Desvonde Botes

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

Desvonde Botes
Personal information
Full nameDesvonde Pierre Botes
NicknameBoats
Born (1974-11-02) 2 November 1974
Pretoria, South Africa
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Nationality South Africa
ResidenceHartbeespoort, South Africa
SpouseCisna (m.2003)
ChildrenJean (b. 2005), Charlene (b. 2007)
Career
Turned professional1992
Current tour(s)Sunshine Tour
Professional wins13
Number of wins by tour
Sunshine Tour13
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT64: 2000

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 won several titles on the less competitive Winter Swing of the schedule.

Professional wins (13)

Sunshine Tour wins (13)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1 1993 Mercedes Benz Golf Challenge
2 15 Dec 1996 Zambia Open −8 (68-70-70=208) 1 stroke Neil Homann
3 5 Jul 1997 Bosveld Classic −11 (66-72-67=205) 3 strokes Darren Fichardt
4 18 Oct 1997 Vodacom Series
at Western Cape		 −13 (69-66-68=203) Playoff Dean van Staden
5 17 Jan 1998 Platinum Classic −17 (68-64-67=199) 3 strokes Richard Kaplan
6 2 May 1998 Pietersburg Classic −19 (62-67-68=197) 5 strokes Sammy Daniels
7 14 Feb 1999 South African Masters −19 (65-68-72-64=269) 1 stroke Dean van Staden
8 25 Sep 1999 Vodacom Series (2)
at Free State		 −10 (68-67-71=206) 1 stroke Titch Moore
9 12 Nov 2000 Platinum Classic (2) −14 (66-66-70=202) 1 stroke Roger Wessels
10 27 Jun 2003 Parmalat Classic −9 (68-69-70=207) 2 strokes James Kingston
11 13 May 2005 Vodacom Origins of Golf
at Pretoria CC		 −14 (66-65-71=202) Playoff Jean Hugo
12 27 May 2005 Vodacom Origins of Golf (2)
at Pezula		 −18 (66-67-65=198) 6 strokes Ian Hutchings
13 30 Sep 2006 Seekers Travel Pro-Am −20 (67-62-67=196) 3 strokes Alex Haindl

Playoff record

Asian Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 1999 Nokia Singapore Open Kenny Druce Lost to par on second extra hole

Results in major championships
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
The Open Championship T64 CUT

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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