Desvonde Botes

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Desvonde Botes
Personal information
Full nameDesvonde Pierre Botes
NicknameBoats
Born (1974-11-02) 2 November 1974 (age 49)
Pretoria, South Africa
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Sporting nationalityFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Residence Hartbeespoort, South Africa
Spouse
Cisna
(m. 2003)
Children2
Career
Turned professional1992
Current tour(s) Asian Tour
Sunshine Tour
Professional wins14
Number of wins by tour
Sunshine Tour12
Other2
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship T64: 2000

Desvonde Pierre Botes (born 2 November 1974) is a South African professional golfer.

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Early life

Botes was born in Pretoria. After winning the South African Amateur Championship in 1991 at the age of 16 years and 5 months, 20 days younger than the record set by Ernie Els,

Professional career

In 1992, Botes turned professional. His first professional victory came in the Mercedes Benz Golf Challenge on the Southern Africa Tour in 1993.

Following further successes on the Southern Africa Tour, including the South African Masters in 1998, Botes attempted to qualify for the European Tour. He did not manage to gain full exemption in 1999, but returned the following year and was medalist at the European Tour Qualifying School less than a week after claiming his second Platinum Classic title in South Africa. He finished just outside the top 100 in the Order of Merit, with a best finish of 5th in the Benson & Hedges International Open.

Back problems in 2002 and 2003, meant Botes was unable to retain his place on the European Tour. He returned to South Africa and won the Parmalat Classic on his way to 3rd place on the Sunshine Tour Order of Merit. That promising form prompted another attempt at the European Tour Qualifying School. He claimed the last card for the 2004 season, but made only five cuts in the regular tour events, with a best finish of 9th, and failed to retain his playing privileges for the following season. Since then he has competed on the Sunshine Tour with limited success, although he has won several titles on the less competitive Winter Swing of the schedule.

Professional wins (14)

Sunshine Tour wins (12)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
115 Dec 1996 Zambia Open −8 (68-70-70=208)1 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Neil Homann
25 Jul 1997 Bosveld Classic −11 (66-72-67=205)3 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Darren Fichardt
318 Oct 1997 Vodacom Series (Western Cape)−13 (69-66-68=203)Playoff Flag of South Africa.svg Dean van Staden
417 Jan 1998 Platinum Classic −17 (68-64-67=199)3 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Richard Kaplan, Flag of South Africa.svg Hennie Walters
52 May 1998 Pietersburg Classic −19 (62-67-68=197)5 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Sammy Daniels
614 Feb 1999 South African Masters −19 (65-68-72-64=269)1 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Dean van Staden
725 Sep 1999 Vodacom Series (2) (Free State)−10 (68-67-71=206)1 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Titch Moore
812 Nov 2000 Platinum Classic (2)−14 (66-66-70=202)1 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Roger Wessels
927 Jun 2003 Parmalat Classic −9 (68-69-70=207)2 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg James Kingston
1013 May 2005 Vodacom Origins of Golf at Pretoria−14 (66-65-71=202)Playoff Flag of South Africa.svg Jean Hugo
1127 May 2005 Vodacom Origins of Golf (2) at Pezula−18 (66-67-65=198)6 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Ian Hutchings
1230 Sep 2006 Seekers Travel Pro-Am −20 (67-62-67=196)3 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Alex Haindl

Sunshine Tour playoff record (2–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 1997 Vodacom Series (Western Cape) Flag of South Africa.svg Dean van Staden Won with birdie on first extra hole
2 2005 Vodacom Origins of Golf at Pretoria Flag of South Africa.svg Jean Hugo Won with birdie on first extra hole

IGT Pro Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
126 Jan 2012#1 IGT Summer Series−18 (67-63-68=198)5 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Jean Hugo

Other wins (1)

Playoff record

Asian PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 1999 Nokia Singapore Open Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kenny Druce Lost to par on second extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament20002001200220032004200520062007
The Open Championship T64CUT

Note: Botes only played in The Open Championship.

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament2004
Match Play
Championship T48
Invitational
  Did not play

"T" = Tied

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