on the Senior Professional Golf Association Tour.
Henning died in 2004 after a long illness. Professional Golf Association Tour wins (2) European Tour wins (1) Other wins (20) Senior Professional Golf Association Tour wins (3) Other senior wins (2) DNP = Did not play CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" indicates a tie for a place Yellow background for top-10 Summary Most consecutive cuts made – 7 (1967 Open Championship – 1969 Professional Golf Association) Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (six times) this list may be incomplete World Cup: 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1965 (winners), 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971.
Professional Golf Association Tour playoff record (0–1) 1956 Cock of the North (Zambia) 1957 South African Open, Italian Open, Transvaal Open 1958 Daks Tournament (tie with Peter Thomson), Yorkshire Evening News Tournament (tie with Eric Brown) 1959 Spalding Tournament (tie with Eric Lester), Cock of the North (Zambia) 1960 Swiss Open, Sprite International 1962 South African Open 1964 Swiss Open, Pringle of Scotland Tournament 1965 South African Professional Golf Association Championship, Swiss Open, German Open 1966 South African Professional Golf Association Championship, Malaysian Open 1967 South African Professional Golf Association Championship 1972 South African Professional Golf Association Championship Senior Professional Golf Association Tour playoff record (1–2) 1989 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with First Rate (at Lloyd's) Geiberger) 1993 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf.
