Desvonde Botes

Desvonde Botes
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name Desvonde Pierre Botes
Nickname Boats
Born (1974-11-02) 2 November 1974
Pretoria, South Africa
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Nationality  South Africa
Residence Hartbeespoort, South Africa
Spouse Cisna (m.2003)
Children Jean (b. 2005), Charlene (b. 2007)
Career
Turned professional 1992
Current tour(s) Sunshine Tour
Professional wins 13
Number of wins by tour
Sunshine Tour 13 (T10th all time)
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship T64: 2000
PGA Championship DNP

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

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, Botes turned professional at the start of 1992. 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 managed to win several titles on the less competitive Winter Swing of the schedule.

Professional wins (13)

Sunshine Tour wins (13)

Results in major championships

Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Masters Tournament DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
The Open Championship T64 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

See also

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