Paul Friedlander (golfer)

Paul Friedlander (born 1970–71) is an Eswatini professional golfer.

Early life and amateur career
Friedlander is from Swaziland (since 2018 renamed to Eswatini).

Friedlander attended college at Waterford Kamhlaba World College and at Oral Roberts University in the United States. In 1993, he played for Meadowbrook Country Club in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Friedlander had a successful college career. He won the 1992 Elkins Lake Fall Classic, was medalist at the 1993 Oklahoma State Amateur tournament, and won the 1994 UALR Intercollegiate.

Professional career
In the mid-1990s, Friedlander turned pro. He won the 1995 IDC Development Classic in South Africa by 8 strokes, as that year he played for the Royal Swazi Sun Golf Club. The following year, Friedlander finished runner-up to James Kingston at the Bushveld Classic. In 1996, he also won the Asian Tour's Gadgil Western Dubai Creek Open. In 1998, Friedlander won the Stenham Royal Swazi Sun Open, an official event on the Sunshine Tour in his home country of Swaziland.

Despite these victories Friedlander did not have much else success, rarely recording other top ten finishes. In February 1999, frustrated after years of "wallowing in mediocrity," he announced his retirement from tournament golf at the age of 28.

Friedlander is now a businessman. As of 2015, he was Swaki Group Chief Executive and worked as an executive for Galito's Flame Grilled Chicken.

Personal life
Friedlander is Jewish.

Southern Africa Tour wins (2)
Southern Africa Tour playoff record (1–0)

Awards and honors
In 2014, Friedlander was inducted into the South Africa Golf Hall of Fame.