Michiel Bothma

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Michiel Bothma
Personal information
Full nameMichiel Frederick Bothma
Born (1973-03-13) 13 March 1973 (age 50)
Pretoria, South Africa
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Sporting nationalityFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Career
Turned professional1993
Current tour(s) Sunshine Tour
Former tour(s) European Tour
Challenge Tour
PGA EuroPro Tour
Professional wins6
Number of wins by tour
Sunshine Tour4
Challenge Tour1
Other1

Michiel Frederick Bothma (born 13 March 1973) is a South African professional golfer.

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Bothma was born in Pretoria. He turned professional in 1993 and he has played predominantly on the Southern Africa Sunshine Tour. He won for the first time in 2002 at the Telkom PGA Championship, one of the most prestigious tournaments in South Africa. In 2010 he won the PGA Championship for the second time.

Professional wins (6)

Sunshine Tour wins (4)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
117 Nov 2002 Telkom PGA Championship −15 (67-69-69-68=273)Playoff Flag of South Africa.svg Mark Murless
231 Aug 2007 Telkom PGA Pro-Am −12 (70-66-68=204)1 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Jaco van Zyl
321 Feb 2010 Telkom PGA Championship (2)−20 (71-67-67-63=268)1 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg George Coetzee
42 Oct 2010 SAA Pro-Am Invitational (3rd)−10 (72-68-66=206)Playoff Flag of South Africa.svg Jaco van Zyl

Sunshine Tour playoff record (2–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2002 Telkom PGA Championship Flag of South Africa.svg Mark Murless Won with par on second extra hole
2 2010 SAA Pro-Am Invitational (3rd) Flag of South Africa.svg Jaco van Zyl Won with par on second extra hole

Challenge Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
13 Apr 2011 Barclays Kenya Open −14 (60-67-69-68=270)2 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Tyrone Ferreira

IGT Pro Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
125 Apr 2018IGT Challenge #3−13 (71-67-65=203)3 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Dong-kwan

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