- Madalitso Muthiya (born 8 February 1983) is a Zambianprofessional golfer.
- Muthiya took up golf at the age of six and at fifteen
- He caught the attention of Zambian president Frederick Chiluba, who helped to arrange for him to play a junior tournament in the United States.
- Muthiya participatedin the 1999 Nolan Henke/Patty Berg Junior Masters in Fort Myers, Florida.
- Muthiya won in the 16- to 18-year-old age group.
- He went on to play college golf at the University of New Mexico before turning professional in 2005.
- Muthiya finished second in the 2006 Zambian Open and joined the Canadian Tour in 2006.
- However his main claim to fame is that in 2006 he came through qualifying to become the first Zambian and black African to play in the U.S. Open.
- He played on the Nationwide Tour in 2010 where his best finish was T-7 at the Mylan Classic.
- 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.
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