Michiel Bothma | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Michiel Frederick Bothma |
Born | Pretoria, South Africa | 13 March 1973
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Sporting nationality | South Africa |
Career | |
Turned professional | 1993 |
Current tour(s) | Sunshine Tour |
Former tour(s) | European Tour Challenge Tour PGA EuroPro Tour |
Professional wins | 6 |
Number of wins by tour | |
Sunshine Tour | 4 |
Challenge Tour | 1 |
Other | 1 |
Michiel Frederick Bothma (born 13 March 1973) is a South African professional golfer.
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.
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | 17 Nov 2002 | Telkom PGA Championship | −15 (67-69-69-68=273) | Playoff | Mark Murless |
2 | 31 Aug 2007 | Telkom PGA Pro-Am | −12 (70-66-68=204) | 1 stroke | Jaco van Zyl |
3 | 21 Feb 2010 | Telkom PGA Championship (2) | −20 (71-67-67-63=268) | 1 stroke | George Coetzee |
4 | 2 Oct 2010 | SAA Pro-Am Invitational (3rd) | −10 (72-68-66=206) | Playoff | Jaco van Zyl |
Sunshine Tour playoff record (2–0)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 2002 | Telkom PGA Championship | Mark Murless | Won with par on second extra hole |
2 | 2010 | SAA Pro-Am Invitational (3rd) | Jaco van Zyl | Won with par on second extra hole |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | 3 Apr 2011 | Barclays Kenya Open | −14 (60-67-69-68=270) | 2 strokes | Tyrone Ferreira |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | 25 Apr 2018 | IGT Challenge #3 | −13 (71-67-65=203) | 3 strokes | Kim Dong-kwan |
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