[2] He showed promise as a teenager and, at the age of 18, beat Bobby Locke in the first round of the 1957 South African Professional Match Play Championship.

"[2] Waltman was an unknown teenager and Locke was considered one of the best golfers in the world and would go on to win the British Open four months later.

[4] In addition to these triumphs he won multiple other events on the South African circuit and the 1963 Dutch Open.

Waltman was considered a "potential superstar" but abruptly quit golf at the age of 25 after completing the 1964 Masters Tournament.

"[5] The golf commentator Henry Longhurst elaborated, "Gradually the sheer materialism of this form of life and the unceasing emphasis on money began to sicken him, as it must have done so many before him.