Desvonde Botes’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Professional golfer
Is

Athlete

Golfer
From

South Africa
Type

Sports
Gender male
Birth 2 November 1974
Age: 45 years

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)

  • 1993 Mercedes Benz Golf Challenge
  • 1996 Zambia Open
  • 1997 Bosveld Classic, Vodacom Series: Western Cape, Platinum Classic
  • 1998 Pietersburg Classic, South African Masters
  • 1999 Vodacom Series: Free State
  • 2000 Platinum Classic
  • 2003 Parmalat Classic
  • 2005 Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour (Pretoria), Vodacom Origins of Golf Tour (Pezula)
  • 2006 Seekers Travel Pro-Am

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.

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